Useful Websites
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
- Safework Australia
- SafeWork NSW
- WorkSafe WA
- SafeWork SA
- Work Health & Safety ACT
- WorkSafe Tasmania
- National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC, UK)
- Scaffolding Association (UK)
- SARNZ (NZ’s Scaffolding Association)
Codes of Practice, Acts and Regulations
- Scaffolding Code of Practice 2021
- Queensland Work Health and Safety Act 2011
- Queensland Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
- Construction Work Code of Practice 2013
- Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2011
- Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2011
- Confined Spaces Code of Practice 2016
Australian Standards for Scaffolding
Please note, these standards need to be purchased from the SAI Global Store.
- AS/NZS 1576.1:2019 Scaffolding – General Requirements
- AS/NZS 1576.2:2016 Scaffolding – Couplers and Accessories
- AS/NZS 1576.3:2015 Scaffolding – Prefabricated and tube-and-coupler scaffolding
- AS/NZS 1576.4:2013 Scaffolding – Suspended Scaffolding
- AS/NZS 1576.5:2021 Scaffolding – Prefabricated Splitheads and trestles
- AS/NZS 1576.6:2020 Scaffolding – Metal Tube-and-coupler scaffolding – Deemed to comply with AS/NZS 1576.3
- AS/NZS 1577:2018 Scaffold Decking Components
- AS 1657:2018 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders – Design, construction and installation
- AS 4576:2020 Guidelines for Scaffolding
- AS/NZS 4994.1:2009 Temporary Edge Protection General Requirements
