Paving SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers paving work from reviewing plans and establishing the work zone through to laying, cutting, compacting and cleaning up paving materials. It supports planning and risk management for site access, material handling, dust, equipment use and incomplete or uneven surfaces.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review plans, set-out requirements and site conditions
• Establish the work zone, access and pedestrian controls
• Receive, unload and store paving materials
• Prepare the subgrade and base
• Install edging and restraints
• Place bedding sand and screed the surface
• Lay brick and concrete pavers
• Use a block splitter and wet saw to cut pavers
• Install pedestal paving supports
• Compact, joint, clean up and demobilise the paving area

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out paving activities.

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, including duties to consult, identify hazards, eliminate or minimise risks, provide safe plant, manage construction work, hazardous manual tasks, airborne contaminants, electrical risks and traffic risks.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Traffic management for construction or maintenance work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace. Concrete, bricks, pavers, mortar and sand may contain crystalline silica, and cutting and laying pavers is identified as silica processing.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace.
• Guidance: Working safely when cutting, drilling and grinding concrete and masonry products. Use wet suppression or on-tool extraction, manage slurry safely and select RPE in accordance with AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716.
• AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites; AS/NZS 3000 Electrical installations; AS 1742.3 Traffic control devices for works on roads; AS 1742.10 Traffic control for works on roads; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 respiratory protection; AS/NZS 1337.1 eye and face protection; AS/NZS 1270 hearing protectors; AS/NZS 2210.3 safety footwear; AS/NZS 4602.1 high-visibility safety garments.
• Model WHS laws and model Codes of Practice are guidance unless adopted or otherwise given legal effect in the relevant Commonwealth, state or territory jurisdiction. Confirm current local requirements before work starts.

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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