Identify hazards and environmental issues, assess the risks, and implement control measures in line with workplace policies

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WHS Duties
As a worker you must always aim to eliminate the risk of work, so far as is reasonably practicable. If that is not possible, you must minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable.

You must identify hazards, and assess and control risks. Think about your:
• Work Areas
• Work Procedures
• Tools
• Equipment.

Consulting with your supervisor and other workers can help you find better and easier ways to identify and minimise risks. You should also review control measures to ensure they are working as planned.

Workers also have duties, including taking reasonable care for their own health and safety.

Managing Risks
The best way to manage the risk of slips, trips and falls is to eliminate hazards at the design stage of the workplace.

If you can’t eliminate the risk, you must minimise it so far as is reasonably practicable

Identify Environmental Requirements for the Project
Works can have far-reaching impacts on adjoining properties, passers-by, traffic, neighbouring residents, and businesses but also on the environment as a whole. Issues like noise, stormwater pollution, sediment control and dust from demolition sites can be inconvenient or dangerous to the neighbourhood and our environment.

This is why environmental and public health and safety requirements relevant to the geographic locality must be complied with when carrying out demolition tasks.

We must visit the site prior to commencement to identify the potential environmental issues, considering the following:
• Strategies to minimise impacts on air quality are investigated, selected, and incorporated into procedures.
• Strategies to minimise water wastage and impacts on stormwater are investigated, selected, and incorporated into procedures.
• Strategies to minimise energy wastage and employ renewable energy technologies are investigated, selected, and incorporated into procedures.
• Strategies to minimise material wastage and to ensure safe disposal of hazardous and waste materials are investigated, selected, and incorporated into procedures.

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Identify any control measures required in the SWMS and the Environmental management Plan and implement those control measures prior to commencement of work. Continually monitor as work progresses