Activity+6+–+Standards+and+Guidance+notes

Task:
List the names of any **Standards** and **Guidance notes** (also called safety guides) that you think are relevant to your workplace or industry. You can search for them at: If you’re not sure which Standards and Guidance notes are relevant, discuss this with a work colleague or supervisor, another student or your teacher.
 * WorkCover www.workcover.nsw.gov.au (NSW)
 * Standards Australia www.standards.com.au (national)
 * Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) www.ascc.gov.au (national)

Response:
Working as a deckhand on charter boats within the harbour, the following Standards were relevant:
 * [|Safe Working in a Confined Space - Australian Standard AS2865-1995 (NOHSC:1009(1994))]
 * [|National Standard for Manual Tasks (2007)]
 * [|National Standard for Occupational Noise [NOHSC:1007(2000)]]
 * [|National Model Regulation for the Control of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances]
 * [|National Standard for the Storage and Handling of Workplace Dangerous Goods]
 * [|Workplace Injury and Disease Recording Standard - Australian Standard Worksafe Australia National Standard AS 1885.1-1990]