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Schedule 6.3 — High risk work
Division 1 —
Preliminary
1. Terms used in this Schedule.
In this Schedule —
“hung scaffold” has the meaning given in
regulation 3.66;
“mast climbing work platform” has the
meaning given in regulation 4.1;
“materials hoist” means a
hoist —
(a) made up of a car, bucket or platform that is cantilevered from
and travels up and down the external face of a building or structure; and (b)
that carries goods or materials but not people; “suspended scaffold”
has the meaning given in regulation 3.66; “use”, in
relation to plant, means to work from the plant or to operate the plant.
Division 2 — Scaffolding
work
2. Terms used in
this Division In this Division —
“cantilevered scaffold”
has the meaning given in regulation 3.66;
“gantry”
has the meaning given in regulation 3.66;
“scaffolding work”
means erecting, altering or dismantling a temporary structure that is
or has been erected to support a platform and from which a person or object
could fall more than 4 metres;
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High risk work Schedule 6.3 Scaffolding
work Division 2 cl. 3
“spur scaffold”
has the meaning given in regulation 3.66.
3. Scaffolding work, classes of high risk
work
Table Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class
1. Scaffolding work,
basic
Scaffolding work involving —
(a) pre-fabricated scaffolds; or
(b)
cantilevered materials hoists with a maximum working load of 500 kilograms;
or
(c) ropes; or
(d) gin wheels; or
(e) safety nets and static lines;
or
(f) bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork).
2. Scaffolding work,
intermediate
(1) Scaffolding work included in the class of scaffolding
work, basic.
(2) Scaffolding work involving —
(a) cantilevered crane
loading platforms; or
(b) cantilevered scaffolds; or
(c) spur scaffolds;
or
(d) barrow ramps and sloping platforms; or
(e) scaffolding associated
with perimeter safety screens and shutters; or
(f) mast climbing work
platforms; or
(g) tube and coupler scaffolds (including tube and coupler
covered ways and gantries).
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
1996
Schedule 6.3 High risk work
Division 3 cl. 4 Dogging work and rigging work
Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class
3. Scaffolding work,
advanced
(1) Scaffolding work included in the class of scaffolding work,
intermediate.
(2) Scaffolding work involving —
(a) hung scaffolds,
including scaffolds hung from tubes, wire ropes or chains; or
(b) suspended
scaffolds.
Division 3 — Dogging work
and rigging work
4. Terms used in this
Division
In this Division — “dogging work” means
—
(a) applying slinging techniques for the purposes of lifting a load,
including selecting the method of lifting (by consideration of the nature of the
load, its mass and its centre of gravity) and inspecting lifting gear (for
suitability and condition); or
(b) directing the operator of a crane or hoist
in the movement of a load when the load is out of the view of the
operator;
“rigging work” means —
(a) moving, placing or
securing a load (such as plant, equipment or members of a building or structure)
using mechanical load shifting equipment but does not include operation of the
mechanical load shifting equipment; or
(b) erecting or dismantling cranes or
hoists.
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
1996
High risk work Schedule 6.3 Dogging
work and rigging work Division 3 cl. 5
5. Dogging work and rigging work, classes of high risk
work
Table Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class
1. Dogging work
Dogging work.
2. Dogging work and rigging work, basic
(1) Work included in
the class of Dogging work.
(2) Rigging work involving —
(a) steel
members of a building or structure, or steel plant; or
(b) hoists other than
hoists with jibs and self-climbing hoists; or
(c) pre-cast concrete members
of a building or structure; or
(d) safety nets and static lines; or
(e)
mast climbing work platforms; or
(f) perimeter safety screens and shutters;
or
(g) cantilevered crane loading platforms, but excluding rigging work
involving equipment, loads or tasks listed in item 3(2)(a) to (e) and item
4(2)(a) to (d).
3. Dogging work and rigging work, intermediate
(1) Work
included in the class of Dogging work and rigging work,
basic.
(2) Rigging work involving —
(a) hoists with jibs and
self-climbing hoists; or
(b) cranes, conveyors, dredges and excavators;
or
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1996
Schedule 6.3 High risk
workDivision 4 cl. 6
Crane and hoist operation
High risk work
Description of
class
(c) tilt slabs; or
(d) demolition of buildings, structures
or plant; or
(e) multi-crane hoisting, but excluding rigging work
involving equipment listed in item 4(2)(a) to (d).
4. Dogging and rigging
work, advanced
(1) Work included in the class of Dogging work and rigging
work, intermediate.
(2) Rigging work involving —
(a) gin poles and
shear legs; or
(b) flying foxes and cable ways; or
(c) guyed derricks and
structures; or
(d) suspended scaffolds and fabricated hung scaffolds.
