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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Concrete Machinery (Mixers, Agitators and Pumps)
Enhance the safety culture on your construction site with our meticulously crafted Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) template tailored specifically for concrete machinery such as mixers, agitators, and pumps. Packed with practical features, this template offers a structure that encourages thoroughness and compliance with workplace safety standards.
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: Avoid starting from scratch. Our template comes pre-filled with common safe work practices but is extensive enough to cover various scenarios in using concrete machinery.
- Fully editable and customisable: Designed in Microsoft Word format, which makes it super easy to tweak. Make adjustments effortlessly so that it fits just right with your project’s unique needs.
- Includes the scope of the project and the project details: Capture essential information about your project, ensuring everyone is on the same page. Clearly outline what the task entails covering all aspects like location, timeframe, and objectives.
- Checklist of any high risk machinery on site: Highlight any machinery that poses a greater risk. Review this checklist to ensure that every potential hazard is identified and mitigated effectively.
- Space for recording any staff training: Maintain a record of training sessions attended by your staff. This section keeps you accountable and showcases your commitment to ongoing education for handling machinery safely.
- Before and after risk ratings: A simple yet effective way to assess how risks are managed before and after safety measures are applied. This helps in evaluating the effectiveness of the implemented control strategies.
- Resources for use of legislative references: Access handy resources that reference applicable legislative and regulatory requirements. Stay informed about the legal obligations surrounding machinery operation.
- All PPE required: Identify personal protective equipment needed for tasks. From hard hats to gloves, ensuring that every worker is equipped with the necessary safety gear is vital.
- Risk assessment and risk assessment matrix: Encourage proactive management by documenting identified risks and evaluating their significance. Use the risk assessment matrix for a visual understanding of hazard impact and likelihood.
- Checklist to ensure all requirements have been covered when implementing the SWMS: This second checklist serves as an additional measure to confirm no steps were overlooked during implementation, supporting comprehensive risk management.
- Sign off page for all workers and responsible persons: Formalise accountability with a sign-off sheet where workers and supervisors acknowledge their understanding and agreement with the outlined procedures.
- Easy to use, easy to customise: The design prioritises user-friendliness, allowing anyone to get the hang of it quickly without needing a safety professional on hand.
- Suitable for large contracts and Tenders, including tier 1 contractual work: Built to accommodate projects of any magnitude, fitting snugly into large tenders and contracts, making it great for top-tier assignments.
- Quick delivery by email: No need to wait around. Upon purchase, receive your SWMS template via email promptly, ready to help streamline your compliance processes.
This template acts as a supportive tool in fostering a safer work site but remember, keeping an open eye and continuous education go hand-in-hand with written documents in enhancing workplace safety.
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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 Concrete Machinery (Mixers Agitators and Pumps) 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.
