Gas Fitting Installation and Appliance Connection SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers gas fitting installation and appliance connection work, from isolation and disconnection through to testing, commissioning, inspection and handover. It supports planning and risk management by identifying hazards from gas, electricity, pressure, appliances, pipework, vehicles and site access.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the work scope, gas type, existing services and site access
• Set up the work area and manage entry, lighting, trips, traffic and ignition sources
• Isolate gas and electricity before starting work
• Disconnect old appliances and decommission old gas meters
• Measure, prepare, install or alter pipework
• Connect gas supplies and vehicle gas supplies where applicable
• Install gas appliances
• Pressure test, purge and inspect for gas leaks
• Commission appliances and adjust burners
• Complete safety inspection activities
• Restore services and hand over the work
• Clean up and demobilise the site

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out gas fitting installation and appliance connection work.

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.
• Applicable gas safety, plumbing, building, electrical safety and dangerous-goods legislation administered in the jurisdiction where the work occurs.
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks.
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Guidance includes eliminating ignition sources in hazardous areas, using maintained equipment and applying permit controls for hot work.
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Confined spaces.
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace.
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Welding processes, where hot work is undertaken. Guidance identifies gas leakage, ventilation, cylinder restraint and keeping ignition sources away from gas cylinders.
• AS/NZS 5601.1 Gas installations, current edition.
• AS/NZS 5601.2 Gas installations—LP Gas installations in caravans and boats for non-propulsive purposes, current edition, where applicable.
• AS/NZS 1596 The storage and handling of LP Gas, current edition, where applicable.
• AS/NZS 1425 LP Gas fuel systems for vehicle engines, current edition, where applicable.
• AS 3814 Industrial and commercial gas-fired appliances, current edition, where applicable.
• AS 4575 Gas appliances—Servicing of Type A appliances, current edition, where applicable.
• AS/NZS 4836 Safe working on or near low-voltage electrical installations and equipment, current edition, where applicable.
• AS 1674.1 Safety in welding and allied processes—Fire precautions, current edition, where hot work is undertaken.
• AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective equipment, current editions, where respiratory protection is required.

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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