Ten minutes, one page, one picture your crew will argue over. One site, one apprentice, 85 talks.
A series of 85 one-page toolbox talks grouped into twelve chapters, A to L, from Starting on site to Culture and leadership, set at Wattle Bend Works, a fictional regional packaging site. Each page is a ten-minute pre-shift talk in plain language. Written for supervisors and leading hands running crew talks, and for the crew who listen and join in.
The twelve chapters
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A. Starting on site, 8 talks
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B. Your body and PPE, 8 talks
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C. Moving, lifting and looking, 7 talks
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D. Outdoors and the elements, 10 talks
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E. Warehouse, dock and wheels, 8 talks
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F. Machines and tools, 7 talks
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G. Energy and isolation, 5 talks
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H. Chemicals, gases and atmospheres, 9 talks
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I. Heights and access, 5 talks
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J. Head, heart and home, 9 talks
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K. Emergencies, 3 talks
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L. Culture and leadership, 6 talks
What you get
- 85 talks as print-ready PDF, one A4 page each
- The series guide, How to run a talk (PDF)
- A document transmittal listing every file (PDF)
- 87 files in one zip, 27 MB
- Add narrated audio: choose Talks + Narrated Audio (+$249) for an MP3 of every talk, 85 tracks, 113 MB, with its own transmittal
How a talk runs
- Read the hook aloud, then give the crew a minute with the picture.
- Ask them to spot the hazards and find Kev before you go on.
- Share Did you know, then walk the Key points one at a time.
- Ask one Talk about it question; let the crew answer, not you.
- Agree the Do today actions, then record the talk your usual way.
Find Kev
Every picture hides hazards and Kev, a small kookaburra in a tiny yellow hard hat, never larger than a head. The Find in the picture list says what to look for. Hunt first; it gets the quiet ones talking.
Record keeping
Record who presented, when, and who attended in your site's usual toolbox record. The footer carries the document number, NNN.RDG.SAF.TBX, and version; check yours is current before you run it.
Verified to Australian law
Verified against the model WHS Act and Regulations (compilation 5 December 2025), current Safe Work Australia Codes of Practice and current Australian Standards, as at 06/10/2026. Written Workplace Exposure Limits are used first, for use after 1 December 2026. Victoria has its own OHS Act; check your own jurisdiction.
Every citation sits in the Legislative and Reference Register, 001.RDG.SAF.REG, with edition, status, check date and the pages using it, reviewed every twelve months. When an Act, Regulation, Code or Standard changes, those pages are reissued at a new version.
Revision control
Every download carries a document transmittal listing each file, its revision and its checksum. The zip is named for the transmittal revision, and any update to a file issues a new revision.
Licence
Licensed for internal use within one organisation, including all of its sites. Supplied as PDF for printing and display; editable source files are not supplied. No resale, redistribution outside your organisation, or uploading to template sites.
Illustrations created with AI (Google Nano Banana Pro) to our art direction. Every talk was written and checked by a WHS consultant.
Narrated with an AI voice (ElevenLabs). Every script was written and checked by a WHS consultant.
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