Air Conditioning and Refrigeration WHS Manual

This is the air conditioning and refrigeration edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for air conditioning and refrigeration contractors, so you only need one of the two. It follows the work in the order a job runs, with the refrigerant handling licence, flammable refrigerants, brazing, pressure testing, roof and crane work, electrical isolation, asbestos in older ductwork and the Legionella regime for cooling towers, and it points to the SWMS, permits and registers in our range that match. The cover page is ready for your business name and logo. Part A is the management system, in 23 numbered chapters. Part B holds the full text of 78 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 37 for air conditioning and refrigeration work), each on its own pages in the same editable file, so you can edit, issue and sign off each one without buying it separately.

What Is Included In Our Air Conditioning and Refrigeration WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for owners, supervisors, leading hands and technicians
• SWMS for installation, decommissioning and refrigerant work, and the high risk construction work triggers
• Licences: the refrigerant handling licence types, the electrical licence rule and high risk work licences for cranes and platforms
• Refrigerant handling and recovery, flammable A2L and A3 refrigerants, brazing and hot work
• Pressure testing, pressure equipment and gas cylinders
• Roofs, ladders and elevating work platforms, and lifting rooftop units by crane
• Electrical isolation, lockout and the rules for live work and overhead lines
• Asbestos in older ductwork, ceiling and roof spaces, and silica from drilling masonry
• Cooling towers and Legionella, and cool rooms and freezers
• Emergency planning and first aid, incident notification and return to work
• A list of the air conditioning and refrigeration forms, registers and SWMS in our range, with when to use each
• Part B: the full text of 78 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 37 for air conditioning and refrigeration work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): the meaning of reasonably practicable (s 18), our primary duty of care (s 19), duties of persons who manage or control a workplace and plant (ss 20 and 21), designers (s 22), codes of practice (ss 26A, 274 and 275), duties of officers (s 27), duties of workers and others (ss 28 and 29), notifiable incidents (ss 35 to 39), consultation (ss 46 to 49), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), and no levy on workers (s 273)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): electrical work (s 18), electrical work licences (s 55), serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), and codes of practice (ss 44 and 45)
• Public Health Act 2005 (Qld): Legionella and other notifiable conditions, and cooling towers
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), and rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232)
• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): the chain of responsibility (ss 26A to 26H) for crane trucks and other heavy vehicles
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79), and the carriage of cylinders
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm and waste, including rinse water, oil and asbestos waste
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld): the value of a penalty unit (s 5(1)(d))
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): managing risks (ss 32 to 38), information, training and instruction (s 39), facilities, first aid, emergency plans and personal protective equipment (ss 40 to 47), remote or isolated work (s 48), airborne contaminants and fire (ss 49 to 53), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), manual tasks (s 60), confined spaces (ss 62 to 77), falls (ss 78 to 80), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and Schedule 3), plant, pressure equipment and registration (chapter 5, ss 203 to 247 and Schedule 5), construction work, excavation and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders and edge protection (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 306Q and 315A to 315M), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7 and Schedule 14), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (Schedule 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead and underground electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and Schedule 2), and the electrical definitions (Schedule 10), electrical equipment and safety switches (ss 138 to 140), electrical work licences (ss 146 to 150), work on or near energised equipment (ss 195 to 204), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 (Qld)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (ss 5 and 7)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• 20 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 520 pages), A4 portrait, with a cover page ready for your business name and logo, a contents list, Part A (23 numbered chapters) and Part B (78 policies and procedures)
• Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• A WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Roles, procedures, a risk matrix, record-keeping periods, definitions and references
• Part B: the full text of 78 policies and procedures, each starting on a new page
• Links by name to the matching SWMS, forms and registers in our range

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.