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Workplace Health and Safety Studies Guide

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Additional resources

Some Extra Links:

  • AgHealth Australia: This website assists rural Australians to improve health and well-being and reduce the incidence of work-related injuries
  • CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation): Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a first-aid technique that can be used if someone is not breathing properly or if their heart has stopped.
  • St John Ambulance Australia (First Aid): St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding, charitable organisation providing services to a broad scope of the community. St John Ambulance Australia is the country's leading supplier of first aid products and training.
  • Virtual Office: A risk management tool by Comcare that helps to identify hazards and control risks in an office environment.
  • What is Ergonomics?: This site has links to current information on the field of ergonomics.

To search for Australian Standards:

  1. Go to our Online Databases page
  2. Log in to your library account
  3. Select the Australian Standards (Techstreet) link
  4. Create your account and sign-in
  5. Search by Australian Standard Number, Keyword or Subject

See our Australian Standards Database Guide for further help.

Relevant WH&S Standards include:

  • AS/NZS 1269.0:2005 (R2016) Occupational noise management - Overview

  • AS/NZS 1337.0:2020: Personal protective equipment - Eye and face protection - Vocabulary

  • AS 1670.1:2018: Fire detection, warning, control and intercom systems

  • AS/NZS 3000:2018/Amdt 1:2020: Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)

  • AS 4024.1-2019 Series: Safety of machinery

  • AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018: Occupational health and safety management systems

  • AS/NZS 60335.2.11:2020: Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety

  • AS/NZS IEC 31010:2020: Risk management - Risk assessment techniques

  • AS/NZS 4024.2803:2021: Safety of machinery Electro-sensitive protective equipment- General requirements and tests

  • AS ISO 22915.4:2021: Industrial trucks - Verification of stability- Pale stackers, double stackers and order-picking truck with operator position elevating up to and including 1 200 mm lift height 

 

To access these eJournals log in Science Direct Database with your TAFE SA username and password:

  • Safety Science
  • Journal of Safety Research

Open Access Journals:

Click on a title to see where the item is held. You can reserve items held in any of our libraries and have them sent to the library of your choice - read here to find out how.

All for one: the meerkat way

An easy guide to "the new WHS laws"

Asbestos: safe removal in Australia

Mission Possible: a squirrel's tale

OH&S on a film set

Risk assessment for industry

Understanding welding hazards

Workplace bullying

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