Kitchen and Bathroom Renovation WHS Manual

This is the kitchen and bathroom renovation edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for businesses that renovate kitchens, bathrooms, ensuites and laundries in occupied homes, so you only need one of the two. It follows the work from the site visit and survey through protecting the home, strip-out, wet areas, tiling and cabinets to handover, and points to the SWMS, checklists 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 75 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 34 for kitchen and bathroom renovation 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 Kitchen and Bathroom Renovation WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles, including the licensed electricians, plumbers and gasfitters we coordinate
• When a SWMS is required for a kitchen or bathroom renovation, and which paragraphs of the Regulation a job meets
• Asbestos in older homes: wet-area sheeting, vinyl and adhesives, the licensed removalist and the stop-work rules
• Lead paint in homes built before 1980, and the rules for a lead process
• Strip-out as demolition work, load-bearing walls and temporary support, and the demolition licence rules
• Silica from cutting tile, stone and screed, and the engineered stone prohibition
• Waterproofing, adhesives and sealants, cure and flood-test records, and ventilation in closed rooms
• Protecting the occupants, dust control in a home and isolation of water, power and gas by the licensed trades
• Falls, ladders and balconies, roof and ceiling spaces, manual handling of benchtops and cabinets, and working alone
• Incident notification, emergencies in a home, and return to work
• Inspections, a table of record-keeping periods cited to the law, definitions and the laws and codes that apply
• Part B: the full text of 75 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 34 for kitchen and bathroom renovation 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 (s 20), more than one duty holder (s 16), duties about plant (s 21), designers of structures (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), health and safety representatives and committees (pt 5), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), discriminatory conduct (ss 104 to 106) and no levy on workers (s 273)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), what electrical equipment and an electrical installation are (ss 14 and 15), what electrical work is (s 18), the primary duty of care (s 30), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45) and electrical work licences (ss 55 and 56)
• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 (Qld): plumbing and drainage work only by the holder of the licence for the work (ss 56 to 59)
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): gas work and gas work licences (ss 725 and 726)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld): licensing of building work
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232) and the protection of injured workers (ss 232A to 232G)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty (s 319) and notifying environmental harm (ss 320B to 320D)
• Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): waste and recycling
• Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): loading requirements for heavy vehicles (s 111), the chain of responsibility duty (s 26C), driver fatigue (s 228) and driver work and rest records
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld): protection of workers with an impairment
• Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld): smoke-free places
• 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 hazardous atmospheres (ss 49 to 53), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), hazardous manual tasks (s 60), confined spaces (ss 62 to 77), falls (ss 78 to 80), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and sch 3), plant (chapter 5), demolition work, notice and licence (ss 142 and 143), construction work (chapter 6, including what construction work and high risk construction work are in ss 289 and 291, the SWMS rules in ss 299 to 303, falls in ss 306A to 306M and general construction induction in s 316), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7, including lead in part 7.2), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica and engineered stone (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (sch 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): roof space electrical safety (ss 31 to 36), overhead electric lines (sch 2), electrical equipment and safety switches on construction sites (s 140), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Qld): unregulated work (sch 3)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 (Qld): building work licensing
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (s 7)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld): environmental protection
• 21 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 (75 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 75 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.