Fatigue Management Policy and Procedure
Editable Word fatigue management policy and procedure for Queensland businesses: roster planning, signs of fatigue, speaking up, safe travel and heavy vehicle driver rules under the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits any Queensland business with shift work, overtime, long drives or heavy vehicle drivers. It sets out how to plan hours, spot fatigue, respond safely and review, and explains the driver, scheduler and chain of responsibility duties without restating hours the law sets elsewhere.
What is included in our fatigue management policy & procedure?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions of fatigue, signs of fatigue and safety-critical tasks
- Roles for managers, supervisors, workers, drivers and schedulers
- Roster and schedule planning for rest and recovery
- Spotting fatigue and what to do when someone is too tired
- Safe travel and driving home after long shifts
- Heavy vehicle driver duties, work diaries and chain of responsibility
- Records, training and quarterly review of hours
- Consultation with workers on hours and rosters
- Legislation and guidance references
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 28 (duties of workers), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents), ss 47 to 49 (consultation)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 38 (review of control measures), s 48 (remote or isolated work), ss 55A to 55D (psychosocial risks)
- Managing the Risk of Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice 2022 (Appendices 3 and 4: challenging hours of work or shift work)
- Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): s 5, s 7, s 26C, s 26E, ss 223 to 228, s 243, ss 250, 251, 254 and 260, s 293 and s 341
- Preventing and managing fatigue-related risk in the workplace (WorkSafe Queensland guide; guidance only, not law)
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers.
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Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
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Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
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