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Health and Safety Personnel on a construction site Health and Safety Representative (HSR) A health and safety representative is a worker who has been elected by a work group to represent them on [...]

In the White Card course you will review why Alcohol and drug use is a serious concern for those working in the construction industry. Statistics taken from a report of alcohol and drug [...]

When you complete your White Card course you will review the different WHS documents at your workplace. They generally do two things: provide you within information about health and safety, and [...]

Here we have put together some great tips for your personal safety when working on a Construction or Building site Please note some of this information may be in your White Card course Storage of [...]

What are Safe Working Practices? Safe working practices means working in a way that minimise risk to yourself, other people, equipment, materials, the environment, and work processes. Safe Work [...]

White Card Terminology The model WHS Act uses terms throughout legislation, regulations and codes of practice which are applicable to day to day activities at the workplace. While the terms [...]

The WHS Act defines construction work as any work carried out in connection with the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting-out, commissioning, renovation, repair, maintenance, [...]

Australian Construction Standards Should be Freely Available