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The Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template for Asbestos Transport – Disposal is a valuable resource for businesses dealing with the transport and disposal of asbestos. It’s designed with both compliance and user-friendliness in mind, helping you stay aligned with Australian safety standards without unnecessary hassle.
Key Features:
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: This SWMS comes pre-filled with essential details, taking the guesswork out of what needs to be included. It’s thorough enough to provide a solid framework, ensuring you’re starting on the right foot.
- Fully editable and customisable in Microsoft Word format: Flexibility is key, which is why our template is easily edited in Microsoft Word. Whether you need to add specific information or make adjustments that suit your project best, customising your SWMS has never been simpler.
- Includes the scope of the project and the project details: Clearly define the boundaries of your project with sections dedicated to the scope and project details. This clarity helps all involved parties understand their roles and responsibilities.
- Includes checklist of any high risk machinery on site: High risk machinery requires keen attention. Our template includes a detailed checklist to ensure every piece of equipment is accounted for, safeguarding against overlooked hazards.
- Includes space for recording any staff training: Keeping track of staff training is crucial for compliance and operational safety. The template provides dedicated areas to record who has been trained and when, ensuring everyone is adequately prepared.
- Includes before and after risk ratings: Monitor and document the effectiveness of your risk management strategies. By comparing risk ratings before and after implementing safety measures, you can identify what works best for future projects.
- Includes resources for use of legislative references: Stay informed of legal obligations with resources pointing towards relevant legislative requirements. This feature helps keep your practices aligned with current laws and regulations.
- Includes all PPE required: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is non-negotiable in hazardous environments. Our SWMS lists all necessary PPE, ensuring that your team is well-equipped and protected.
- Includes risk assessment and risk assessment matrix: Our template includes an easy-to-follow risk assessment section and matrix. This tool aids in identifying risks systematically, allowing you to prioritise mitigation measures effectively.
- Includes a checklist to ensure all requirements have been covered when implementing the SWMS: It’s easy to miss a step; that’s why we’ve included a comprehensive checklist to confirm that all procedural elements are completed before commencing work.
- Includes sign off page for all workers and responsible persons: Accountability and acknowledgment are facilitated by a sign-off page, where all workers and supervisors can confirm their understanding and agreement with the outlined safety procedures.
- Easy to use, easy to customise: Designed with simplicity at heart, this template is intuitive and user-friendly. It’s crafted to ensure you spend more time on tasks that matter and less on documentation woes.
- Suitable for large contracts and tenders, including tier 1 contractual work: Whether you’re dealing with small jobs or vast tier 1 projects, our SWMS template is robust enough to meet the demands of large-scale contracts and tenders.
- Quick delivery by email: In today’s fast-paced work environment, delays can be costly. That’s why we offer quick electronic delivery straight to your inbox, getting you what you need without the wait.
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Each Safe Work Method Statement has specific content that is referenced to, but not limited to a number of authorities such as Codes of Practice, Regulations, Australian Standards or the Act.
The Asbestos Transport – Disposal Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:
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Frequent Questions
Safe Work Method Statement Template FAQ’s
What format is a BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template delivered in?
Because every SWMS needs to be edited to suit on-site specifics, it makes sense to deliver our Safe Work Method Statements in Microsoft Word Format for easy editing.
How many pages long is each Safe Work Method Statement Template?
It depends entirely on the nature of the risks associated with the SWMS Template, however on average the documents are between 7-15 pages in length. Each Safe Work Method Statement is comprehensive in nature and is easy to use.
What are before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are simply this: When you initially start to do a job, like say drill a hole in a wall, there will be a level of risk, which for this example let's just say is a level 2 (before). The idea is that then you would implement some type of control measure to reduce the risk, and in this case we would implement the control measure of wearing safety glasses to protect the eyes. This now would bring the risk of an injury down to a level 1 (after). Here you can see how the SWMS has a before and after risk rating for each step of a job, task or process.
Why do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates have before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are a simple and effective way to clearly show how, and how much a certain level of risk has been brought down for a certain step in a job task or process. Another reason also is that many larger contractors now like to see before and after risk ratings, so it makes sense to include them in our Templates.
Are the SWMS Templates pre-filled?
Absolutely. Every Safe Work Method Statement Template is pre-filled, high quality and comprehensive in order to help save you as much time, and deliver as much quality information as possible when conducting your own on site safety.
Do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates come with a Risk Assessment?
Yes. Each Safe Work Method Statement comes with it's own built in Risk Assessment which is part of the working document. The SWMS is straightforward, easy to use and has a risk calculator to work out the risk level and likelihood of the risk occurring.
Does each SWMS Template have the required PPE already suggested?
Yes, each SWMS Template has a range of PPE recorded, as well as picture icons of different PPE items that you can add/remove as you need to for the requirements of the job task.
What Should be Included in a Safe Work Method Statement?
If you're going to be doing any high risk construction work, you'll most likely not only need a Safe Work Method Statement, but you'll also need to make sure your SWMS has a number of checks and balances in order for the document to be accepted in your construction site safety. Purchasing a safe work method statement template can help save you quite a lot of time rather than starting from scratch. Also, just remember that even though every BlueSafe Template is highly comprehensive and pre-filled, your SWMS Template should be adjusted to suit any noticeable risks that are specific to the task you are performing.
Your Safe Work Method Statement must:
- List or show the different types of construction work that is high risk
- Clearly explain the workplace health and safety hazards as well as the risks that arise from the works
- Explain in detail how each risk will be managed, maintained and controlled
- Explain how each control measure will be implemented in order to reduce each risk
- Describe how each control measure will be monitored an how often the control measures will be reviewed
- Consider any additional factors that may impact the level of risk involved with the safety of the construction site such as weather, wind etc.
- Be made available and accessible to read by employees and applicable personnel at any time.
- Every SWMS should be easy to understand and written in plain language
- Every BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template is straightforward and easy to use. They also have what's called 'before and after risk ratings', which basically means there's a built in risk assessment that is used in the process of using the document. This allows you to asses the initial risks and give them a score, and then assess the risk and give an 'after score' once the listed control measures are implemented. All our documents are comprehensive, pre-filled and easy to use. You can even download a sample below and see an example.
