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How many days do you have to go to Australia Post after passing your assessment to apply for your High
risk work licence? - ✔✔60 days
What do you have to do it your HRW licence has not been renewed within 12 months of its expiry date?
- ✔✔Resit another assessment with an RTO
Do you have to renew your HRW forklift licence? if yes how often? - ✔✔yes, every 5 years
If you don't have a HRW licence (forklift) when can you do high risk work? - ✔✔When enrolled in a HRW
course and must be supervised by a person with a HRW licence (forklift LF)
What written evidence is needed before you carry out high risk work, if asked by an employer? -
✔✔Have a current HRW licence or evidence of enrollment in a HRW training course eith an RTO
What four (4) penalties can the WHS regulator do if you fail to work safely when doing high risk work? -
✔✔1. Licence suspended
2. Licence cancelled
3. Refusal at renewal
4. Fined
Before you start work at a new job site, list three (3) people you would talk to about hazards before you
start work and explain why - ✔✔1. Safety office
2. Supervisor or manager
3. Other workers
so you know workplace policies and procedures
, When should you INSPECT your safety equipment and PPE to ensure it is in good operating order and
visually check your forklift? - ✔✔Before you use it
When do you put control measures in place for hazards (risks)? - ✔✔At the start of work or as soon as
the hazard is identified
When carrying out HRW what legal responsibilities do you have as an operator? - ✔✔Work safely for
yourself and others at all times
The 'Hierarchy of Control' is a logical sequence of steps to control hazards in the workplace. What are
the steps in logical order?
(Every Sunday I Eat Apple Pie) - ✔✔Elimination, substitution, isolation, engineering, administration, PPE
What are the minimum safe distances you must maintain when working on a forklift near power lines in
Queensland?
a) Up to 132,000 volts: _mt
b) between 132,000 and 330,000 volts: _mt
c) Above 330,000 volts: _mt - ✔✔a=3, b=6, c=8
List four options you have when you are required to work closer than the minimum safe distance from
power lines - ✔✔1. Call power company and seek exemption
2. Turn power off
3. Use a spotter
4. Insulation
How do you find out the voltage of overhead power lines? - ✔✔Call the power company
List 12 site hazards you need to consider and plan for in the workplace before starting forklift operations
- ✔✔1. Power lines
2. Underground services
3. Pedestrians and other workers or people
Latest 2024/2025
How many days do you have to go to Australia Post after passing your assessment to apply for your High
risk work licence? - ✔✔60 days
What do you have to do it your HRW licence has not been renewed within 12 months of its expiry date?
- ✔✔Resit another assessment with an RTO
Do you have to renew your HRW forklift licence? if yes how often? - ✔✔yes, every 5 years
If you don't have a HRW licence (forklift) when can you do high risk work? - ✔✔When enrolled in a HRW
course and must be supervised by a person with a HRW licence (forklift LF)
What written evidence is needed before you carry out high risk work, if asked by an employer? -
✔✔Have a current HRW licence or evidence of enrollment in a HRW training course eith an RTO
What four (4) penalties can the WHS regulator do if you fail to work safely when doing high risk work? -
✔✔1. Licence suspended
2. Licence cancelled
3. Refusal at renewal
4. Fined
Before you start work at a new job site, list three (3) people you would talk to about hazards before you
start work and explain why - ✔✔1. Safety office
2. Supervisor or manager
3. Other workers
so you know workplace policies and procedures
, When should you INSPECT your safety equipment and PPE to ensure it is in good operating order and
visually check your forklift? - ✔✔Before you use it
When do you put control measures in place for hazards (risks)? - ✔✔At the start of work or as soon as
the hazard is identified
When carrying out HRW what legal responsibilities do you have as an operator? - ✔✔Work safely for
yourself and others at all times
The 'Hierarchy of Control' is a logical sequence of steps to control hazards in the workplace. What are
the steps in logical order?
(Every Sunday I Eat Apple Pie) - ✔✔Elimination, substitution, isolation, engineering, administration, PPE
What are the minimum safe distances you must maintain when working on a forklift near power lines in
Queensland?
a) Up to 132,000 volts: _mt
b) between 132,000 and 330,000 volts: _mt
c) Above 330,000 volts: _mt - ✔✔a=3, b=6, c=8
List four options you have when you are required to work closer than the minimum safe distance from
power lines - ✔✔1. Call power company and seek exemption
2. Turn power off
3. Use a spotter
4. Insulation
How do you find out the voltage of overhead power lines? - ✔✔Call the power company
List 12 site hazards you need to consider and plan for in the workplace before starting forklift operations
- ✔✔1. Power lines
2. Underground services
3. Pedestrians and other workers or people
