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- OHS - Amenity Tree Industry Offers information relative to Writing A Work Procedure and information relating to Occupation Health & Safety.
Documenting your OHS System
Effective management of health and safety will always require some paperwork to meet legislation requirements, to demonstate to others that you are following standard procedures, and to allow effective induction and training to be undertaken.
Basic documentation should be used to build up a record of your system for managing health and safety.
Determine what you need to have in writing. Documentation of essential information should be kept to a minimum so that you can concentrate your time and effort on doing your job safely.
- Does WorkCover require certain details to be documented?
- Is there written information which I need to pass on to the workers and health and safety representatives?
- Does WorkCover require certain details to be documented?
- Will written records help me to run a safer business?
- Is documentation the only way I can demonstrate that I have safe systems of work?
Ref: Working safely with trees, WorkSafe, Victorian Workcover Authority