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Risk of Falls at Workplaces
    * Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work
    * Preventing Falls in Housing Construction
    * Confined Spaces
    * Hazardous Manual Tasks
    * Safe Design of Structures
    * Managing the Work Environment and Facilities
    * Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace
    * How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace
    * How to Safely Remove Asbestos.

How to use this Code of Practice
In providing guidance, the word 'should' is used in this Code to indicate a recommended course
of action, while 'may' is used to indicate an optional course of action.
This Code also includes various references to sections of the WHS Act and Regulations which
set out the legal requirements. These references are not exhaustive. The words 'must', 'requires' or 'mandatory' indicate that a legal requirement exists and must be complied with.

1.                  INTRODUCTION

This Chapter describes a number of key terms used in the WHS Act and Regulations and within this Code to help duty holders understand what type of construction work is covered by the legislation and what the related duties are.

1.1              What is 'construction work'?
Regulation 289: Construction work is defined as any work carried out in connection with the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting-out, commissioning, renovation, repair, maintenance, refurbishment, demolition, decommissioning or dismantling of a structure.
Construction work can be commercial, civil or housing construction and includes the following:
    * any installation or testing carried out in connection with an activity referred to in the above definition
    * the removal from the workplace of any product or waste resulting from demolition
    * the prefabrication or testing of elements, at a place specifically established for the construction work, for use in construction work
    * the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or the disassembly
      of prefabricated elements forming part of a structure
    * the installation, testing or maintenance of an essential service in relation to a structure
    * any work connected with an excavation
    * any work connected with any preparatory work or site preparation (including landscaping
      as part of site preparation) carried out in connection with an activity referred to in the
      above definition
    * an activity referred to in the above definition that is carried out on, under or near water, including work on buoys and obstructions to navigation.
'In connection with' means related to or associated with construction work. Contracts covering a project are a good guide to what activities are done in connection with construction. Examples include:
    * work by architects or engineers in on-site offices or conducting on-site inspections,
      but not architects or engineers working in offices away from the construction site
    * work by a mechanic on an excavator on-site and