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If you’re working in civil construction, particularly in road base and seal projects, you know that safety is non-negotiable. Our Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template for Civil Road Base and Seal is designed to assist you in addressing the complexities of site safety with precision and ease.
Key Features:
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: The template comes with a well-rounded pre-filled content that covers various aspects of a typical civil road base and seal project. This saves you valuable time while ensuring that you’ve got a robust starting point.
- Fully editable and customisable in Microsoft Word format for easy editing: We provide the SWMS in a versatile Word format. This means you can edit, tweak, and mould it as per the unique needs of your project without hassle. No complicated software needed—just open, adjust, and proceed.
- Includes the scope of the project and the project details: Clearly outline what the project entails with sections dedicated to specifying the scope and any other relevant details. Keeping everyone on the same page couldn’t be simpler.
- Includes checklist of any high-risk machinery on site: Safety starts with awareness. Ensure all high-risk equipment is accounted for with an inclusive checklist tailored for machinery that may pose potential hazards.
- Includes space for recording any staff training: Training is a critical component of workplace safety. Use the designated areas to document who has been trained, in what, and when. Stay organised and compliant effortlessly.
- Includes before and after risk ratings: Gauge the effectiveness of your safety interventions by comparing risk levels before and after mitigations are implemented. This aspect encourages continuous improvement in your work practices.
- Includes resources for use of legislative references: Navigate through legislation with ease using embedded resources. This feature aids in aligning your practices with Australian laws and requirements seamlessly.
- Includes all PPE required: Personal Protective Equipment is a frontline defence against workplace injuries. Our template lists all necessary PPE to keep your crew secure on the job.
- Includes risk assessment and risk assessment matrix: Conduct thorough evaluations of potential risks with the included assessment tools and matrices, helping reinforce informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
- Includes a checklist to ensure all requirements have been covered when implementing the SWMS: Avoid oversights with a comprehensive checklist designed to make sure nothing slips through the cracks when putting your SWMS into action.
- Includes sign-off page for all workers and responsible persons: A vital record for proof of communication and accountability. The sign-off page ensures that everyone involved understands and commits to the SWMS.
- Easy to use, easy to customise: Simplicity meets functionality. Our template’s user-friendly design ensures anyone on your team can navigate and adapt it as needed, without a steep learning curve.
- Suitable for large contracts and Tenders, including tier 1 contractual work: Stand out in your bids with a professional SWMS that meets the demands of even the most extensive projects and rigorous tender processes.
- Quick delivery by email: Time is of the essence in construction. Receive your template promptly via email, allowing you to dive straight into project preparations without delay.
Our goal here is to help reduce the complexity of ensuring a safe work environment so you can focus on what you do best—building great infrastructure. Remember, while our template simplifies the planning process, you’ll need to customise and implement it according to the specific demands of your project and site conditions.
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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 Civil Road Base and Seal Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:
Ordering only takes a few minutes. Upon ordering completion, a link will be sent to your email address to download your documents, then add your company logo to the top of the header and you’re finished.
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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.
