The City of Wanneroo prioritises the health, safety, and wellbeing of workers, contractors, and the community. All workers and contractor representatives must complete the City’s WHS induction before starting work to ensure compliance with the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA), WHS (General) Regulations 2022 and relevant Codes of Practice.
Induction requirements
Contractors are required to:
- Complete the WHS Contractor Induction before starting work on any City worksite.
- Undertake an onsite induction or workplace familiarisation where works will occur.
- Ensure all sub-contractors are safety inducted by the main contractor before commencing work.
- Maintain induction records and make them available upon request.
Other requirements
Risk management is a key part of working safely. Contractors are required to:
- Provide evidence of effective risk management on site (e.g risk assessments, inspections, pre-start checklists).
- Where the work activity requires a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS), specifically those deemed at high risk construction activities under the WHS Act, no other evidence shall be accepted.
Everyone has a duty of care. That means workers should be familiar with the legislation, take responsibility for their own safety, and never put others at risk. If something feels unsafe, you have the right to stop work.
Fatigue, mental stress and the use of drugs or alcohol may impair your ability to undertake your work safely and jeopardise the safety of others. Please ensure you are fit to perform your duties and report any issue to your supervisor prior to commencing work.
Contractors are required to:
- Ensure that their work areas are clear, clean and free of any unused materials or waste.
- All waste materials must be disposed of safely and responsibly in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.
To ensure safety and compliance, contractors must meet the following requirements:
- Assign tasks requiring a certificate of competency, qualification, or licence only to individuals who can clearly demonstrate they hold the necessary credentials.
- Ensure any mobile plant used has current registration, licence, or certification from the relevant Western Australian Government authority (where required).
- Provide your licence or qualification card number and other details on the registration form.
- You are not required to upload the licence, but details may be verified via the WorkSafe licence and registration search.
The City will carry out periodic reviews and audits to check that contractors are meeting WHS requirements. This includes verifying that the safety systems are being applied on site. Contractors should be ready to provide evidence to support this.
Contractors must follow these steps when an incident occurs on a City worksite:
Immediate notification
Notify the Contract Superintendent by the quickest possible means if an incident causes:
- Injury or harm to any person (contractor, City employee, member of the public).
- Damage to equipment, property (City or private), plant, or the environment.
Verbal report
Provide verbal notification to the Contract Superintendent immediately for all notifiable or serious incidents.
Written report
Submit a written incident report within 24 hours of the event.
WorkSafe notification
For reportable incidents, serious injuries, or dangerous occurrences, the Primary PCBU representative must notify WorkSafe.
City notification
The City will also report the incident once aware, to ensure compliance with legislative requirements.
Contracted works in public areas must ensure public safety at all times. This includes:
- Traffic and pedestrian management by a licensed, competent person.
- Physical barriers to prevent public access (cones alone are not acceptable as barriers).
All workers are to confirm the emergency response details including alerts, evacuations for each work site. Contract Superintendents and Supervisors need to ensure workers are informed of the specification and record as pers of the site induction.
Workers responsibilities
These include:
- Complete the WHS induction online form and any re-induction prior to commencing work.
- Report all hazards, incidents and injuries.
- Ensure you are fit to perform your assigned work.
- Follow reasonable instruction from your supervisor/leader.
- Use appropriate PPE in the correct manner for tasks identified in your risk assessments.
Company representatives/managers responsibilities
These include:
- Ensure all contractor workers complete the online and onsite inductions.
- Maintain induction records and provide them upon request.
- Verify contractor licences, qualifications, and insurance.
- Conduct regular audits to ensure WHS compliance.
- Provide evidence of safety systems in practice.
- Ensure contractors are aware of site-specific hazards and emergency procedures.
- Facilitate reporting of incidents and near misses. With verbal notification to the Contract Superintendent and written reports within 24 hours.
How to complete the induction process
Complete the Work Health and Safety Induction online form
Induction approval process
After completing the Work Health and Safety Induction online form, your details will be reviewed and verified, and you will receive a customer receipt with reference number. A site familiarisation induction should be undertaken before commencing at any City worksite.
