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Machinery and Work Equipment

  • 2025

    Code of Practice: Safe Use of Industrial Trucks

    This Code of Practice provides practical guidance on compliance with legislation related to the use of rider operated industrial trucks in all workplaces. It sets out the basic roles and responsibilities of those who have duties in relation to ensuring the safe operation of industrial trucks and the training of industrial truck operators. It provides a framework for managing industrial truck operations in a more holistic, safe, and sustainable way based on a Safe Systems Approach. It emphasises employers’ responsibilities to ensure their workplace are safe, their operators are competent and to provide adequate supervision.

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  • 2015

    Guidelines on the Safety of Powered Gates

    The purpose of this guidance is to assist those who have any responsibility for the specification, design, manufacture, purchase, installation, maintenance, inspection or use of powered gates.

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  • 2002

    Code of Practice for Rider-Operated Lift Trucks: Operator Training and Supplementary Guidance

    This Code of Practice contains detailed guidance about all areas of training forklift truck drivers.

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