Telecommunications and Data Cabling WHS Manual

This is the telecommunications and data cabling edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for cabling contractors, tower and rooftop crews and pit and conduit crews, so you only need one of the two. It follows a job in order, from cabling registration and site access to tower climbing and rescue, ladders and ceiling spaces, pits and manholes, underground services, overhead lines, optical fibre, radiofrequency, roadside work and handover, and it points to the cabling SWMS, permits 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 74 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 33 for telecommunications and data cabling 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 Telecommunications and Data Cabling WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for the cabling business, supervisor, registered cabler, tower climber, rescuer, EWP operator and licensed electrical worker
• Cabling registration kinds in plain words, and the electrical licence boundary
• Tower and pole work with fall arrest anchorages, rescue and falling objects
• Ladders, EWPs, roofs and ceiling spaces
• Pits and manholes as confined spaces, with permits and rescue from outside
• Underground services, potholing, trenching and directional drilling
• Overhead power lines, mains cables and electric shock
• Optical fibre glass and light hazards, and radiofrequency at antenna sites
• Asbestos in pits, ducts and ceilings, and silica from coring
• Roadside work, remote and lone work, heat and vermin
• A table of the matching SWMS, permits, checklists and registers
• Part B: the full text of 74 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 33 for telecommunications and data cabling 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), authorisation of work, including licensed work (s 43), consultation (ss 46 to 49), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), no levy on workers (s 273), and the extent to which it applies where the Electrical Safety Act applies (schedule 1 part 2 division 2 item 4)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), the meaning of electrical equipment (s 14) and of electrical work (s 18), codes of practice (ss 44 and 45), electrical work licences, including the exception for installing or repairing telecommunications cabling (s 55), and electrical contractor licences (s 56), and the meaning of extra low, low and high voltage (schedule 2)
• 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
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• 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), 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 and Schedule 5), construction work, SWMS, excavation and underground services, and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders and general construction induction (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 306M and 316), lead (Part 7.2), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7 and Schedule 14), 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
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead and underground electric lines (ss 10 to 15 and Schedule 2), roof space work (s 33), testing and tagging and construction equipment (s 140), energised electrical work (ss 199 to 204), and notifying and preserving the site of serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 292 and 296)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (s 7)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 (Qld): the function of a traffic controller and who may perform it (ss 51, 54 and 55)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• How to Safely Remove Asbestos Code of Practice 2021
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Excavation Work Code of Practice 2021
• Confined Spaces Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008
• Mobile Crane Code of Practice 2024
• Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022
• 1 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 500 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 (74 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 74 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.