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Onsite Skin Cancer Screening – WA Mining
We are the specialists for onsite skin cancer screening in WA Mining operations. Onsite skin cancer screening works for remote WA mining sites: Why WHP’s skin cancer screening program is really easy for you to manage from start to finish: For mining supervisors and site leaders, WA’s Work Health and Safety Act 2020 requires active…
Read MoreAudiometric Testing in WA: Employers Guide – PART 2
Types of Audiometric Tests now required in WA WA now aligns with national standards, with the need for employers to focus on: Occupational Noise Management Audiometry – Reference TestConducted within 3 months of employment, requiring 16 hours of quiet time prior. This is to establish a benchmark of an employee’s hearing capability to compare against…
Read MoreAudiometric Testing in WA: Employers Guide – PART 1
In this 2 part series, we hope to help you understand the lay of the land around Audiometric Testing in WA. Protecting workers from noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major health and safety obligation for businesses across Western Australia. With recent legislative updates and changes to long‑standing WorkCover WA processes, understanding your responsibilities around…
Read MoreRegional testing dates for 2026
Onsite audiometric testing – WA Get in early if your 2 yearly audiometric testing is due in Q1/2 of 2026. Dates already filling fast! Request your quote now. NEW! We now have 3 purpose built onsite audiometric testing facilities covering WA. WA REGIONAL TRIPS Here are the dates for our Audiometric testing trucks’ regional services this…
Read MoreOnsite Workplace Skin Checks
Work Health Professionals offer onsite workplace skin check programs across Perth and WA. We specialise in managing small and extensive skin check programs for workplaces around Perth, remote sites, mine sites and regional WA. Our experienced team of Perth based skin screening nurses are all accredited with the Certificate of Dermoscopy and are dedicated to detecting…
Read MoreRegulation 58 – Audiometric Testing
WHP specialise in helping employers meet their noise risk management and audiometric testing requirements in WA. For small or large onsite audiometric testing programs we can help. Our audiometric testing trucks can access almost all sites, and for more remote sites we FIFO. Here is a summary of Regulation 58 – Audiometric Testing under the…
Read MoreAudiometric testing – WA Regions
Our audiometric testing trucks will be travelling through the below WA regions next year offering onsite work health services including audiometric testing to meet the new WA WHS regulations. MARCH – MAY 2026: Wheatbelt, Northern Country (to Kalbarri), South West & Great Southern AUGUST – SEPT 2026: Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West and West Kimberley regions (pending demand)…
Read MoreNoise Induced Hearing Loss
Exposure to noise in the workplace can have a significant impact on a person’s quality of life. It can cause a range of health issues that include decreased self esteem, confidence and depression. This sounds pretty dramatic but it is real and if anything understated. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) can impact an individual’s ability…
Read MoreWA Noise Code of Practice
With the new WHS Regulations now enacted for audiometric testing, WorkSafe WA have released an updated Code of Practice for “Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work”. This Noise Code of Practice is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (the WHS Act).It provides practical…
Read MoreOutdoor worker sun damage
Every day in Australia, 22% of our workforce is exposed to solar UV radiation and it’s these outdoor workers are at an increased risk of developing keratinocyte cancers. Keratinocyte cancers are non-melanoma skin cancers, and represent the most common cancers in Australia. Data collected by Safe Work Australia between the years 2010 to 2018 shows…
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