THE COAL MINE WORKERS’ HEALTH SCHEME (FORMERLY QLD COAL BOARD MEDICAL) PROTECTS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF QUEENSLAND COAL MINE WORKERS BY ENSURING THEY UNDERGO COMPULSARY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.
The Coal Mine Workers’ Health Scheme is regulated by the Queensland Government, Resources Safety & Health Queensland. The scheme applies only to the Coal Mines in Queensland.
Under the scheme, employers must ensure that health assessments are carried out on each person they employ, or are intending to employ in any role on a Coal Mine. This includes an assessment when they enter the industry and then at least every 5 years while employed in the industry.
What’s more, Jobfit conducts Coal Mine Workers’ Health Scheme (Coal Board Medical) assessments all over Australia.
Moreover, employers must adhere to a number of measures around medical assessments for Queensland coal mine workers under laws that took effect on 1 January 2017 and was amended on 1 March 2019.
For more information, visit the Queensland Government website.
Significant changes with regards to the process of RSHQ Coal Mine Health Assessments will come into effect on 1 April 2023 through using an online portal for these Health Assessments.
There are specific requirements that both the employer and the employee must adhere to in order to complete the RSHQ Coal Mine Health Assessments in a timely manner. A summary of these requirements is below:
Employer Responsibilities:
- Employers must register on ResHealth (through QGov with 100 point ID) and setup their profile. How to register | Resources Safety & Health Queensland (rshq.qld.gov.au)
- Employers are responsible to ensure their profile and AMA’s are up to date
- Employers MUST initiate a Health Assessment (HA) for new or existing workers and complete the necessary employer information via the online portal (Section 1) BEFORE the Health Assessment can be completed.
- A Health Assessment number (HA#) will be provided to the employer. This HA# and worker Date of Birth (DOB) are required in order to book a Health Assessment with Jobfit
- Employers must also inform their workers of their requirement to complete the worker information / Health Assessment Questionnaire (Section 2) on the ResHealth portal PRIOR to attending for the Health Assessment.
- Employers will receive an email once the Health Assessment is completed in order to download the Section 4 from the ResHealth portal.
Employee / Worker Responsibilities:
- Workers must register on ResHealth (through QGov with 100 point ID) and setup their profile. How to register | Resources Safety & Health Queensland (rshq.qld.gov.au)
- Once a Health Assessment is initiated by their employer, the employee MUST complete the worker information / Health Assessment Questionnaire (Section 2) on the ResHealth portal PRIOR to attending for the Health Assessment
- Self-employed workers cannot initiate or book a Health Assessment if the employer has not initiated it on the ResHealth portal.
- Self-employed workers with their own company or who are working for themselves, can initiate a Health Assessment, however they will have to register as an employer and as a worker. The Health Assessment can then be initiated following the same Employer process.
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