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Installation Of Roller Shutters SWMS

This SWMS covers roller shutter installation activities, from site review and isolation through to component installation, tensioning, connection, testing and handover.

Activities covered include

  • Review the scope and site conditions
  • Install brackets and barrel components
  • Clean up and hand over the work area

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Installation Of Roller Shutters SWMS
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Product Overview

This SWMS covers roller shutter installation activities, from site review and isolation through to component installation, tensioning, connection, testing and handover. It supports planning for stored energy, moving components, access, electrical contact, sharp edges and work-area risks.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Review the scope and site conditions
  • Establish work-area isolation
  • Unload shutter components
  • Inspect tools and access equipment
  • Remove an existing door assembly where required
  • Set out fixing locations
  • Install brackets and barrel components
  • Fit guide tracks and droppers
  • Install the curtain and rollers
  • Tension springs and cables
  • Connect, test and commission the shutter
  • Clean up and hand over the work area

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out roller shutter installation activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Review scope and site conditions
  • Incorrect shutter selection
  • Unstable supporting structure
  • Hidden electrical services
  • Unauthorised work changes
  • Poor coordination with occupants
Establish work area isolation
  • Public struck by shutter
  • Vehicle interaction
  • Unauthorised entry
  • Slips and trips
  • Emergency exit obstruction
Unload shutter components
  • Crush from shifting load
  • Forklift strike
  • Falling bundled components
  • Manual handling strain
  • Sharp metal edges
Inspect tools and access equipment
  • Faulty plant
  • Electric shock
  • Falls from access equipment
  • Flying drill fragments
  • Noise exposure
Remove existing door assembly
  • Stored spring energy
  • Falling door curtain
  • Crush from uncontrolled movement
  • Electrical shock
  • Sharp or corroded components
Set out fixing locations
  • Drilling into services
  • Silica dust
  • Falling from height
  • Incorrect track alignment
  • Hand injuries from power tools
Install brackets and barrel
  • Suspended load strike
  • Crush at bracket
  • Fall of barrel
  • Failure of anchors
  • Falls from elevated platform
Fit guide tracks and droppers
  • Guide track fall
  • Pinch points
  • Misaligned vertical lift track
  • Drilling dust
  • Dropped tools
Install curtain and rollers
  • Curtain fall
  • Entanglement at barrel
  • Crush at guide channels
  • Sharp slat edges
  • Uncontrolled curtain travel
Tension springs and cables
  • Stored energy release
  • Cable snapback
  • Spring fracture
  • Crush from shutter drop
  • Unexpected barrel rotation
Connect door operator
  • Electric shock
  • Arc flash
  • Unexpected powered movement
  • Entanglement in drive
  • Incorrect safety-device wiring
Test and commission shutter
  • Unexpected shutter movement
  • Crush in door opening
  • Failure of safety devices
  • Mechanical component failure
  • Exposure of occupants
Clean up and hand over
  • Sharp waste
  • Residual trip hazards
  • Unauthorised operation
  • Incomplete records
  • Premature removal of controls

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Legislation & References

The template includes references relevant to the documented work, including:

  • Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations.
  • Safe Work Australia Model Code of Practice: Construction work (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
  • Safe Work Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace, including hazard identification, hierarchy of controls, maintenance and SWMS requirements for high risk construction work.
  • Safe Work Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace; electrical work on energised equipment or installations must be undertaken only by a licensed or otherwise authorised competent person under applicable legislation.
  • Safe Work Australia model guidance: How to manage work health and safety risks; Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination; Hazardous manual tasks; Managing the risk of falls at workplaces; Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work; Managing the work environment and facilities; First aid in the workplace; Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
  • AS/NZS 3000 Electrical installations; AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites; AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment; AS/NZS 1891 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices; AS/NZS 1576 Scaffolding; AS 4576 Guidelines for scaffolding; AS 2550 Cranes—Safe use; AS 1418 Cranes, hoists and winches; AS/NZS 4991 Lifting devices; AS 4024 Safety of machinery series; AS/NZS 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems.
  • Confirm applicable jurisdictional requirements, manufacturer instructions, building approval requirements and site rules before work begins; model laws and model Codes of Practice do not automatically have legal effect in every Australian jurisdiction.

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

Suitable for Industries

Security ServicesBuilding and ConstructionGlazing and WindowsShopfitting and Cabinet Making

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