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If you’re working on a project involving the construction of decks and pergolas made from timber, ensuring the safety of your workers is paramount. Our Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template provides a guiding light for risk assessment, safety protocols, and compliance, tailored specifically for such projects.
Key Features:
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: This template comes with an extensive list of pre-filled information that guides you through the usual steps taken in such construction projects. It doesn’t leave you hanging, but rather provides a sturdy foundation to build your own site-specific details.
- Fully Editable and Customisable in Microsoft Word Format: You’ll appreciate the flexibility of this template, as it’s provided in a user-friendly Word format. Modify or adjust specifics with ease to fit the unique needs of your project.
- Includes the Scope of the Project and the Project Details: An important section that frames the project requirements, objectives, and boundaries—essential to keeping everyone on the same page.
- Includes Checklist of Any High Risk Machinery on Site: No guessing here! Our template prompts you to identify and list machinery that could pose significant risks, ensuring proper precautions are put in place.
- Includes Space for Recording Any Staff Training: Training records can be crucial for compliance and safety audit trails. There’s a dedicated section to detail all relevant training undertaken by staff members involved.
- Includes Before and After Risk Ratings: Easily assess how successful your safety measures are by documenting the risk levels before and after mitigation strategies are applied.
- Includes Resources for Use of Legislative References: Being compliant isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a necessity. This template helps by providing pointers to legislative resources, enabling you to align with Australian workplace safety laws.
- Includes All PPE Required: Specifying which Personal Protective Equipment is necessary ensures that every worker knows what to wear for their own safety and for liability purposes.
- Includes Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment Matrix: A crucial feature for meticulously evaluating potential hazards and strategising effective ways to control them, laid out in an easy-to-follow manner.
- Includes a Checklist to Ensure All Requirements Have Been Covered: It’s like having a diligent overseer remind you of critical safety components, making sure nothing falls through the cracks when implementing the SWMS.
- Includes Sign Off Page for All Workers and Responsible Persons: The sign-off page offers a formal record-keeping space to document that everyone has acknowledged understanding and agreement with the safety methods outlined.
- Easy to Use, Easy to Customise: Not only is the template functional, but it also ensures that the process of customisation doesn’t become another daunting task on your to-do list.
- Suitable for Large Contracts and Tenders, Including Tier 1 Contractual Work: Appropriate not just for small-scale projects, but its structured approach also caters to larger contracts demanding greater detail and scrutiny.
- Quick Delivery by Email: No waiting around. Get your template sent directly to your inbox so you can get started without unnecessary delays.
While no product can promise an absolute guarantee, our SWMS template certainly sets the stage for managing worksite safety with a pragmatic and organised approach. Tailored for deck and pergola projects using timber, it is crafted with an understanding of onsite realities combined with workplace safety standards.
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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 Deck and Pergola – Timber 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.
