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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Dogman
Are you a Dogman responsible for the safe handling of loads on site? Our Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) template is designed to assist you in navigating safety requirements with ease and efficiency. Here are its key features:
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: Saves you time by providing thorough pre-filled information based on standard practices, allowing you to focus on tailoring specific details to your worksite.
- Fully editable and customisable in Microsoft Word format for easy editing: With its user-friendly layout, you can easily tweak the template in Microsoft Word to fit the unique aspects of your project or site conditions.
- Includes the scope of the project and the project details: Clearly outlines the objectives, responsibilities, and scope of work, ensuring all team members understand the project precisely from the get-go.
- Includes checklist of any high risk machinery on site: A convenient way to track and manage high-risk machinery present at your location, helping ensure all necessary precautions are taken for safety.
- Includes space for recording any staff training: Keep a record of which staff have undergone necessary training, ensuring compliance and streamlining audit processes.
- Includes before and after risk ratings: Documenting risk levels both before and after implementing controls helps highlight improvements and informs ongoing safety strategies.
- Includes resources for use of legislative references: We provide handy links and tips to relevant legislative documents, so you can always cite authoritative sources if needed.
- Includes all PPE required: Lists all personal protective equipment necessary for the task, ensuring your workers are well protected against potential hazards.
- Includes risk assessment and risk assessment matrix: Detailed methodologies and matrices are included to help you systematically evaluate risks and determine the best course of action to mitigate them.
- Includes a checklist to ensure all requirements have been covered when implementing the SWMS: A useful overview that acts as a catch-all to confirm that no critical element has been overlooked during implementation.
- Includes sign off page for all workers and responsible persons: Keeps accountability clear with dedicated space for signatures, affirming that everyone on the team acknowledges their role and responsibilities.
- Easy to use, easy to customise: We’ve prioritised usability so you can quickly adapt the template to meet immediate needs without a steep learning curve.
- Suitable for large contracts and Tenders, including tier 1 contractual work: The broad applicability means whether you’re working on expansive infrastructure projects or smaller builds, the template scales accordingly.
- Quick delivery by email: As soon as the purchase goes through, you’ll receive our SWMS template straight to your inbox, ready to hit the ground running.
This template aims to support you with practical resources crafted for real-world demands. Dive into your next project with confidence, knowing you’re backed by thoughtful preparation tools specifically curated for the workplace challenges you face.
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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 Dogman Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:
Ordering only takes a few minutes. Upon ordering completion, a link will be sent to your email address to download your documents, then add your company logo to the top of the header and you’re finished.
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.
