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Documents & Templates

Documents and Templates

Editable WHS documents for a task or a piece of equipment, as instant downloads. Buy the pack for the task, which holds every document in the set, or a single document: the VOC, the safe work instruction or the field verification checklist. The toolbox talks that brief the crew on each hazard are listed here too.

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How the documents work together

Most workplace paperwork is written separately and never quite lines up. These documents are written to the same task, so what you instruct, what you assess and what you check in the field match.

Safe work instruction

Tells the operator what to do

The steps, hazards and controls for the task, written for the person doing it.

VOC assessment

Checks they can do it

Verifies each operator against that same instruction, on your equipment, with evidence and a clear outcome.

Pre-start checklist

Checks the equipment is fit to use

Every shift, before use, with clear do-not-operate criteria.

Field verification

Checks the controls are working on site

A supervisor checks on the floor that the controls the instruction relies on are in place and effective.

What supervisors find in the field feeds back into the instruction and the VOC.

The full set for a task. Brief the crew with a toolbox talk on the hazard, then the safe work instruction tells the operator what to do, the VOC checks they can do it, and the field verification checks the controls are working on site. Each document page shows the toolbox talks that go with it.

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Toolbox talks

Best value

Toolbox Talk Complete Library

For: Businesses that run regular toolbox talks or team safety meetings

All 28 toolbox talk awareness packages in one purchase: a year of toolbox talks and more.

What's included
  • All 28 toolbox talk packages
  • Editable slides, guides and handouts for every topic
  • Assessments, answer keys and attendance records
  • Certificate templates for every topic

Asbestos Awareness

For: Workers in buildings, maintenance, trades and constructionDuration: 20–30 minutes

For anyone who could disturb asbestos without knowing it: where it hides, why it matters, and what to do before you drill, cut or break.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Crystalline Silica Awareness

For: Workers who cut, drill, grind or crush stone, concrete, brick or tilesDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who create dust from stone, concrete, brick or tiles: why respirable silica is so harmful, and the controls that stop it reaching the lungs.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Hazardous Chemicals Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who use, store or work near chemicals: reading the label and safety data sheet, and the controls that keep chemicals where they belong.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Working at Heights Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who use ladders, platforms, roofs or anything off the ground: why falls kill, and the order of controls that prevents them.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Confined Spaces Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who could come across a tank, pit, silo or vessel: how to recognise a confined space, and why you never enter one without a permit.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Mobile Equipment and Vehicle Interaction Awareness

For: Workers on sites with forklifts, trucks, loaders or light vehiclesDuration: 20–30 minutes

For anyone who works around forklifts, trucks, loaders or utes: how people are hit by mobile equipment, and the habits that keep pedestrians and machines apart.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Dropped Objects Awareness

For: Workers who work at height or below itDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers at height and the people below them: how objects fall, and the controls that stop them falling or hitting someone.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Cyber Security Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For everyone with a work email, phone or login: recognising scams and phishing, protecting accounts, and reporting quickly when something looks wrong.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Lone and Remote Work Awareness

For: Workers who work alone, remotely or in isolated locationsDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who are on their own or a long way from help: what can go wrong, and the communication and check-in controls that bring help quickly.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Workplace Violence and Aggression Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who deal with customers, clients, patients or the public: recognising warning signs, staying safe, and reporting every incident.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Workplace Bullying and Harassment Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker: what bullying and harassment are, what they are not, and how to raise a concern or support a colleague.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Sexual Harassment Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker: what sexual harassment is, the employer's positive duty to prevent it, and how to report it or support someone who has experienced it.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Electrical Safety Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who use electrical equipment or work near powerlines: how electricity injures, the checks before use, and what to do if someone is shocked.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Working in Heat Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers outdoors or in hot indoor environments: how heat illness develops, the controls that prevent it, and how to recognise heat stroke.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

First Aid Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker: how first aid works in your workplace, who the first aiders are, and what to do in the first minutes after someone is hurt. Not a first aid certificate.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Hazardous Manual Tasks Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who lift, push, pull, carry or hold: what makes a manual task hazardous, and why changing the task works better than lifting technique.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Noise and Hearing Awareness

