Product Description: Safe Work Method Statement Template for Construction Site Clean-Up
This Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) template is designed to assist in the planning and execution of Construction Site Clean-Ups, ensuring compliance with Australian Workplace Health and Safety regulations. It is detailed and ready to use, tailored to support a thorough assessment of potential hazards and the establishment of control measures to mitigate risks effectively.
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: This document is equipped with pre-loaded content that covers typical scenarios encountered during construction site clean-up, saving time and simplifying the process for users.
- Fully Editable and Customisable in Microsoft Word Format: Customize each section to fit the specific needs of your project directly in Microsoft Word, offering flexibility and ease of modifications.
- Includes the Scope of the Project and Project Details: Clearly define the scope of work and detail all relevant project information to keep everyone on the same page.
- Includes Checklist of Any High-Risk Machinery on Site: Evaluate and list high-risk machinery used, ensuring that all operators are aware and prepared to handle these assets safely.
- Includes Space for Recording Any Staff Training: Document details about worker training sessions specifically associated with this project, enhancing safety awareness and compliance.
- Includes Before and After Risk Ratings: Assess risk levels prior to any action taken and after controls have been implemented to track effectiveness and enhance future method statements.
- Includes Resources for Use of Legislative References: Provides references to necessary legislation documents to ensure compliance with legal standards.
- Includes All PPE Required: Detail all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for tasks involved in the project to protect all workers involved.
- Includes Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment Matrix: Offers tools to evaluate potential risks in various activities and helps prioritise them based on their severity.
- Includes a Checklist to Ensure All Requirements Have Been Covered When Implementing the SWMS: A comprehensive checklist to verify that every essential aspect of the plan has been addressed before work commences.
- Includes Sign off Page for All Workers and Responsible Persons: Ensures accountability and acknowledgment of the SWMS by all parties involved in the project.
- Easy to Use, Easy to Customise: Designed with user-friendliness in mind, it enables efficient implementation and customisation without requiring extensive technical skills.
- Suitable for Large Contracts and Tenders, Including Tier 1 Contractual Work: Robust enough to meet the requirements of large scale operations and tender submissions, providing thorough documentation needed for high-level contracts.
- Quick Delivery by Email: Fast and convenient delivery of the SWMS template directly to your email, ensuring swift progression on compliance and preparatory documentation.
The Safe Work Method Statement Template for Construction Site Clean-Up is an invaluable tool for forepersons, site managers, and safety officers looking to maintain best practices in workplace safety and operational efficiency on construction sites.
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 Construction Site Clean-Up – 副本.docx 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.
