Hi Chris,

I know it's not trendy to give praise to WorkSafe, but they have a great hazardous substances calculator tool that we use at our sites. This has been updated recently with new features.

You can input the same hazardous substance types multiple times when they are stored in different areas/locations. The calculator will give out a report at the end showing what controls are required including whether they require separate Location Compliance Certificate.
The calculator gives you some comfort that the controls are accurate as I can imagine it to be a reasonable defence in law to state that 'we used the WorkSafe calculator tool'.
So as a start point, we update out hazardous substances inventory, then input that into the WorkSafe Calculator. Once we have the calculator report, then we engage our specialist certifiers to conduct the required site audits for the location compliance certificates, tank certifications etc.

A benefit is that you can play around with quantities in the calculator tool to see if you can reduce the quantities that you hold on the site, to reduce the number of required controls or even avoid having to have a location compliance certificate.

A final benefit is that you get a Pin # to go back into the calculator at any time to modify any of the information, and this then changes the report.

Link here: WorkSafe Calculator tool

PS I don't work for WorkSafe, but fair to acknowledge they have put some effort into this tool!

Regards
Dave

A great article Lee, something really different that I really enjoyed reading. I hope the young apprentice recovers well.

I would agree with Jo, I did the 2-day Working at Height Advanced course with Safety N Action this year and learned heaps. It really opened my eyes to specifics such as rescue plans, and the challenges of actually rescuing a fallen person in-practice, rather than trying to imagine it and thinking it is easy.