Playground Installation SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers playground installation, from planning and site control through excavation, assembly, surfacing, inspection and handover. It supports planning for public access, services, plant, lifting, elevated work and equipment-related hazards.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan the work and establish site exclusion zones
• Locate and protect underground services
• Unload and position materials and components
• Operate mobile plant
• Excavate footings and drainage areas
• Install footings, anchors and structural components
• Assemble play structures and elevated play structures
• Install aquatic play equipment where required
• Install soft-fall surfacing
• Dismantle existing equipment where required
• Inspect, commission and hand over the playground

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out playground installation 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, manage risks, provide safe plant and systems of work, manage construction work, hazardous manual tasks, plant, electricity, hazardous chemicals and workplace facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work — guidance for construction work planning, SWMS and site management; adoption and legal status must be checked in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Excavation Work — guidance for service information, excavation controls, atmospheric hazards and manual excavation.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities — guidance for accessible amenities, potable drinking water and welfare facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks — guidance to eliminate or minimise musculoskeletal risks through design, mechanical aids and task planning.
• Model Codes of Practice: Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace; Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace; Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces; Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work; and Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• AS 4685 series, Playground equipment and surfacing; AS 4422, Playground surfacing — specifications, requirements and test method; and AS 3533.4, Water playground equipment and water play areas, as applicable to the supplied equipment and project specification.
• AS/NZS 3012, Electrical installations — construction and demolition sites; AS/NZS 3760, In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment; AS 2550 series, Cranes, hoists and winches — safe use; AS 1418 series, Cranes, hoists and winches; and AS 4991, Lifting devices.
• AS/NZS 1576 series and AS/NZS 4576 for scaffolding where used; AS/NZS 1891 series for industrial fall-arrest systems; and AS/NZS 5532 for single-point anchor devices, where applicable.

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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