1. Risks & controls
Start with the risks created by the work and the controls actually used on site.
Must: Are work health and safety risks being identified, eliminated where reasonably practicable, or otherwise minimised?
Consider the real work, plant, substances, structures and people who may be affected.
Have you identified which critical or high-consequence construction risks are present in your work?
Examples can include work at height, asbestos, excavations, cranes/lifting, electricity and other critical risks depending on the work.
If work at height occurs, are fall risks planned and managed before work starts?
Select Not applicable only if your business genuinely does not undertake work at height.
2. People, training & supervision
Training is part of capability; it does not by itself prove competency.
Must: Are workers given suitable information, training, instruction or supervision for their work and its risks?
Training and supervision need to fit the work, risks and control measures, and be readily understandable.
Must: Are workers engaged on health and safety matters that directly affect them?
Worker participation should provide reasonable opportunities to contribute to improving health and safety.
3. Contractors & shared sites
Construction commonly involves overlapping duties between PCBUs.
Must: Where duties overlap, are you consulting, cooperating and coordinating with the other PCBUs?
Roles and controls should be clear enough to avoid gaps or risks being pushed down the contracting chain.
4. Site readiness
Check the basics that need to work when something goes wrong as well as during normal work.
Must: Is there an emergency plan appropriate to the workplace and work?
The general risk regulations include duties to prepare, maintain and implement an emergency plan.
If PPE is used as a control, is suitable PPE provided and managed as required?
PPE duties depend on the circumstances and sit behind higher-order controls in the risk-management process.
Have you checked whether any planned high-risk work must be notified to WorkSafe before it starts?
Some work at height, scaffolding, excavation, crane and other hazardous work has notification requirements.
5. Evidence & review
Records should support the system, not become the system.
Can you show useful evidence that key controls, training, coordination and follow-up are actually happening?
Evidence may include risk/control records, inductions, competency or licence records where relevant, contractor arrangements, inspections, incidents and review actions. Keep legally required records for the periods that apply.
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Answer the questions above. We will show the areas that need attention without turning the result into a misleading “compliance percentage”.