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card available for inspection, or
    * if awaiting a decision on their application for a general construction induction training card—keep their general induction training certification available for inspection.
Subcontractors must comply with both the duties of workers and of PCBUs. Self-employed PCBUs are also workers for their own business or undertaking.

2.4              Other persons
Other persons at the workplace, for example inspectors and visitors to construction sites (including home owners and potential buyers), have a duty to:
    * take reasonable care for their own health and safety
    * take reasonable care that their acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons, and
    * comply, so far as is reasonably practicable, with any reasonable instruction given to them by the PCBU.

3.                  MANAGING RISKS WITH CONSTRUCTION WORK

3.1              Identifying hazards
The first step in the risk management process is to identify the hazards associated with construction work. Examples of hazards include:
    * the construction workplace itself, including its location, layout, condition and accessibility
    * the use of ladders, incorrectly erected equipment, unguarded holes, penetrations and voids, unguarded excavations, trenches, shafts and lift wells, unstable structures such as incomplete scaffolding or mobile platforms, fragile and brittle surfaces such as cement sheet roofs, fibreglass roofs, skylights and unprotected formwork decks
    * falling objects, for example tools, debris and equipment
    * collapse of trenches
    * structural collapse
    * the handling, use, storage, and transport or disposal of hazardous chemicals
    * the presence of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials
    * welding fumes, gases and arcs
    * hazardous manual tasks
    * the interface with other works or trade activities
    * the physical working environment, for example the potential for electric shock, immersion
      or engulfment, fire or explosion, slips, trips and falls, people being struck by moving plant, exposure to noise, heat, cold, vibration, radiation (including solar UV radiation), static electricity or a contaminated atmosphere, and the presence of a confined space.

3.2              Assessing the risks
Assessing the risk includes considering:
    * the severity of any injury or illness that could occur, for example is it a small isolated hazard that could result in a very minor injury or is it a significant hazard that could have wide ranging and severe affects, and
    * the likelihood or chance that someone will suffer an illness or injury, for example consider the number of people exposed to the hazard.
Under the WHS Regulations, a risk assessment is not mandatory for construction work however it is required for specific situations, for example when working with asbestos. In many circumstances a risk assessment will assist in determining the control measures that should be implemented.
It will help to:
    * identify which workers are at risk of