Licences for high-risk work at heights
Would adding working at heights to the high-risk licensing scheme reduce falls?
Would adding working at heights to the high-risk licensing scheme reduce falls?
Whether you are a specifier, building owner, employer, or worker the updates to the Australian height safety standards are something you need to be aware of.
AS 5532:2025, the standard for the manufacturing of single-point anchors for height safety work, has been updated.
The updates to the AS/NZS 1891.4 standard bring fundamental changes to how the equipment for industrial fall protection systems are selected, maintained and used.
Decisions are rarely made in a vacuum. And that is even more apparent when you consider what goes into making choices about height safety and fall protection.
The things that can constitute a height safety risk are far more than most people immediately think.
How bodies corporate and strata committees function in the context of workplace safety can be complicated, especially when it comes to height safety and fall protection.
To meet the duty of care as a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) it is important that safe access and fall protection systems be compliant.
Knowing how to identify a confined space is the first step in mitigating the risks associated with working in them.
Keeping your height safety system compliant is an important part of meeting a PCBUs safety obligations. Doing so requires regular inspections be completed.