Plumbing and Gasfitting WHS Manual

This is the plumbing and gasfitting edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for plumbing, drainage and gasfitting businesses, so you only need one of the two. It keeps plumbing and drainage licensing apart from gasfitting licensing, covers the three incident notification duties that follow a gas leak, and points to the plumbing and gas SWMS, permits 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 76 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 35 for plumbing and gasfitting 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 Plumbing and Gasfitting WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Plumbing, drainage and gas licences, and who may do which work
• When a SWMS is required and what service work uses instead
• Trenches, shoring and finding underground services before digging
• Confined spaces, sewers and pits, with permits and rescue
• Gas leaks, gas cylinders and the gas notification duties
• Hot work, soldering and brazing
• Roof plumbing, falls, roof spaces and subfloors
• Hot water systems, relief valves and Legionella
• Asbestos pipe, silica dust, lead and sewage hazards
• Emergency planning, first aid, incident reporting and return to work
• Part B: the full text of 76 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 35 for plumbing and gasfitting 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), 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)
• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 (Qld): categories of work (s 6), licences (ss 12 and 13), the duty to hold the licence for the work and not to supervise unlicensed persons (ss 56 to 59), and limits on provisional licensees (s 61), code requirements (s 64), permit work (ss 66 and 69), backflow prevention and temperature control devices (ss 71 and 72), and notifiable work (ss 82 and 83)
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): prescribed incidents (s 706), gas work (s 725), gas work licences and authorisations (ss 726 and 727), certificates and safety concerns (ss 734 and 734A)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), electrical work (s 18), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45), and electrical work licences (s 55)
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld): licensing of building work, by title only
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), and rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm and waste, including asbestos waste
• Public Health Act 2005 (Qld): water systems and Legionella, by title only
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) and Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld), referred to in chapter 13
• 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), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), 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 Schedule 3), plant (chapter 5, including ss 208, 213 and 224), construction work and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders, excavation and edge protection (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 306 and 306A to 306Q and 315A to 315M), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (Schedule 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Qld): categories of work and licence scope (Schedules 1 to 4)
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): prescribed incidents (ss 8 and 10), notifying the network operator (s 93), gas cylinders in enclosed spaces (s 131), and gas cylinders carried in vehicles (ss 141 to 144)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead and underground electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and Schedule 2), work in roof spaces (ss 31 to 36), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018 (Qld): dangerous goods carried as tools of trade, by title
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (ss 5 and 7)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• 28 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 510 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 (76 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 76 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.