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High Risk Construction Work Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template

This document is a template for a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) for high risk construction work. It includes details about the company and supervisor performing the work, the location and type of high risk construction work. The SWMS must be kept and available until work is completed, and for 2 years if a notifiable incident occurs. The SWMS compliance person is responsible for ensuring the SWMS is followed and reviewed. The SWMS lists work tasks, associated high risks, and control measures to complete each task safely. Workers must sign they will follow the SWMS.

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High Risk Construction Work Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template

This document is a template for a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) for high risk construction work. It includes details about the company and supervisor performing the work, the location and type of high risk construction work. The SWMS must be kept and available until work is completed, and for 2 years if a notifiable incident occurs. The SWMS compliance person is responsible for ensuring the SWMS is followed and reviewed. The SWMS lists work tasks, associated high risks, and control measures to complete each task safely. Workers must sign they will follow the SWMS.

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High Risk Construction Work Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template

 Work must be performed in accordance with this SWMS.


 This SWMS must be kept and be available for inspection until the high risk construction work to which this SWMS relates is completed.
 If the SWMS is revised, all versions should be kept.
 If a notifiable incident occurs in relation to the high risk construction work in this SWMS, the SWMS must be kept for at least 2 years from the date of the notifiable incident.
PCBU DETAILS PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR (PC) DETAILS
Name: Name: (name and contact
details)
Work supervisor: (name and Date SWMS provided to PC:
contact details)
Work activity: Workplace and works
location:

HIGH RISK CONTRUCTION WORK DETAILS


High risk construction ☐ Risk of a person falling more than 3 metres ☐ Work on a telecommunication tower ☐ Work on or near energised electrical
work installations or services
( tick relevant ☐ Work in an area with movement of powered mobile ☐ On or adjacent to a road, railway, shipping lane ☐ Temporary load-bearing support for
work) plant or other traffic corridor in use by traffic structural alterations or repairs

☐ Work in or near a shaft or trench deeper than 1.5 m ☐ Work in or near water or other liquid that involves ☐ Work in an area that may have a
or a tunnel a risk of drowning contaminated or flammable atmosphere

☐ Work on or near chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines ☐ Demolition of load-bearing structure ☐ Use of explosives
☐ Tilt-up or precast concrete elements ☐ Work in or near a confined space ☐ Likely to involve disturbing asbestos
☐ Work in areas with artificial extremes of ☐ Work on or near pressurised gas mains or piping ☐ Diving work
temperature

SWMS COMPLIANCE

Person responsible for SWMS compliance: Date SWMS received:

What measures are in place to ensure SWMS compliance?

Person responsible for SWMS control measures: Date SWMS received by


reviewer:

How will the SWMS control measures be reviewed?

Signature of reviewer: Date reviewed:


TASKS

Work task High risk construction work What are the hazards and risks that may What are the control measures in place to complete the
(list in logical order) identified with the task cause harm to workers/public task safely

EXAMPLE:

Working at ground level Movement of powered mobile plant Being struck by powered mobile plant Powered mobile plant to travel on planned and controlled
workplace traffic routes.
Where powered mobile plant are required to travel outside planned
and controlled routes, a dedicated, trained road traffic controller is
to control plant movement.

NAME OF WORKER WORKER SIGNATURE DATE

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