• people with disabilities who may use assistive technologies;
• those with slower internet connections or less than state of the art equipment;
• rural and regional users; and
• those with non-PC internet devices including hand held devices and mobile phones.

The accessibility features available on this site include:

• instructions for resizing text;
• information channels presented by audience and subject; and
• printer-friendly pages.

Text resizing - how to resize the text size viewed on screen within the browser to enhance readability.
Using the site - how to use the website and its features.
Printer friendly - how to print web pages from this web site.
Plug-ins requirement - how to install optional plug-ins to access some features of this website.

Text resizing

You can make the text larger or smaller on this site, or on any website you visit, by changing the settings on your computer.

To check which version of Internet browser is installed on your machine: open your browser, select Help from the top menu of your browser, select About (followed by your browser name) from the drop down list.

The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you are using.

How to change the text size
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0
Select View menu, click on Text size and choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest .
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh) Click View menu, click on Text Zoom and choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller .
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Select View menu, click on Internet Options and choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large . Netscape 6.0, and 4.0 Select Edit menu and click on Preferences. A new window will open. Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window. Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).
FireFox Select View menu, click on Text size and choose either Increase or Decrease the font size.
Mozilla Select View menu, click on Text Zoom, and choose a percentage size or select Larger or Smaller . Opera Select View menu, click on Zoom, and then select a size from the list.
Safari Select View menu and click Make Text Bigger to increase the font size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the font size.

Using the site

o Main Navigation
Covers all aspects of WorkCover its services, functions and areas of interest to citizens.
o Utility Menu (header and footer)
Comprising information pages common every website such as Feedback, Contact Us, Site Map, Privacy, Legal, and Languages etc.
o Search
Search the web site to find what you want directly with keywords.
o BreadCrumb
Helps you to determine the location of the page that you are viewing at the time.
o Content Menu (sub menu)
Covers topics of interest that are specific and related to what you see on the page.

Printer friendly

Throughout the website, every page is printer friendly.

Use the printer icon at the top right of all content pages to enable you to print the content of the page only.
 
Alternatively, simply use the Print function of your browser to print whichever page you like. The Print function is usually located under the File menu of your browser window. When a web page is printed, it will only print the title of the page, the location of the page as well as the content. Navigation menus are automatically removed for your convenience to improve readability on paper.

Plug-in Requirements

Throughout this website, you may encounter documents and files that require you to install additional software on your computer.

Please note that in most cases, you are not required to install anything as most computers are capable of reading the documents and files on this website. The following is a list of software that you may need to read the documents and files on this website:
PDF Documents Adobe PDF Reader 
The majority of publications and documents are in PDF format. If you don't already have this program you can download the latest version at no cost, from Adobe's website.