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PEER Construction understands and recognises that workers\u2019 input and participation improves decision making about health and safety matters and assists in the reduction of injuries and illness.<\/p>\n
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This policy defines the process of consulting with all people involved with the WHS operations at PEER Construction.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this policy is to:<\/p>\n
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This policy is designed to ensure all workers are aware of their responsibilities both professionally and personally with regards to work health and safety. PEER Construction has a duty to consult with workers as far as is reasonably practicable on WHS matters that directly affect their health and safety.<\/p>\n
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It is necessary to consult all workers when identifying hazards, assessing risks and deciding on control measures for risks.<\/p>\n
Managers will conduct regular safety meetings to encourage workers to talk about safety issues and help in identifying hazards.<\/p>\n
Workers who will be affected by an identified risk will be encouraged to work in consultation with their manager to identify and choose effective and practical control measures.<\/p>\n
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The following are requirements of the policy.<\/p>\n
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Managers must consult with workers when planning to make changes to work that may affect the health and safety of workers.<\/p>\n
Managers will consult with workers about changes to shift work, rosters, working procedures or work environment.<\/p>\n
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Procedures provide a series of steps and actions that must be followed when undertaking work activities.<\/p>\n
Managers will consult workers when developing procedures for:<\/p>\n
Procedures will be developed to provide clarity and certainty in the workplace and serve as a tool to guide managers and workers about what is acceptable conduct in the workplace.<\/p>\n
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Issues and outcomes should be documented.<\/p>\n
Issues raised<\/strong><\/p>\n If during consultation any health and safety issues are raised, then the risk should be addressed immediately (if possible) or reported to the manager by email.<\/p>\n Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n Information and outcomes from consultation about WHS issues will be emailed to all PEER Construction workers. [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Manager responsibilities ” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Provide and maintain:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Worker responsibilities” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”on”]<\/p>\n Have an obligation to:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tabs admin_label=”References and related” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tab title=”References” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Environment Protection Act 1993 [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Related” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]WHS Record of consultation form [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Version ” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Version 1.0 – Last updated 6\/2\/2022<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][\/et_pb_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHS consultation policyPEER Construction understands and recognises that workers\u2019 input and participation improves decision making about health and safety matters and assists in the reduction of injuries and illness.Purpose This policy defines the process of consulting with all people involved with the WHS operations at PEER Construction. The purpose of this policy is to: set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peer.com.au\/peerconstruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Outcomes must be recorded on a WHS Record of consultation form.<\/p>\n\n
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Equal Opportunity Act 1984
Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)
Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)
Fair Work Act 2009<\/p>\n