Lighting Installation and Maintenance Risk Assessment

Product Overview

This risk assessment covers lighting installation and maintenance activities, including planning, electrical safety, access, fitting work and reinstatement. It supports planning and risk management by identifying electrical, work-at-height, manual-handling, plant and occupied-area hazards.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

• Plan the work and assess the work area
• Isolate circuits, test and manage electrical hazards
• Use ladders and other work-at-height access equipment
• Manage mobile plant, EWPs and scaffold use
• Remove and install light fittings and components
• Move fittings, ladders, cable drums and other materials
• Use portable tools, leads and temporary power
• Manage work in occupied areas and near traffic
• Address weather, heat, dust, fumes and visibility conditions
• Complete reinstatement, housekeeping and emergency readiness

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out lighting installation and maintenance activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces — 3.2 Identifying the hazards; p. 16.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 2. The work environment; p. 13.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace — 2.1 Identifying the hazards; p. 14.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — 4.1 The hierarchy of control measures; p. 31.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: First aid in the workplace — 3. First aid equipment, facilities and training; p. 12.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — Plant hazard identification — Traffic movements in the workplace; p. 17.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — 2. Step 1 — How to identify hazards; p. 12.

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Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)

• Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
• Initial and residual risk ratings
• Assigned responsible persons for each activity
• Risk matrix and assessment classification
• Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
• Site-specific customisation before use