Height Safety and Rope Access WHS Manual

This is the height safety and rope access edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for the installation, inspection and certification of anchors, lines and edge protection and for rope access, swing stage and EWP work, so choose it instead of the general manual and you only need one of the two. It follows a job in order, from scoping the structure to rescue and hand-over, and points to the height safety SWMS, rescue plans, 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 71 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 30 for height safety and rope access 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 Height Safety and Rope Access WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for the owner, principal contractor, height safety installer, rope access supervisor and rope technicians
• The order of controls for a fall (Regulation ss 78 to 80) and the construction fall rules in ss 306A to 306Q
• When a SWMS is required for work at height and how to write one
• Anchor points: design, capacity, testing, tagging and the six-monthly inspection of harness systems
• Fragile roofs, skylights, edge protection, safety mesh and walkways
• Rope access: working and back-up lines, rig checks, supervision and never working alone
• Rescue plans, suspension intolerance and emergency procedures at height
• EWPs, swing stages, ladders and licences for rigging and scaffolding work
• Falling objects, exclusion zones, weather, heat and overhead lines
• Asbestos on roofs, silica dust from drilling, lead paint and chemicals
• Incidents and notification, fatigue, fitness for work, records and audits
• Part B: the full text of 71 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 30 for height safety and rope access 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), authorisation of plant and plant designs (s 42), authorisation of work, such as high risk work licences (s 43), 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), electrical work (s 18), overhead electric lines (s 30), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45) and electrical work licences (s 55)
• 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)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• 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), airborne contaminants (ss 49 and 50), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), psychosocial risks (ss 55A to 55H), 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, including maintenance and inspection in s 213), construction work, high risk construction work and SWMS (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 303), scaffolds (s 225), the fall rules for construction work (ss 306A to 306Q), falling objects in construction (ss 315B to 315H), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (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): overhead electric lines and the exclusion zones (ss 10 to 15 and sch 2), workplace electrical equipment and safety switches for workshop, office and service work (ss 133 to 139) and construction work (s 140), energised electrical work, notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292) and the dictionary (sch 10)
• 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 (ss 5 and 7)
• 17 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 480 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 (71 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 71 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.