Crane and Rigging WHS Manual

This is the crane and rigging edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for crane hire, rigging and dogging crews, so you only need one of the two. It follows a lift in the order we do it, from the enquiry and lift plan to the set-up, the rigging, the lift and the pack-up, and points to the SWMS, plans, permits, 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 78 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 37 for crane and rigging 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 Crane and Rigging WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for crane owners, hirers, operators, doggers, riggers, spotters and lift supervisors
• Crane, dogging, rigging, hoist and EWP licence classes, and plant and design registration
• Lift plans, critical lift permits and SWMS, and when each one is needed
• Ground bearing, outriggers, wind and weather
• Rigging, slinging, lifting gear inspection and tagging
• Overhead power lines, exclusion zones and loads over people
• Tandem lifts, work boxes, tower cranes and vehicle loading cranes
• Fuel, hydraulic oil, asbestos, silica and lead on lifting jobs
• Incident notification for overturns, dropped loads and line contact, emergency response and return to work
• Inspections, audits and a table of record-keeping periods cited to the law
• Definitions, a table of related documents and the legislation and codes that apply
• Part B: the full text of 78 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 37 for crane and rigging 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, such as registered cranes (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), 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), and the licences needed to drive a crane or heavy vehicle on a road
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): gas work licences (ss 726 and 727)
• 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), 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 lifting (ss 219 and 220), maintenance and inspection (s 213), major inspections (s 235) and plant records (s 237), registration of plant designs and plant (pt 5.3 and sch 5), construction work (chapter 6), 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), electrical equipment (pt 6), energised electrical work (ss 195 to 204), 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)
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): gas cylinders carried in vehicles (ss 141 to 144)
• 25 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 530 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 (78 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 78 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.