Building Facade Cleaning SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers building façade cleaning activities from reviewing access and establishing exclusion zones through cleaning, façade component work, waste management and demobilisation. It supports planning work steps and managing hazards involving height, access systems, falling objects, plant, chemicals, weather and public interaction.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the scope, façade access and work area
• Establish work exclusion and access controls
• Position plant and equipment
• Install access systems
• Set up rope access
• Prepare cleaning chemicals
• Carry out façade cleaning
• Remove façade components
• Install replacement façade components
• Manage weather and emergency conditions
• Clean the work area, manage waste and demobilise

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out building façade cleaning activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

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

• Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: How to Safely Remove Asbestos.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace.
• AS/NZS 4488 series Industrial rope access systems.
• AS/NZS 1891 series Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices.
• AS/NZS 1576 series Scaffolding and AS 4576 Guidelines for scaffolding.
• AS 2550.10 Cranes, hoists and winches—Safe use—Mobile elevating work platforms.
• AS/NZS 1418.10 Cranes, hoists and winches—Mobile elevating work platforms.
• AS 1657 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders.
• AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites.
• AS 1742.3 Manual of uniform traffic control devices—Traffic control for works on roads.
• AS 1319 Safety signs for the occupational environment.

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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