Concrete Works SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers concrete work from planning and site access through placement, finishing and demobilisation. It supports planning work stages and managing hazards associated with plant, formwork, reinforcement, concrete and clean-up.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan concrete works and site access
• Receive materials and reinforcing steel
• Prepare subgrade and base
• Erect formwork and edge arrangements
• Install reinforcement
• Set up concrete pumping equipment
• Place, vibrate, screed and finish concrete
• Cure and protect concrete
• Cut joints or modify concrete
• Clean the work area and demobilise

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out concrete works.

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, including duties to manage construction-work, plant, hazardous-chemical, electrical, falls and manual-task risks.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work (November 2024), as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction; it provides SWMS and construction-risk management guidance.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of falls at workplaces, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Code of Practice: Concrete pumping (2019), as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction; use for pump set-up, traffic, pump-line and boom controls.
• Code of Practice: Formwork, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction; use for temporary-works design, inspection, stability and pour controls.
• Code of Practice: Working safely when cutting, drilling and grinding concrete and masonry products, as adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction; use for silica, dust suppression, cutting and drilling controls.
• AS 1379 Specification and supply of concrete; AS 3610 Formwork for concrete; AS/NZS 1576 Scaffolding; AS/NZS 1891 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices; AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites; AS 1742.3 Traffic control for works on roads; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1337.1 eye and face protection; AS/NZS 1270 hearing protectors; AS/NZS 2210.3 safety footwear; AS/NZS 4602.1 high-visibility safety garments.
• Model WHS laws and model Codes of Practice are guidance unless adopted, approved or otherwise given legal effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

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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