Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) (NATIONAL STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2003 - REG 2.19

    An operator must ensure that:

  (a)   employees and contractors who are likely to be exposed to a hazardous substance, and anyone supervising the employees or contractors, are trained and provided with information and instruction in:

  (i)   the nature of the hazard associated with the substance, the process of risk assessment and the level of risk; and

  (ii)   the control procedures associated with the use of the substance; and

  (iii)   the need for, and proper use and maintenance of, measures to control risk; and

  (iv)   the use, fit, testing and storage of personal protective equipment, if personal protective equipment forms a part of the measures to control risk; and

  (b)   the instruction and training are commensurate with the level of risk to health, caused by the hazardous substance, that is assessed.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

Note:   Guidance on the key elements of an induction and training program can be found in the National Code of Practice for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:2007 (1994)].