Health and Safety

How to Obtain a Permit to Work from the Corporation

As of 1 July 2008, contractors and employees of the Port of Brisbane Corporation require a Permit to Work every time a 'specified high risk task' is performed at the port.

To find out if the work you are completing requires a permit, please answer seven quick questions by clicking on the link below.

Permit to Work Questionnaire (MS PowerPoint 0.3MB)
Note: You need to have Microsoft PowerPoint installed to be able to complete the above questionnaire.

or 

Use the Specified High Risk Work Tasks (Adobe pdf 0.06MB) diagram.

If a Permit to Work is required, you must provide the following forms:

• Permit to Work (a form to obtain the Corporation’s authorisation to perform a 'specified high risk task')
• relevant Control Forms (key safety requirements for each permit)
• a risk assessment

All forms are provided below. Contractors can supply their company’s risk assessment or complete the PBC Contractor Risk Assessment Form. Employees are to use a PBC Work Activity Risk Assessment.

• Permit to Work Form
• Plant Isolation Control Form
• Plant Isolation Steps Sheet
• High Voltage Access Permit
• High Voltage Switching Sheet
• High Voltage Test Permit
• Live Electrical Control Form
• Hot Work Control Form
• Excavation and Digging Control Form
• Work at Heights Control Form
• Confined Space Control Form

Please present the required documents to a PBC Authorised Person before starting work.