Formwork and Steel Fixing WHS Manual

This is the formwork and steel fixing edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for businesses that build formwork and falsework and fix reinforcing steel for slabs, walls, columns, stairs, lift cores, pools and jump forms, so you only need one of the two. It follows the work from the engineer’s drawings through delivery, falsework, steel fixing, the pre-pour sign-off, the pour and stripping, and points to the SWMS, 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 80 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 39 for formwork and steel fixing 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 Formwork and Steel Fixing WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles, including who is principal contractor on a concrete job and when a SWMS is required
• Formwork design, drawings, engineer certification and the written pre-pour sign-off
• Falsework, props and back-propping, and when a scaffolding licence applies
• Falls from decks, edges and the leading edge, penetrations and falling objects
• Steel fixing, impalement protection and cutting and bending machines
• Cranes, dogging and rigging licences, lifting gear and lifting boxes
• Tilt-up and precast, jump forms, climbing screens and concrete pump loads
• Stripping, exclusion zones and written certification before stripping
• Release agents, wet concrete, silica from cutting concrete and asbestos in old structures
• Incident notification, impalement and collapse emergencies, and return to work
• Inspections, a table of record-keeping periods cited to the law, definitions and the laws and codes that apply
• Part B: the full text of 80 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 39 for formwork and steel fixing 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), more than one duty holder (s 16), duties about plant (s 21), designers of structures (s 22), 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), what electrical equipment and an electrical installation are (ss 14 and 15), what electrical work is (s 18), the primary duty of care (s 30), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45) and electrical work licences (ss 55 and 56)
• 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)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld): licensing of building work
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty (s 319) and notifying environmental harm (ss 320B to 320D)
• Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): waste and recycling
• Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): loading requirements for heavy vehicles (s 111), the chain of responsibility duty (s 26C), driver fatigue (s 228) and driver work and rest records
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld): protection of workers with an impairment
• Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld): smoke-free places
• 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), airborne contaminants and hazardous atmospheres (ss 49 to 53), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), hazardous 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 ss 206 to 225, and sch 5), construction work (chapter 6, including formwork as a structure in s 290, the SWMS rules in ss 299 to 303, underground services and trenches in ss 304 and 306, falls in ss 306A to 306M and falling objects in ss 315B to 315M), 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 (sch 2), electrical equipment and safety switches in our workshop (ss 133 to 136) and on construction sites (s 140), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• 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 (s 7)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld): environmental protection
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Road Rules) Regulation 2009 (Qld): removing a load that has fallen from a vehicle (s 293)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 (Qld): accredited traffic controllers (ss 54 and 55)
• 27 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 540 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 (80 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 80 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.