This is the full list of Victorian authorised workers who need to get vaccinated against COVID to remain on site
3 years, 5 months ago

This is the full list of Victorian authorised workers who need to get vaccinated against COVID to remain on site

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About a million authorised workers across Victoria will need to have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine by October 15 to keep working on site. The list includes any person who performs work that is essential for the continued operation of: an Authorised Provider; or authorised health services; or any interpreters, cultural or other support workers to the extent that they are providing support to authorised providers; or funerary or mortuary services or related activities; or marriage celebrant only if one or both of the two persons being married are at the end of life, or will be deported from Australia unless the marriage takes place; or elective surgery and post-operative care in health services in regional Victoria; or emergency services, including both volunteers and paid workers in: the State Emergency Services; and firefighting services; and paramedical services; and ambulance and paramedics services; and air ambulance and medical retrieval services ; and Victoria Police employees, Protective Services Officers and police custody officers; and military and defence services deployed for activities in Victoria; or state security or national security; or essential infrastructure and essential services that are required to maintain or protect human health, safety and wellbeing, and including construction, maintenance and repair of such infrastructure; or critical repairs to any premises where required for emergency or safety; or personal trainers providing services solely outdoors and not at a residential premise; or broadcasting online classes from physical recreation facilities ; or broadcasting performances from entertainment facilities ; or faith leaders broadcasting services and ceremonies at places of worship, with the minimum number of people required for the broadcast to occur ; or retail goods workers supporting the operation of click and collect or click and deliver orders; or health practitioners, including medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health students on placement, when undertaking critical training and examinations; or allied health professionals working in private or public community services, whether clinic-based or home-based, providing urgent clinical care where telehealth services are not clinically appropriate; Example: orthotists and prosthetists providing services such as fitting a brace post-surgery. maternal and child health workers providing essential care to children under school age and their mothers/caregivers; or a person who is critical to, and involved in, the State's COVID-19 response ; or immunisation and vaccination providers including pharmacy immunisers and Aboriginal Healthcare Workers roadside assistance services; or local government specific services such as: essential environmental health functions that protect the health and wellbeing of the community, and high-risk local law enforcement; or a member of Parliament and up to two staff to ensure minimal functioning of an electorate office; or anyone required to ensure the Victorian Parliament can operate; or anyone required to ensure the functioning of the Commonwealth of Australia Parliament; or a Federal Parliamentarian undertaking essential work to ensure operation of the Parliament of Australia ; or Public Administration – Regulatory Services; or domestic and commercial waste and resource recovery services, including: electricity services; and operation of energy systems; and gas services; and water supply, sewerage and drainage services; and liquid fuels and refinery services; or specialised clinical waste workers required for the operation of primary clinical waste incinerators in Victoria; or services to support ongoing provision and regulation of electricity, gas, water, sewage and waste and recycling services and their maintenance; or Commonwealth agency services, including Australian Border Force and Commonwealth law enforcement and intelligence agency services; or Judges, Associate-Judges, Judicial Registrars, Magistrates, Coroners, Tribunal Members and their offices for urgent or priority court or tribunal matters determined by the relevant head of jurisdiction, including for bail, family violence, remand, child protection, warrants and urgent guardianships, human rights or residential tenancies issues or any other priority matters, or for any remote hearings; or To the extent necessary to support the functioning of the court, tribunal and dispute services mentioned above: Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of Public Prosecutions Defence lawyers, Victoria Legal Aid, the Child Protection litigation office, Aboriginal legal services and other legal assistance providers Courts Services Victoria, court support services and court registry services including security, cleaning and interpreter services Other lawyers Bail justices Office of the Public Advocate guardians for high priority, highly vulnerable citizens and relevant staff Justices of the Peace only as urgently required noting the voluntary nature of their role Services related to the administration of justice in Victoria All systems to support, maintenance and operation services required for DJCS and Victoria Police to support, maintain and operate Births, Deaths and Marriages, fixed traffic and mobile traffic cameras and Fines Victoria systems Administration of justice matters by legal practitioners for their clients where the matter cannot be undertaken reasonably and/or the client cannot participate reasonably in an online communication, teleconference or by means of an audio-visual link facility. Solo work only unless additional workers are required for safety reasons; or administrative services provided by an employer to enable its employees to work from home; Example: Payroll and IT services; or organisations that provide urgent services necessary for the health and safety of any person, animal or premises; Example: the performance of emergency plumbing services, Centrelink services and food banks; or public transport, including taxis, rideshare services, and other public passenger services; or air transport ; or port operations; or freight services ; or a transport, freight or logistics driver; or National Heavy Vehicle Regulator compliance activities; or a blood bank or other bank services for the collection, storage and provision of donated biological material; or care services for people with particular needs because of homelessness, family violence, age, infirmity, disability, illness or a chronic health condition or other essential support services; Example: Family violence and sexual assault services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, Agencies carrying out essential relief activities, including Neighbourhood Houses; or truck stops and roadhouses, but not the provision of seated dining or shower facilities to persons who are not transport, freight or logistics drivers; or production and distribution of; disability and health equipment, mobility devices, including products for health patients; or food and groceries for sale by a supermarket, butcher, fruit and vegetable store, market or fishmonger ; or liquor for sale at a bottle shop; or medical and pharmaceutical products; or animal food and care products; or commercial operations that supply goods or service necessary: for the implementation of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19; or to support any business activity that may be carried out in accordance with these directions; or to support the export of goods and services from Victoria; Example: manufacturing of personal protective equipment or hand sanitiser; or Individuals undertaking professional, scientific and technical services if involved in: COVID-19 ; Hazard monitoring and resilience; Biosecurity and public health; Medical or other research, which cannot be shut down and requires on site attendance; Critical scientific facilities – for critical scientific experiments, labs, collections. the conduct of essential adult and higher education services pertaining to the following occupations and activities for: training and assessment for infection control, high-risk work licenses and high-risk work credentials and construction induction, that ensure workplace and public safety in permitted work premises or for permitted workers; or study for final year pre-service early childhood and school teachers ; or final-year higher education students, who do not have alternative options to complete their study by end of year; or for the purposes of undertaking a prescribed examination or assessment, where not practicable to provide remotely, or to support service delivery on site for vulnerable students in higher education and training, where not practicable to provide remotely; or student placements in relation to child protection mandatory work placement in Allied Health Assistance in Victorian Public Health Services and Residential Aged Care Facilities; or first aid training where required for COVID response; or study for health care workers ; or apprentices training with an Authorised Provider or Authorised Worker; or clinical health and biomedical science ; or aged and disability care ; or mandatory work placements in early childhood education and care settings subject to the supervision capacity of the host workplace; or police Academy; or defence and national security agencies; primary industries only to the extent necessary to ensure animal rescue, adequate supply of food to, and care of, animals and maintenance of crops; or a hotel, motel or other accommodation facility to the extent that they provide accommodation services, including on a temporary basis for work purposes; or services related to property inspections, settlement or commencement/end-of-lease ; or forestry activity for the purposes of or relating to: production of firewood for heating of premises; or production of pallets; or production of building supplies for construction; or production of other goods required for other permitted activities ; or all manufacturing; or ancillary and support businesses are able to open on-site where necessary for the operations of an Authorised Provider, or for Closed Work Premises where there are safety or environmental obligations.

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