Resource Category: SunSmart for outdoor workers

Key Objectives

This information is to support you in assessing your personal level of risk of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun associated with performing tasks outdoors and how to best protect yourself.

It is recommended that the organisation develop a Skin Cancer Prevention Framework to protect outdoor workers from UV radiation from the sun in the workplace. The framework will help to strategically address skin cancer prevention, structure prevention activities and ensure …

Carrying out an audit to assess your organisations sun protection activities for skin cancer prevention can help inform planning and monitoring.

This information is to support workplaces in assessing if there is a risk of hazardous levels of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun associated with performing tasks outdoors.

A resource to review your current solar UV protection policy.

Sun protection should be an important issue for all organisations with outdoor workers. Organisations have an obligation to provide a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. This should include taking proper steps to reduce the known …

Skin Cancer Preventionfor Outdoor Workers