Division 4 — Crane and hoist
operation
6. Terms used in this Division. In this
Division —
“boom-type elevating work platform” has the
meaning given in regulation 4.1;
“bridge crane” has the
meaning given in regulation 4.1;
“derrick crane” means a
slewing strut-boom crane with its boom pivoted at the base of a mast that is
—
(a) guyed (guy-derrick) or held by backstays (stiff-legged derrick);
and
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1996
High risk work Schedule 6.3 Crane and
hoist operation Division 4 cl. 6
(b) capable of
luffing under load;
“gantry crane” has the meaning given in
regulation 4.1;
“mobile crane” has the meaning given in
regulation 4.1;
“non-slewing mobile crane” means a mobile
crane incorporating a boom or jib that cannot be slewed, and includes —
(a)
an articulated mobile crane; or
(b) a locomotive crane, but does not include
vehicle tow trucks; “personnel and materials hoist” means a
hoist —
(a) that is a cantilever hoist, a tower hoist or several winches
configured to operate as a hoist; and
(b) that is intended to carry goods,
materials or people; “portal boom crane” means a boom crane or
a jib crane that is mounted on a portal frame that, in turn, is supported on
runways along which the crane travels;
“self-erecting tower crane”
means a crane —
(a) that cannot be disassembled into a tower element
and a boom or jib element; and
(b) that is transported between sites as a
complete unit; and
(c) where the erection and dismantling processes are an
inherent part of the crane’s function;
“slewing mobile crane”
means a mobile crane incorporating a boom
or jib that can be slewed, but does not include
—
(a) a front-end loader; or
(b) a backhoe; or
(c) an excavator;
or
(d) other earth moving equipment, when configured for crane
operation;
“tower crane” means a boom crane or a jib crane
mounted on a tower structure and —
(a) the crane, if a jib crane, may be a
horizontal or luffing jib type; and
(b) the tower structure may be
demountable or permanent,
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1996
Schedule 6.3 High risk work
Division 4 Crane and hoist operation cl.
7
but does not include a self-erecting tower
crane;
“vehicle loading crane” has the meaning given in
regulation 4.54(1);
“vehicle-mounted concrete placing boom”
means a boom —
(a) with 2 or more stages; and
(b) mounted on a
vehicle; and
(c) able to be slewed or luffed; and
(d) along which concrete
is pumped by means of a pipe attached to, or incorporated within, the boom.
7. Crane and hoist operation, classes of high risk
work
(1) For the purposes of the Table item 5, the raising and
lowering of a hoist is a single powered operation.
(2) For the purposes of
the Table item 14, the length of a boom is the greater of the following —
(a)
the vertical distance from the surface supporting the boom-type elevating work
platform to the floor of the platform, with the platform extended to its maximum
height; (b) the horizontal distance from the centre point of the boom’s rotation
to the outer edge of the platform, with the platform extended to its maximum
distance.
TableItem Class of high risk
work
Description of class
1. Crane and hoist
operation, tower crane
The use of a tower crane.
2. Crane and hoist
operation, self-erecting tower crane
The use of a self-erecting tower
crane.
3. Crane and hoist operation, derrick crane. The use of a derrick
crane.
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
1996
High risk work Schedule 6.3 Crane and
hoist operation Division 4 cl. 7
Item Class of high
risk work Description of class
4. Crane and hoist operation, portal
boom crane. The use of a portal boom crane.
5. Crane and hoist operation,
bridge crane/gantry crane. The use of a bridge crane or gantry crane that is
—
(a) controlled from a permanent cabin or control station on the
crane; or
(b) remotely controlled and having more than 3 powered
operations.
6. Crane and hoist operation, vehicle loading crane
The use of
a vehicle loading crane with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes or more.
7. Crane
and hoist operation, non-slewing mobile crane.
The use of a non-slewing
mobile crane with a capacity of more than 3 tonnes.
8. Crane and hoist
operation, mobile crane, basic
The use of —
(a) a vehicle loading crane
with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes or more; or
(b) a non-slewing mobile crane
with a capacity of more than 3 tonnes; or
(c) a slewing mobile crane with a
capacity of 20 tonnes or less.
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1996
Schedule 6.3 High risk work
Division 4 Crane and hoist operation cl.
7
Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class
9. Crane and hoist
operation, mobile crane, intermediate
The use of —
(a) a vehicle loading
crane with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes or more; or
(b) a non-slewing mobile
crane with a capacity of more than 3 tonnes; or
(c) a slewing mobile crane
with a capacity of 60 tonnes or less.
10. Crane and hoist operation, mobile
crane, advanced.
The use of —
(a) a vehicle loading crane with a capacity
of 10 metre tonnes or
more; or
(b) a non-slewing mobile crane with a
capacity of more than 3 tonnes; or
(c) a slewing mobile crane with a capacity
of 100 tonnes or less.
11. Crane and hoist operation, mobile crane, open
class
The use of —
(a) a vehicle loading crane with a capacity of 10 metre
tonnes or more; or
(b) a non-slewing mobile crane with a capacity of more
than 3 tonnes; or
(c) a slewing mobile crane.
12. Crane and hoist
operation, materials hoist. The use of a materials hoist where the vertical
movement of the hoist’s car, bucket or platform is more than 11 metres.
13.
Crane and hoist operation, personnel and materials hoist The use of a personnel
and materials hoist
.
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Regulations 1996
High risk work Schedule 6.3
Forklift operation Division 5 cl. 8
Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class - Elevated platform
14.
Crane and hoist operation, boom-type elevating work platform
The use of a
boom-type elevating work platform where the length of the boom is
11 metres
or more.
15. Crane and hoist operation, vehicle-mounted concrete placing
boom
The use of a vehicle-mounted concrete placing boom.
Division 5 — Forklift
operation
8. Terms used in
this Division
In this Division —
“forklift truck”
means a powered industrial truck equipped with lifting media made up of
a mast and an elevating load carriage to which is attached a pair of
forkarms;
“order-picking forklift truck” means a forklift
truck where the operator’s controls are incorporated with the lifting media and
elevate with the lifting media.
9. Forklift operation, classes of high risk
work
Table Item Class of high risk
work
Description of class
1. Forklift operation,
forklift truck.
The use of a forklift truck other than an order-picking
forklift truck.
2. Forklift operation, order-picking forklift truck