Electrical safety code of practice 2020 - Works - Queensland

Description

You will need to comply with this code if you undertake work associated with earthing systems, underground cable systems, and supporting structures for overhead lines forming parts of the works of an electricity entity.

This code provides practical guidance on how to comply with your work health and safety duties, including effective ways to identify and manage risks.

You will either need to comply with this code or an alternative method that sets an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Administering agency

Office of Industrial Relations

Electrical Safety Office