Safety audits

One of the many activities for improving electrical safety at workplaces and Queensland homes is
the Electrical Safety Office’s statewide compliance audit program.

Each year a range of audit projects are planned focusing on five electrical safety priorities:

• powerlines
• dwellings
• workplaces
• electricity supply industry
• general electrical industry.

Audits planned this year cover a range of equipment and industries, some of which do not involve electrical workers, including:

• owners of cathodic protection systems
• people who advertise the performance of electrical work
• insulation installers
• electrical contractors
• installation of safety switches at domestic residences
• second hand outlets
• decorative lights
• new electrical equipment offered for sale
• non electrical contractors who employ electrical workers
• electrical repairers who do not hold an electrical contractor's licence
• works of an electricity entity
• Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).

The results of the audits assist in the development of future audit programs, potential community engagement programs and the development of electrical safety strategies.

If you are selected for an audit an inspector from the Electrical Safety Office will contact you to make arrangements to conduct the audit. The inspector will ask questions which focus on how obligations are being addressed at your workplace. Having processes and procedures for a safe outcome is a good start. Audits promote discussion and provide you with plenty of opportunity to discuss electrical safety compliance with the inspector.