Electrical Safety Policy and Procedure
Editable Word electrical safety policy and procedure for Queensland businesses: licensed work, test and tag by work type, safety switches, isolation, energised work with its own SWMS, power lines and shock response.
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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 that uses electrical equipment or works near power lines. It sets out who may do electrical work, how equipment is checked and protected, and when energised work is allowed, using the Electrical Safety Act 2002 and Electrical Safety Regulation 2026.
What is included in our electrical safety policy & procedure?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions from the Electrical Safety Act and Regulation
- Roles for managers, supervisors, workers, licensed electrical workers and safety observers
- A 19-step procedure from planning to incident notification
- Licensing of electrical work
- Test and tag intervals by type of work, as the Regulation and the Australian Standards it names set them
- Safety switches, cords and unsafe equipment
- Isolation, and energised work with its own risk assessment and SWMS
- Work near overhead and underground electric lines
- Electric shock response and notifying the Electrical Safety Office
- Record periods, training and review
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 10, 11, 12, 14 and 18 (meanings), s 30 (primary duty of care), ss 44 and 45 (codes of practice), s 55 (electrical work licence)
- Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 10 to 15 and sch 2 (electric lines), ss 17 and 18 (electrical equipment and cords), part 6, ss 123 to 142 (workplace electrical equipment), ss 193 to 204 and s 211 (energised electrical work, records, rescue and resuscitation), ss 292 and 296 (notification and preserving the site)
- AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations – Construction and demolition sites) and AS/NZS 3760 (In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment and RCDs), as named in Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 ss 139 and 140
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19, ss 37 to 39, ss 47 to 49
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 34 to 38, s 291(k), ss 299 to 303, s 304
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2021 – Managing electrical risks in the workplace
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines
- Excavation Work Code of Practice 2021
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (8 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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Brief your crew
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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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