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Consultation/Co-operation/Co-ordination: Check List and CCC Plan
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Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
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Consultation mechanisms
with workers regarding work
health and safety issues and
duties
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating

Consultation is required, so far as
is reasonably practicable with
workers.

Identify and document who are
workers for the purposes of the
WHS Legislation for the project.

Are the facilities for the welfare of
workers adequate (this is toilets,
water, washing facilities, first aid
etc)?

Are workers consulted regularly
regarding the resolution of health
and safety issues?

Is regular training provided to
workers concerning their work
health and safety obligations and
WHS issues arising from the work
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
they perform?
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
Consider if health monitoring is
required for workers concerning
the work the subject of the project?

Identify information sharing
procedures regarding matters that
affect workers health and safety.

Ensure feedback is provided to
workers regarding concerns and
issues raised.

Consultation does not require
agreement, rather, it provides an
opportunity for participation and
contribution.

See the Work Health and Safety
Consultation Cooperation and
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
Coordination Code of Practice
2.
Consultation mechanisms
with contractors,
subcontractors and other
persons regarding work health
and safety issues and duties
and where there is a shared
work health and safety duty

Identify and document shared duty
holders for the project.

Consultation is required, so far as
is reasonably practicable with
those:
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o
who the Commonwealth's
safety decisions affect; and
o
whose work the
Commonwealth can
influence and control.
Consultation is required with those
PCBUs who have management or
control of a workplace - which the
Commonwealth also has a degree
of management or control
concerning and those workplaces
where the Commonwealth
influences and controls how work
is carried out/performed.
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
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Identify what consultation
mechanisms and processes will be
required to ensure those who have
shared duties (with the
Commonwealth) are consulted
with regarding the project and the
shared duties. Consultation should
include identifying:
o
what each shared duty
holder will be doing - how,
when and where at the
workplace - including the
use of plant, substances
and structures;
o
who has management or
control and/or the ability
to influence and control
workplace health and
safety matters;
o
which work activities of
each duty holder may
affect the work
environment (and the work
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
of the other);
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o
any other persons
(including PCBUs) who
may be affected by the
activities carried out by
each duty holder;
o
what each duty holder be
providing regarding health
and safety - e.g.
controlling risks and
providing facilities;
o
what information will be
required by other duty
holders to discharge their
work, health and safety
duties and obligations;
and
o
what each duty holders
knows about the hazards
and risks associated with
the project activities they
will undertake - including
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
whether the activities of
others may increase or
introduce new hazards and
risks.
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
Identify how decisions taken as a
result of consultation are regularly
reviewed and further consultation
carried out, if required - including
when changes to a work
environment occur.

Ensure feedback is provided to
shared duty holders regarding
WHS concerns and issues raised.

Consultation does not require
agreement, rather, it provides an
opportunity for participation and
contribution.

See the Work Health and Safety
Consultation Cooperation and
Coordination Code of Practice
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
3.
Determine what consultation
mechanisms are to be used for
the following work health
and safety issues (as relevant
to a project) to ensure they are
subject to consultation:
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Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
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identifying hazards
and assess risks;
making decisions to
control risks;
providing information
to workers and
contractors/subcontra
ctors regarding risks
and hazards at or in
the vicinity of the
workplace (including
regarding plant,
substances and
structures);
proposed changes to
work practices,
including the
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Risks and hazards - consider:
o
hazardous chemicals;
o
UXO;
o
radiation;
o
asbestos;
o
other contamination.;
o
any faults in
plant/structures;
o
hazardous manual tasks;
o
work in confined
spaces;
o
work with a risk of
falls;
o
high risk work
(requiring a licence);
o
demolition work; and
o
energised electrical
work.
Consider information required to
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
purchase and use,
handling or storage of
plant, substances and
structures;
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4.
responding to safety
issues raised during
the project;

Consultation does not require
agreement, rather, it provides an
opportunity for participation and
contribution.
developing and
reviewing safety
procedures
concerning the
workplace.

See the Work Health and Safety
Consultation Cooperation and
Coordination Code of Practice.

See the How to Manage Work
Health and Safety Risks Code of
Practice.

See Safe-Design-ManufactureImport-Supply-Plant - draft Code
of Practice.
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Does co-ordination of work require
work of duty holders to be
Co-ordination
Activities/process/procedures
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be provided to workers and other
persons the Commonwealth owes a
duty to ensure the safe use,
handling and storage of plant,
substances and structures.
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
have been put in place to
ensure those with shared
duties work together to
identify hazards and control
risks and their work
complements each other's.
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Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
scheduled separately?

Determine if there are
preconditions to or precautions that
need to be adopted prior to work
being carried out.
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Ensure control measures adopted
by shared duty holders
complement each other.

Determine resourcing required to
ensure adequate co-ordination
occurs for the project. This may
include the establishment of a coordination committee or the
appointment of a co-ordination
officer to ensure effective liaison
and co-ordination for the Project
(including with shared duty
holders).

Ensure consultation is continually
carried out to facilitate co-
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
operation.
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Co-operation

See the Work Health and Safety
Consultation Cooperation and
Coordination Code of Practice

What is required for co-operation
should be identified in the
consultation process.
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Co-operation may include
arrangements to ensure acts or
omissions of duty holders do not
compromise safety.

Ensure communication is not
obstructed between duty holders.

Identity if there are any barriers to
co-operation. Such barriers may
include security of information
policies, organisational barriers
which prevent access to
information and confidentiality
requirements. Also identify the
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information
No
Consultation /Cooperation/Co-ordination
Yes/No
Particular Issues to Consider when
consulting, co-operating and coordinating
mechanism to overcome barriers to
co-operation, so as to ensure
compliance with WHS duties and
obligations
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
Respond to reasonable requests
from other duty holders to assist
them discharging their work health
and safety duties.

See the Work Health and Safety
Consultation Cooperation and
Coordination Code of Practice
Action Taken by the Commonwealth to Consult,
Co-operate and Co-ordinate - CCC Planning
Information