The safety of students, staff and others using electrical equipment is of paramount importance and there are legislative requirements that must be followed to ensure electrical safety. All electrical equipment must be appropriate for the activity and conform to Australian Standard specifications.
In the event of a health and safety incident involving electricity, specific processes must be followed to ensure safety as well as comply with relevant legislation. Departmental procedures and guidelines address these issues.
591k 104k - 4 page summary of electrical safety requirements 48k - table of testing, tagging and safety switch requirements 311k - comprehensive information about managing electrical safety 56k 55k (99KB) 94k 143k 140k (1.4MB) - including the definition for a dangerous incident which includes electric shock. (888KB) states that an employer or self-employed person has an obligation to ensure that the person's business or undertaking is conducted in a way that is electrically safe. (1.5MB) sets out specific requirements about electrical equipment and installations at a workplace. The regulation covers some of the things that you must do as a minimum.This page was last reviewed on 19 Jul 2012
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