HSW Stakeholder consultation - Electrical safety management (V1.0)
Human Resources have been working on a new dedicated HSW Handbook chapter for 鈥Electrical safety management鈥.
(Noting that the specific requirements for Electrical safety management have been taken out of the HSW Handbook chapter Plant/equipment safety management.)
The key responsibilities/sections of the chapter for noting are:
- Alignment of the responsibilities to the WHS Regulations and Code of Practice .
- Inclusion of specific examples of electrical hazards and control measures (Appendix A).
- Provision of a tool to assist areas to determine when electrical testing is/isn鈥檛 required (Appendix B.1 鈥 Decision tool)
- Provision of electrical inspection and testing intervals for the testing and tagging of electrical equipment in line with the Code of Practice and 听(Appendix B.2)
- Inclusion of the requirements for new equipment (in accordance with the Code of Practice section 3.2 and AS/NZS 3760 section 2.4.2.1
- Inclusion of links to information on the requirements where there are (1) Electrical installations 鈥 battery systems for use with power conversion equipment and (2) Solar (Photovoltaic) systems (e.g. a unit that converts energy from sunlight into electrical energy). 听
Note: that consultation over the Chapter will also be advertised through Staff News under the Policy section.
听FEEDBACK
It would be appreciated if you could review and provide any feedback/suggested amendments to the HSW Team
via email using track changes before COB 鈥 Thursday 17 December 2020.
Further information
Should you wish to discuss any of the changes or requirements please do not hesitate to contact your Senior HSW Advisor.
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