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DTEI expects all consultants, contractors, subcontractors and their employees, involved in any DTEI business, to show the same commitment to health and safety that DTEI does.
Where the contractor is in control of the workplace or work processes, DTEI requires that they have in place appropriate safety systems, safety plans or hazard management plans and take full responsibility for OHS&W.
A contractor’s safety systems and plans must take into account the general public and visitors to the site (including DTEI officers), as well the contractor’s own employees.
OHS&W management systems are usually assessed when a company applies for prequalification, or if there is no applicable prequalification scheme, prior to call of tenders.
Depending on the size and nature of the contract concerned, the specification will stipulate the minimum level requirements for OHS&W. For works contracts, a contractor will usually be required to prepare and implement the following:
Category 1 contracts (eg major roadworks construction)
Category 2 contracts (eg minor works on, or immediately alongside, a trafficked road)
Category 3 contracts (eg minor accommodation works such as building a fence)
A contractor’s safety systems must be based on a recognised standard, such as AS4804, and safety plans should comply with DTEI guidelines "How to Prepare Safety Plans and Hazard Management Plans" or a recognised equivalent.
