excavations while constructing a golf course, house foundations, or basement garage Assembling temporary fencing for a building site Carrying out remediation excavation work on a contaminated site Excavating trenches to install services such as gas and electricity than for the purpose of testing, maintenance or repair work of a minor nature Soil-testing the ground for design purposes before construction Temporarily fencing-off the building site. The installation, Roughing-in telephone, television and internet cables testing or Major drainage repair works maintenance of an essential service in Installing a water or grey water recycling system relation to a Installing solar heating units structure. Major drainage repair works Installing solar panels. Work carried out on, Dredging to prepare for the erection of a structure under or near water, Re-piling jetties and piers including work on buoys and Building a structure on or near a river, lake or reservoir obstructions to Driving navigation markers into the seabed navigation. 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 The manufacture of plant that is not (or will not be) fixed including of plant. 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.
excavations while constructing a golf course, house foundations, or basement garage Assembling temporary fencing for a building site Carrying out remediation excavation work on a contaminated site Excavating trenches to install services such as gas and electricity than for the purpose of testing, maintenance or repair work of a minor nature Soil-testing the ground for design purposes before construction Temporarily fencing-off the building site. The installation, testing or maintenance of an essential service in relation to a structure. Roughing-in telephone, television and internet cables Major drainage repair works Installing a water or grey water recycling system Installing solar heating units Major drainage repair works Installing solar panels. Work carried out on, under or near water, including work on buoys and obstructions to navigation. Dredging to prepare for the erection of a structure Re-piling jetties and piers Building a structure on or near a river, lake or reservoir Driving navigation 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.