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Boat Building Maintenance and Repair SWMS

This SWMS covers boat building maintenance and repair activities, including vessel positioning, cleaning, coating, component work, servicing and sign-off.

Activities covered include

  • Set up the site and isolate the work area
  • Install engines, shafts, rudders and steering components
  • Clean up, manage residual hazards and sign off

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Boat Building Maintenance and Repair SWMS
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Product Overview

This SWMS covers boat building maintenance and repair activities, including vessel positioning, cleaning, coating, component work, servicing and sign-off. It supports planning, hazard identification and risk management for vessel movement, water, dust, chemicals, lifting, energy and enclosed areas.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Set up the site and isolate the work area
  • Position plant and secure the vessel
  • Pressure clean the hull
  • Apply anti-foul coating
  • Complete deck widening and vessel component removal
  • Install engines, shafts, rudders and steering components
  • Install bilge pumps and navigation electronics
  • Lower, install and maintain masts and rigging
  • Maintain engine rooms and rescue boats
  • Service refrigeration systems
  • Clean up, manage residual hazards and sign off

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out boat building maintenance and repair activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Site setup and isolation
  • Unauthorised access
  • Vehicle strike
  • Fall into water
  • Slips on wet surfaces
  • Unidentified vessel hazards
  • Emergency delay
Position plant and vessel
  • Plant collision
  • Crush from vessel movement
  • Travel-lift failure
  • Unstable vessel supports
  • Suspended load strike
  • Ground failure
Pressure clean hull
  • High-pressure injection injury
  • Marine growth exposure
  • Slip from washwater
  • Noise exposure
  • Flying debris
  • Contaminated runoff
Apply anti-foul coating
  • Toxic vapour exposure
  • Skin sensitisation
  • Flammable vapours
  • Static ignition
  • Fall from hull access
  • Environmental contamination
Deck widening operation
  • Structural instability
  • Fall from deck edge
  • Fibreglass dust
  • Resin exposure
  • Dropped objects
  • Manual handling strain
Demolish vessel components
  • Uncontrolled collapse
  • Asbestos exposure
  • Lead paint dust
  • Fuel vapours
  • Sharp edges
  • Fire from hot work
Install engines and shafts
  • Crush from suspended engine
  • Pinch points
  • Fuel ignition
  • Shaft misalignment
  • Manual handling strain
  • Unexpected engine start
Fit rudders and steering
  • Crush from rudder movement
  • Suspended rudder strike
  • Confined stern-space atmosphere
  • Hydraulic fluid injection
  • Awkward posture
  • Unexpected steering activation
Install bilge pump
  • Electric shock
  • Bilge-water contamination
  • Confined space atmosphere
  • Unexpected flooding
  • Sharp edges
  • Restricted access
Install navigation electronics
  • Electric shock
  • Battery arc flash
  • Drilling into services
  • Falls from mast access
  • Electromagnetic interference
  • Manual handling strain
Lower masts
  • Mast collapse
  • Suspended load strike
  • Rigging failure
  • Overhead powerline contact
  • Fall from height
  • Crush at mast step
Install mast and rigging
  • Fall from height
  • Dropped tools
  • Rigging tension release
  • Mast instability
  • Hand lacerations
  • Overhead load strike
Maintain engine room
  • Fuel vapours
  • Hot surfaces
  • Unexpected start-up
  • Confined atmosphere
  • Oil spills
  • Noise exposure
Maintain rescue boats
  • Crush from davit movement
  • Fall into water
  • Unexpected release
  • Battery acid exposure
  • Manual handling strain
  • Slip on wet deck
Service refrigeration system
  • Refrigerant release
  • Asphyxiation
  • Pressurised gas release
  • Cold burns
  • Electrical shock
  • Fire from hot work
Clean up and sign off
  • Chemical exposure
  • Sharp waste
  • Slips and trips
  • Residual energy
  • Environmental release
  • Unauthorised re-energisation

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Legislation & References

The template includes references relevant to the documented work, including:

  • Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations.
  • Applicable marine safety, port, harbour-master, environmental protection, dangerous-goods and electrical-safety requirements for the work location.
  • Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks.
  • Model Code of Practice: Construction Work.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Spray Painting and Powder Coating.
  • Model Code of Practice: Confined Spaces.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work.
  • Model Code of Practice: How to Safely Remove Asbestos.
  • Guidance standards: AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 respiratory protection; AS/NZS 1337.1 eye protection; AS/NZS 1270 hearing protectors; AS 2210.3 safety footwear; AS/NZS 1891 fall-arrest systems; AS/NZS 5532 anchor devices; AS/NZS 1576 scaffolding; AS 2550 safe use of cranes; AS 1418 crane design; AS/NZS 3760 electrical equipment inspection and testing; AS/NZS 3000 electrical installations; AS/NZS 1020 static electricity; AS/NZS 4024 machinery safety; AS 2865 confined spaces; AS 1319 safety signs.

Standard SWMS Features (Click to Expand)
  • Task-specific job steps, hazards and control measures
  • Initial and residual risk ratings
  • Assigned responsible persons for each job step
  • Plant, equipment and PPE requirements where applicable
  • Permits, qualifications and high-risk construction work details where applicable
  • Worker consultation, sign-off and review sections

Suitable for Industries

Manufacturing and ProductionMetal Fabrication and Welding

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