Codes of practice for work health and safety
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A code of practice provides practical guidance for your business on how to achieve health and safety standards required under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act). A code of practice also has effective ways to identify and manage risks.
If you are conducting a business in Queensland, you must comply with an approved code of practice under the Act. You can use another method, such as a technical or an industry standard – as long as it provides an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety to the standard required in the code.
Current codes of practice are:
- Abrasive blasting code of practice 2021 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Amusement devices code of practice 2023
- Cash in transit code of practice 2011 (PDF, 762KB)
- Children and young workers code of practice 2006 (PDF, 427KB)
- Concrete pumping code of practice 2019 (PDF, 2MB)
- Confined spaces code of practice 2021 (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Construction and operation of solar farms code of practice 2024 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Demolition work code of practice 2021 (PDF, 673KB)
- Electrical safety codes of practice 2020:
- Electrical equipment rural industry (PDF, 668KB)
- Managing electrical risks in the workplace (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Working near overhead and underground electric lines (PDF, 477KB)
- Works (PDF, 341KB)
- Cane rail safety – supplement to the sugar industry code of practice 2005 (PDF, 903KB)
- Sugar mill safety – a supplement to the Sugar industry code of practice 2005 (PDF, 935KB)
Also consider.
- Find out more about work health and safety in Queensland.
- Last reviewed: 30 May 2024
- Last updated: 30 May 2024