Flooring, Wall and Ceiling Installation SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers flooring, wall and ceiling installation activities from site setup and material handling through to cutting, fitting, finishing and clean-up. It supports planning installation work and managing hazards from access, services, dust, sheet materials, tools, overhead work and falls.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Set up the site, establish access and manage entry and housekeeping risks
• Receive materials and position plant while managing loads and mobile plant
• Inspect services and existing materials before installation
• Set out panel layouts and manage sheet edges, leads and work positions
• Cut sheets, floorboards and openings while managing dust, noise and cutting hazards
• Install raised timber flooring and manage openings and incomplete-floor risks
• Install steel stud partitioning and interior lining panels
• Construct bulkheads and install acoustic ceilings
• Install acoustic wall panels and fibre cement sheeting
• Finish joints and penetrations while managing dust and repetitive work
• Clean up offcuts, residual dust and overhead hazards before sign-off

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out flooring, wall and ceiling installation 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: Construction work — guidance for planning and controlling construction risks, including preparation and implementation of SWMS for applicable high risk construction work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces, and Managing the risk of falls in housing construction — guidance to perform work on the ground or solid construction where practicable and provide safe access, work platforms and fall prevention.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — guidance for eliminating or minimising lifting, sustained postures, repetitive work and awkward overhead tasks.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — guidance for plant selection, inspection, guarding, traffic management and isolation.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace — fibre-cement and cement-based products may contain crystalline silica; verify product information and control dust from cutting, drilling, sanding and clean-up.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace, and How to safely remove asbestos — guidance for identifying asbestos before disturbance and using competent asbestos controls where required.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work.
• AS/NZS 1576 Scaffolding; AS 4576 Guidelines for scaffolding; AS/NZS 1891 Industrial fall-arrest systems; AS/NZS 5532 Manufacturing requirements for single-point anchor devices; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites; AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment; AS/NZS 2210.3 Safety footwear; AS/NZS 1337.1 Eye and face protectors; AS/NZS 1270 Hearing protectors; AS/NZS 4602.1 High-visibility safety garments.

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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