Automotive Workshop WHS Manual

This is the automotive workshop edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, rewritten for vehicle servicing, repair, tyre, auto electrical and panel and paint workshops, so you only need one of the two and should not buy both. It names the plant, licences, substances, laws and approved codes a workshop meets, and points to the workshop SWMS, procedures, registers and checklists in our range. 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 automotive workshop 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.

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What Is Included In Our Automotive Workshop WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for owners, managers, workshop supervisors, technicians and apprentices
• Vehicle hoists, jacks, axle stands, engine cranes and work under vehicles
• Hybrid and electric vehicle high-voltage isolation, batteries and charging
• Brake, clutch and gasket dust with the asbestos controls
• Fuel, solvents, aerosols and flammable liquids, and gas-fuelled vehicles
• Spray painting booths, isocyanate paints and health monitoring
• Welding, hot work, compressed air, air receivers and tyre inflation
• Air conditioning refrigerants, carbon monoxide and exhaust extraction
• Emergency plan for fuel fires, vehicle drops, electric shock and battery fires, and first aid
• A list of 45 workshop SWMS, procedures, forms and registers and when to use each
• Definitions and the legislation and approved codes that apply to a vehicle workshop
• 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 automotive workshop 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) and plant (s 21), 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). The WHS Act does not apply to the extent the Electrical Safety Act 2002 applies (sch 1)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): serious electrical incidents (s 11), the meaning of electrical equipment, which excludes a vehicle’s propulsion unit (s 14), the electrical safety duty (s 30), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45) and electrical work licences (s 55)
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): gas work and gas devices, including a fuel gas system for a motor vehicle (ss 724, 725, 726 and 727)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty (s 319) and notifying environmental events (ss 320A to 320D)
• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 (Cth) and its Rules: licensing and recovery of refrigerant
• 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)
• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): the chain of responsibility, for heavy vehicles we service or move
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): roadworthy vehicles and driving on roads
• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 (Qld): plumbing and drainage work, which includes the oily-water separator
• 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), exposure standards (ss 49 and 50), ignition sources and flammable material (ss 52 and 53), 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 sch 3), plant (chapter 5, including guarding in s 208, hot and cold parts in s 209, maintenance and inspection in s 213 and powered mobile plant in ss 214 and 215), registration of plant designs and items (ss 243 to 246 and sch 5), construction work (chapter 6), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7, including health monitoring in ss 368 to 378 and sch 14), 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): electrical equipment used in manufacturing work, which includes the maintenance or repair of vehicles in a mechanic’s workshop (ss 131 to 136), rescue and resuscitation training (s 211), notifying serious electrical incidents (s 292) and the dictionary
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): gas fuel system certificates (ss 100 to 103) and gas cylinders in vehicles and enclosed spaces (ss 141 to 144)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018 (Qld): carrying fuel and gas cylinders in service vehicles
• Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• 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)
• 19 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (472 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.