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Site management plan

If the work is part of a construction project, this SWMS must align with the requirements of the site management plan in place for the project.

High-risk construction work (HRCW)

This work involves the following high-risk construction work (HRCW), marked in the job steps below.

Planning and preparation

Planning

• Liaise with the principal contractor to identify on-site safety systems and procedures

• Establish supervisory and communication arrangements

• The principal contractor confirms that emergency response procedures are in place.

Hold points

• Identify hold points and sign them off before work continues: (specify the hold points)

Training and licences

• All workers hold a general construction induction card

• Workers hold the relevant certificates of competency, licences and training, recorded for each worker in the SWMS sign-off

• A trained first aider is on site

• All workers are trained in site-specific emergency and evacuation procedures, this SWMS, safe work procedures and safety data sheets.

Worker duties and responsibilities

• Be fit for work, i.e. no signs of fatigue, alcohol or drugs

• Attend all site inductions and briefings

• Comply with all site requirements, e.g. PPE and traffic management plans (TMP)

• Only carry out work related to the contract

• Inspect completed work and report possible safety, environmental and quality matters to the supervisor.

Monitoring and review

• Communicate this SWMS to everyone involved in the task before work starts

• Review this SWMS, and amend it if necessary, in consultation with relevant people after any near miss or incident

• If additional site hazards are identified, review this SWMS and amend the control measures to suit

• Inform the people affected by revisions to this SWMS, including workers, contractors and subcontractors, as soon as possible

• Give the principal contractor a copy of the revised SWMS

• The site supervisor monitors work against the controls in this SWMS

• Keep this SWMS on site and available for inspection or review

• Keep a record of this SWMS until the job is complete, or for two years if it was involved in a notifiable incident

• Regardless of any other factor, the person in control of the workplace reviews this SWMS at least annually.

Site-specific notes

(add notes specific to this site)

Legislation and codes of practice

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Do not wear rings, watches or jewellery that may become entangled. Tie back long and loose hair.

Job steps, hazards and controls

Each hazard is rated before controls (IR, the inherent risk) and after them (RR, the residual risk), using the risk matrix below.