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Summer 2016
energysafe issue 42
Revising
the No
Go Zone
framework
By Barry Heywood,
Work Practices Advisor
ESV and WorkSafe have led a review
of the Framework For Undertaking
Work Near Overhead And Underground
Assets (No Go Zone), which will result
in a revised No Go Zone framework
document being released later this year.
The aim was to simplify and provide
clarity regarding the framework for the
construction industry and general public.
It is important to be aware that the
No Go Zone principles and distances will
not change in the revised document.
Prior to the review, ESV and WorkSafe
had been approached by various stakeholders
seeking guidance and clarification on how
to apply the framework requirements.
In October 2014, a working group
was established with representatives from
regulators, registered training organisations,
unions and the building industry to meet
monthly and review of the framework document
that was last updated in 2006.
Making it easier: A revised No Go Zone document to be released this year will provide greater clarity
regarding the framework and how to implement it.
The group aimed to:
»» simplify and provide clarity regarding
guidelines for using mobile plant near
overhead electrical assets
»» better explain the “deemed to comply”
provisions
»» provide diagrams and examples relevant
to the construction industry
»» remove the underground content from
the document as underground requirements
are now covered in a separate document.
The group produced a draft document titled
Using Powered Mobile Plant near Overhead
Electrical Assets.
Stakeholders were invited to give
feedback on the document up until
12 February 2016. All comments are now
being considered by the working group
prior to publishing the revised document
in the second quarter of 2016.
Push to consider pipelines in planning decisions
By Michelle Robertson, Senior Media
and Communications Advisor
ESV is urging the Victorian Government to
help ensure public safety by considering
the location of pipelines when making
strategic land use and planning decisions.
Late last year Victoria’s Minister for
Planning appointed an advisory committee
to XZ