COVID-19
Site Provisions
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Offshore protocol
- Pre Mobilisation
- Inter and Intra-State Travel
- Site Provisions (note - some site provisions may not be applicable during the recovery / de-escalation phase).
- Marine Service
- Isolation (note – low rates of community transmission may mean resident workforces scale back self-isolation / quarantine requirements)
- Evacuation
- Infection Control (Clean up)
- Managing inspector access to offshore petroleum facilities and places
- Housekeeping - Office based roles & visitors
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Onshore protocol
- Pre Mobilisation
- Travel
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Site Provisions
- Site management made aware of COVID19 health and safety requirements
- COVID testing undertaken on work sites
- Daily workforce testing regimes are undertaken
- Workforce social distancing and staggered messing practices are implemented and enforced
- Workforce information and education programs initiated
- Focal point for information dissemination identified
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of employees
- Interactions with Traditional Owners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders restricted
- Critical suppliers and contractors
- Marine Services
- Isolation, Quarantine and Evacuation
- Infection Control
Workforce social distancing and staggered messing practices are implemented and enforced
Principal Requirements
(suggested performance expectations for this part of the protocol)
19. Frequent workplace updates provided on infection controls and any changes to infection control practices provided.
20. Information and training on personal, living space and workspace hygiene provided.
21. Members of the workforce encouraged to practise good hand hygiene and good sneeze/cough hygiene.
Guidance
(suggestions for practices to meet performance expectations)
- Extensive workplace hygiene practices – hand washing, social distancing, ban on non-essential travel and meetings, social distancing of teams maintained shift change over
- Avoid touching the face (mouth, eyes and nose) with unwashed and gloved hands.
- Wash hands often with soap and water, or use alcohol-based sanitiser before and after eating as well as after attending the toilet.
- 1.5 metre distancing maintained, except where for safety reasons a task cannot be carried out.
- Messing facility control maximum occupancy and staging of services to maintain social distancing. Staggered mealtimes to significantly reduce people numbers in one place.
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