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markers into the seabed
                                                                                                       * Constructing a boat ramp or any other structure over water for a waterfront home
                                                                                                       * Constructing a structure near a swimming pool.

Table 2 Examples of activities that are not considered construction work (see Regulation 289(3):

Activity                   Examples of what is not construction work

The manufacture of plant.      * The manufacture of plant that is not (or will not be) fixed including machinery, equipment, vehicles and vessels.
                               * Any manufacturing stages involved in mass producing components for the kind of plant covered by Chapter 6 of the WHS Regulations (see regulation 290(2)).
                           Note: Chapter 6 of the WHS Regulations applies to the construction of some types of plant for example the construction or assembly of fixed plant, ships and submarines.

                           It also applies to any work on plant at a pre-existing construction site.

Prefabrication of elements off-site                                                                                                 * Making building elements such as windows or roof trusses at a factory or workshop that makes such elements for industry in general.
                                                                                                                                Note: It is construction work if elements are made at the construction site where the elements are to be used.

The construction or assembly of a structure that once constructed or assembled is intended to be transported to another place.       * Mobile or pre-fabricated homes.

Testing, maintenance or repair work of a minor nature carried out in connection with a structure.                                   * Undertaking regular inspections of a building's fire equipment or lifts
                                                                                                                                    * Servicing or repair of an air-conditioning system
                                                                                                                                    * Replacing or repairing solar panels
                                                                                                                                    * Replacing or repairing a damaged door
                                                                                                                                    * Repainting a wall in an existing home
                                                                                                                                    * Replacing or repairing carpet in a house that is not under construction
                                                                                                                                    * Replacing or repairing individual roof tiles
                                                                                                                                Testing, maintenance or repair work is considered of a minor nature if it requires little or no pre-start preparation of the work area. It is small scale and involves minimal control measures.  Minimal preparation of the work area includes:

                                                                                                                                    * small scale work that does not impact on the existing design or stability of the building or structure
                                                                                                                                    * work that can be completed using hand tools
                                                                                                                                    * work that has minimal effect on the public – i.e. roads and footpaths are unaffected.
Mining or the exploration for, or extraction of, minerals.                                                                          * extracting sand or rock from a quarry or an open-cut mine
                                                                                                                                    * tunnelling or shafts in an underground mine to extract or inject minerals, including activities such as installing roof supports
                                                                                                                                    * installing services as part of mining, including communication and controls such as ventilation
                                                                                                                                    * drilling for a sample or developing a shaft
                                                                                                                                    * removing overburden at an open-cut mine.

APPENDIX b – examples of high risk construction work
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