Height Safety Audits

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Overview

Safe Work Training provides height safety audits and fall hazard compliance audits in accordance with relevant Victorian regulations and Australian Standards. Our consultants assess working-at-height risks across roofs, elevated work areas and other workplace environments, identifying fall hazards and gaps in safe systems of work. We provide independent audit reports and practical recommendations, including fall hazard registers, working-at-height risk assessments, fall hazard rescue plans and roof access audits. We support businesses across Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat and regional Victoria in identifying workplace risks and improving height safety management. Our services can include:

Fall Hazard Registers

  • Many workplaces have asbestos registers, confined space registers, etc. It's time for workplaces to have fall hazard registers.
  • Are you sure you know of all fall hazards in your business? Have you engaged an independent third-party auditor to review your Fall Hazard Register. We can assist by:
  • Identify all fall hazards across your workplace
  • Prepare Fall Hazard Register
  • Review current work methods, PPE, Rescue Plans, training and equipment compliance with relevant legislation and Australian Standards.

Fall Hazard Risk Assessments

  • In consultation with relevant staff, complete risk assessments for hazardous work at heights. We can assist in by:
  • Activity identification and review
  • Completing or reviewing risk assessments
  • Safe Work Method Statements SWMS
  • Safe Work Procedures
  • Equipment and access reviews

Fall Hazard Rescue Plans

  • The regulations require a written Fall Hazard Rescue Plan. We can develop a Rescue Plan for each activity to ensure there is adequate response capabilities. We can assist in by:
  • Prepare Fall rescue plans to ensure prompt response
  • Review of rescue equipment
  • Review of rescuer training

Roof Access Audits

  • The regulations require safe access to roofs for routine maintenance. We see many workplaces assume maintenance contractors have their own temporary roof access systems and do nothing to ensure that their contractors have safe systems of work on the roof.
  • We can review roof maintenance activities, that may include access to cooling towers, air conditioning and heating systems, and design safe access systems. We can assist in by:
  • Review routine roof work and maintenance
  • Assess access routes, edges, penetrations, and work areas
  • Support compliant and safe roof access solutions

Compliance Standards

The relevant legislation we use in Victoria in relation to fall hazards in general includes, but is not limited to:

  • Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
  • Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017
  • Compliance code: Prevention of falls in general construction
  • Compliance code: Prevention of falls in housing construction
  • AS 1657:2018 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders Design, construction and installation
  • AS 1891.4:2023 Industrial fall arrest systems and devices Selection use and maintenance