Construction Site Traffic and Mobile Plant Management SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers construction site traffic and mobile plant management, including access, routes, reversing, deliveries, loading and public road interfaces. It supports work planning and risk management by addressing interactions between vehicles, plant, pedestrians, loads, excavations, weather and site controls.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan traffic management arrangements
• Establish site access controls
• Induct workers and drivers
• Inspect mobile plant and vehicles
• Prepare travel routes
• Operate mobile plant
• Control reversing movements
• Manage deliveries and trucks
• Manage loading operations
• Control traffic around excavations
• Manage public road interfaces, weather conditions and demobilisation

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses managing construction site traffic, vehicles and mobile plant 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, including duties to manage risks, consult with workers, provide safe systems of work, manage construction-work traffic and control risks associated with powered mobile plant.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace.
• Moving plant on construction sites Code of Practice; use as guidance and confirm whether adopted or approved in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities.
• Excavation work Code of Practice, including planning and controlling pedestrian and mobile-plant movement around excavation work.
• AS 1742.3 Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 3: Traffic control for works on roads.
• AS 1742.10 Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 10: Traffic control and communication devices for roadwork operations.
• AS/NZS 1906.1 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes.
• AS/NZS 4602.1 High visibility safety garments.
• AS/NZS 2210.3 Personal protective equipment—Safety footwear.
• AS/NZS 1270 Acoustics—Hearing protectors.
• AS 2550 series Cranes, safe use, where crane operations are included.

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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