The Annual Safety Assessment (ASA) is a key aspect of the department's risk management approach. Implementing the ASA is one method the department utilises to monitor the effectiveness and compliance to the department’s health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) management system (HSWMS). The HSWMS is the framework for managing health, safety and wellbeing in the department.
The aim of the ASA is to assist schools and workplaces identify potential hazards and improve local health, safety and wellbeing processes. Once completed, the ASA will provide you with a local Health Safety and Wellbeing Annual Safety Assessment Action Plan (Action Plan) that helps prioritise and track actions to manage hazards and improve health, safety and wellbeing.
By conducting the ASA comprehensively, you will:
- identify key compliance and hazard areas to be managed at your school or workplace
- review safety and wellbeing issues and existing processes to determine if required actions are in place to comply with legislative and/or department requirements and implement safe work practices
- develop an action plan each year to document, set responsibilities and prioritise how issues or actions will be addressed within agreed timeframes—remember the majority of your action plan is autogenerated by the ASA tool.
ASA tool
The
2026 ASA tool will replace the 2025 ASA tool, which is no longer to be used. The questions in the 2026 ASA tool have been refreshed and updated.
ASA submission
To submit the ASA, you will need to save the completed file locally and send it as an attachment to
hsw@qed.qld.gov.au. This must be submitted by 31 December 2026 to be included in completion rates for the calendar year.
Supporting information and guides
Health and safety checklists
The following checklists are a guide only and may assist in understanding some of the health and safety considerations for these areas. These may also prove useful to inform the ASA results.