For: Workers in noisy workplacesDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers around noisy plant, tools or processes: how noise damages hearing for good, how to tell when it is too loud, and the controls that protect it.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Isolation and Lockout Awareness

For: Workers who maintain, clean, clear or adjust plant and equipmentDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who clean, clear, maintain or adjust plant: why every energy source must be isolated, locked and proved dead before hands go in.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Fatigue Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker, and especially shift workers and long-hours workers: what causes fatigue, how it affects safety, and what the business and worker each do about it.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Drugs and Alcohol Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker: how drugs, alcohol and some medicines affect safety at work, what fitness for work means, and where to get help.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Driving for Work Awareness

For: Workers who drive a vehicle for workDuration: 20–30 minutes

For anyone who drives for work, even occasionally: why the vehicle is a workplace, and the planning, checks and habits that prevent crashes.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Emergency Evacuation Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker and regular contractor: what the alarms mean, how to evacuate, where to assemble, and what the wardens need from you.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Fire Safety and Extinguisher Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker: how fires start and spread, choosing the right extinguisher, and knowing when not to fight a fire.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Hot Work Awareness

For: Workers who weld, cut, grind or braze, and those who work near themDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who weld, cut, grind or braze, and the people around them: how hot work starts fires and explosions, and the permit, fire watch and fume controls.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Cranes and Lifting Awareness

For: Workers on sites where cranes, hoists or lifting gear are usedDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers on sites where loads are lifted: the lift plan, exclusion zones, checking lifting gear, and the rule that nobody goes under a suspended load.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Plant and Machine Guarding Awareness

For: Workers who use or work near machineryDuration: 20–30 minutes

For workers who use or work near machines: how moving parts injure, how guards work, and why a guard is never removed or bypassed.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Personal Protective Equipment Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For every worker who wears PPE: where it sits in the hierarchy of control, and how to choose, fit, wear, look after and replace it so it actually protects.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Workplace Traffic Management Awareness

For: All workersDuration: 20–30 minutes

For everyone on a site with vehicle movements, including delivery drivers and visitors: the traffic management plan, site layout and rules that keep people and vehicles apart.

What's included
  • Editable slides with speaker notes, plus PDF
  • Facilitator guide and participant handout
  • Multiple-choice assessment with answer key
  • Attendance record form and certificate template

Before you use them

  • A VOC supports workplace competency verification. It does not replace a high risk work licence where one is required.
  • Operators must hold any licence, training or site authorisation required for the plant and the site. Electrical isolation work may require a licensed electrician. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and your site's isolation procedure.
  • The documents must be adapted to your equipment, the manufacturer's instructions, your site and your local controls before they are used.
  • Using them does not by itself make a workplace compliant with WHS or OHS laws. They support the work of managing the risk; they are not legal advice.

Documents and templates: questions

Can we edit the documents?

Yes. Every document is supplied in Word (.docx) or Excel (.xlsx), so you can add your logo, change the wording and adapt it to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.

Do we need to adapt them before use?

Yes. The documents must be adapted to your equipment, the manufacturer's instructions, your site and your local controls before they are used. The setup guide in the pack lists what to change.

Will these documents make us compliant?

No document can. Your duties are met by managing the risks in your actual workplace. Using them does not by itself make a workplace compliant with WHS or OHS laws. They support the work of managing the risk; they are not legal advice.

Is GST included in the price?

Yes. Every price in the store includes GST, so the price shown on each product is the total you pay, and one eleventh of it is GST. Your receipt is a tax invoice showing the GST.

How are the files delivered?

As a ZIP download. Card purchases can be downloaded straight away from the confirmation page and by a link we email you. Download links expire after 14 days for security; you can request a new one at any time.

Can we order by invoice, or for several sites?

Yes. Use Request an Invoice to order through your normal procurement process, with a purchase order number and quantities if you need them. The files are released once payment is confirmed.

Can we use them at more than one site?

Yes, across your own organisation. The documents are licensed for internal use by the purchasing organisation. A consultant, labour hire business or training provider supplying them to clients needs separate written permission.

Can we use them outside Australia?

They are written for Australian workplaces and refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws and licences. A business elsewhere should replace those references with its own country's requirements. Everything is editable for that.

What is your refund policy?

Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a document that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.

Looking for training rather than documents? See the training packages, or contact us.