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Pre-employment assessments
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Pre-employment assessments help you determine whether a job candidate is suitable for the role.
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When considering a candidate for a role, you might require them to undertake a medical assessment.
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There are three key steps to a pre-employment medical assessment.
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You may undertake the assessment during a conditional period of employment.
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You must not reject a candidate for discriminatory reasons.
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Working at heights
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Working at heights creates fall risks.
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Fall risks occur in many situations.
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Health and safety regulations impose legal requirements on you to prevent or minimise the risk of a fall.
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Many states and territories have additional codes of practice, guidelines and information sheets about the risks of falling.
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There are three key steps you should take to manage fall risks in your workplace.
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Incident reporting and investigation
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You have an obligation to report all notifiable incidents to your safety regulator.
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You must contact your safety regulator immediately when a notifiable incident occurs in your workplace.
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You may face significant penalties if you don't notify a regulator of a notifiable incident.
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Workplace incidents must be reported internally.
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There are a number of details that your incident report forms should have.
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