Solar Installation WHS Manual

This is the Solar Installation edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for solar and battery installers and their crews, so you only need one of the two. It covers the Electrical Safety Act and the WHS Act together, including roof falls, ladders, live DC arrays, battery storage, asbestos roofing and overhead lines, and it points to the solar SWMS, permits and checklists 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 73 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 32 for solar installation 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 Solar Installation WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• How the Electrical Safety Act and the WHS Act apply to a solar business, and which tasks need an electrical licence
• Roof access, edge protection, travel restraint, ladders and elevated work platforms, with the rules for fragile roofs
• Live DC arrays, isolation order, inverters, switchboards, certificates of testing and safety
• Home and commercial battery storage, thermal runaway and fire
• Asbestos roofing and eaves, silica from drilling and cutting, and chemical hazards
• Overhead lines, crane trucks and lifting modules to the roof
• Ground-mount arrays, trenching and underground services
• Heat, sun, noise, manual tasks, working alone and driving
• Incident notification, emergency plans, roof rescue and first aid
• A table of 55 solar SWMS, permits, checklists and registers, and when to use each
• Definitions and the Acts, Regulations and codes of practice that apply
• Part B: the full text of 73 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 32 for solar installation work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): the primary electrical safety duty (s 30), serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), the meaning of electrical work (s 18), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45), the meaning of electrical equipment and of an electrical installation, which includes one supplied by a battery (ss 14 and 15), electrical work licences (s 55), electrical contractor licences (s 56), the duty to use licensed workers and to keep a register of them (ss 57AA and 57AB) and the meanings of extra low, low and high voltage (schedule 2)
• 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 (s 20), 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), no levy on workers (s 273), and the extent to which it applies where the Electrical Safety Act applies (schedule 1 part 2 division 2 item 4)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld)
• Building Act 1975 (Qld): the building classes used in the roof space rules (Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 s 31)
• 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)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm and waste, including asbestos waste
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld): the value of a penalty unit (s 5(1)(d))
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead and underground electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and Schedule 2), roof space work (ss 31 to 36), ceiling insulation (s 38), domestic safety switches (s 30), unsafe electrical equipment, cords and flexible cables (ss 17 and 18), testing and tagging and safety switches (ss 138 to 142), electrical work licence classes (s 144), compliance with the wiring rules and AS/NZS 3012 (ss 191 and 192), energised electrical work (ss 193 to 204), testing and certificates of testing and safety (ss 207 and 208), rescue and resuscitation (s 211), connection to supply (ss 217 to 219), supervision of apprentices and trainees (s 307), and notifying and preserving the site of serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 292 and 296)
• 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), 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 (chapter 5), construction work and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders and excavation (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 306 and 306A to 306Q), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7), 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
• 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)
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• How to Safely Remove Asbestos Code of Practice 2021
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Excavation Work Code of Practice 2021
• Confined Spaces Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Scaffolding Code of Practice 2021
• Construction and Operation of Solar Farms Code of Practice 2024
• Mobile Crane Code of Practice 2024
• Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022
• 2 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 500 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 (73 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 73 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.