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induction processes
       toolbox talks
       WHS committee meetings
       participative risk assessment processes
       phone, email or fax, and
       sessions or events called for a specific purpose.
Toolbox talks can be used to provide information to and receive feedback from your workers as well as assist in raising the awareness of how stevedoring operations can be carried out in a safe and healthy manner. For example, toolbox talks may include discussions on:
       changes to the work environment that may impact on health and safety
       safe working instructions for particular tasks, and
       recent incidents including 'near misses' and key lessons to prevent a reoccurrence.
When using toolbox talks it is good practice to:
       keep a written record of the topic covered, attendees and feedback received
       organise a program of toolbox talks to ensure workers are given sufficient opportunity to provide input into how risks should be controlled, and
       review the effectiveness of toolbox talks and the level of worker understanding in the discussions.

Consulting, co-operating and co-ordinating activities with other duty holders

WHS Act
Section 46: The WHS Act requires that where more than one person has a duty in relation to  the same matter, each person with the duty must, so far as is reasonably practicable, consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities with all other persons who have a work health and safety duty in relation to the same matter.
Stevedoring operations can involve more than one business or undertaking, each with health and safety duties. Duty holders are required to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities with each other. Duty holders should exchange information on planned activities and consider who is best placed to minimise or eliminate the risks.
The outcome of consulting, co-operating and co-ordinating activities with other duty holders is each duty holder understands how their activities may impact on health and safety and the actions they each take to control risks are complementary.
For example, pre-planning is completed before a vessel arriving at a terminal or facility. The stevedoring company may provide safety information and vessel inspection checklists to the ship before undertaking stevedoring operations. This gives the vessel master or their nominated representative an opportunity to co-operate with the stevedoring company to ensure the area of work is safe for the stevedores to work in and provide stevedores with information regarding safe work procedures for the ship. The stevedoring company conducts a vessel inspection upon the ship's arrival. Any safety issues are communicated to the vessel master or officer in charge. In the case of any outstanding issues, the stevedoring company or their nominated representative may meet and work with the vessel master or its nominated representative to try