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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Prime Mover & Quad Axle Low Loader
When it comes to ensuring workplace safety, having the right tools makes all the difference. Our Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template for Prime Mover & Quad Axle Low Loader is designed with meticulous attention to detail—providing you with a practical solution that’s not just about ticking boxes, but genuinely improving on-site safety. Let’s dig into its standout features:
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: This template comes pre-loaded with essential information, making it a breeze to get started. It covers standard practices, processes, and potential hazards related to prime movers and quad axle low loaders.
- Fully Editable and Customisable: Modify and adapt the SWMS in Microsoft Word format. Editing is straightforward, allowing you to tailor the document to your specific job requirements or incorporate any site-specific safety measures.
- Includes the Scope of the Project and the Project Details: Clearly outline the project’s parameters and those details crucial to understanding the task at hand. Emphasising clarity here helps align all stakeholders from the get-go.
- Checklist of Any High Risk Machinery On Site: This checklist ensures you’re not missing any high-risk equipment, helping to systematically identify hazards that might need managing.
- Space for Recording Any Staff Training: Keep track of staff competencies and training relevant to the project. This facilitates accountability and ensures everyone has the necessary skills to perform their tasks safely.
- Before and After Risk Ratings: Evaluate the risk levels prior to implementing control measures and reassess them post-implementation. This step helps in identifying if the introduced controls are effectively reducing risks.
- Resources for Use of Legislative References: Equip yourself and your team with handy legislative resources relevant to the task at hand. Being informed about the legal context can aid compliance and enhance safe practices.
- Includes All PPE Required: The template covers all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) necessary for working with prime movers and low loaders, ensuring workers are well-protected.
- Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment Matrix: A built-in risk assessment tool provides a structured way to identify potential threats and evaluate their severity and occurrence probability using a matrix layout.
- Checklist to Ensure All Requirements Have Been Covered When Implementing the SWMS: This comprehensive checklist acts as a last-minute assurance that all bases are covered before work kicks off, aiming to prevent any slips through the cracks.
- Sign Off Page for All Workers and Responsible Persons: Document acknowledgment of the SWMS by all involved parties. It’s an effective way to confirm everyone understands their role in maintaining site safety.
- Easy to Use, Easy to Customise: Designed to keep things straightforward, this template is intuitive enough that anyone on your team can handle customising it to suit the job needs.
- Suitable for Large Contracts and Tenders, Including Tier 1 Contractual Work: Whether it’s for big league contracts or top-tier tenders, our SWMS template stands out as a robust tool ready for serious projects.
- Quick Delivery by Email: We understand how time-sensitive these projects can be, so as soon as your order is processed, we’ll send the template swiftly via email to minimise delays.
While no tool guarantees absolute safety, integrating this SWMS template into your work routine supports building a safer work environment. Think of it as a step towards tightening safety at the workplace whilst maintaining a focus on practical usability.
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Each Safe Work Method Statement has specific content that is referenced to, but not limited to a number of authorities such as Codes of Practice, Regulations, Australian Standards or the Act.
The Prime Mover & Quad Axel Low Loader Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:
Ordering only takes a few minutes. Upon ordering completion, a link will be sent to your email address to download your documents, then add your company logo to the top of the header and you’re finished.
Frequent Questions
Safe Work Method Statement Template FAQ’s
What format is a BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template delivered in?
Because every SWMS needs to be edited to suit on-site specifics, it makes sense to deliver our Safe Work Method Statements in Microsoft Word Format for easy editing.
How many pages long is each Safe Work Method Statement Template?
It depends entirely on the nature of the risks associated with the SWMS Template, however on average the documents are between 7-15 pages in length. Each Safe Work Method Statement is comprehensive in nature and is easy to use.
What are before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are simply this: When you initially start to do a job, like say drill a hole in a wall, there will be a level of risk, which for this example let's just say is a level 2 (before). The idea is that then you would implement some type of control measure to reduce the risk, and in this case we would implement the control measure of wearing safety glasses to protect the eyes. This now would bring the risk of an injury down to a level 1 (after). Here you can see how the SWMS has a before and after risk rating for each step of a job, task or process.
Why do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates have before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are a simple and effective way to clearly show how, and how much a certain level of risk has been brought down for a certain step in a job task or process. Another reason also is that many larger contractors now like to see before and after risk ratings, so it makes sense to include them in our Templates.
Are the SWMS Templates pre-filled?
Absolutely. Every Safe Work Method Statement Template is pre-filled, high quality and comprehensive in order to help save you as much time, and deliver as much quality information as possible when conducting your own on site safety.
Do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates come with a Risk Assessment?
Yes. Each Safe Work Method Statement comes with it's own built in Risk Assessment which is part of the working document. The SWMS is straightforward, easy to use and has a risk calculator to work out the risk level and likelihood of the risk occurring.
Does each SWMS Template have the required PPE already suggested?
Yes, each SWMS Template has a range of PPE recorded, as well as picture icons of different PPE items that you can add/remove as you need to for the requirements of the job task.
What Should be Included in a Safe Work Method Statement?
If you're going to be doing any high risk construction work, you'll most likely not only need a Safe Work Method Statement, but you'll also need to make sure your SWMS has a number of checks and balances in order for the document to be accepted in your construction site safety. Purchasing a safe work method statement template can help save you quite a lot of time rather than starting from scratch. Also, just remember that even though every BlueSafe Template is highly comprehensive and pre-filled, your SWMS Template should be adjusted to suit any noticeable risks that are specific to the task you are performing.
Your Safe Work Method Statement must:
- List or show the different types of construction work that is high risk
- Clearly explain the workplace health and safety hazards as well as the risks that arise from the works
- Explain in detail how each risk will be managed, maintained and controlled
- Explain how each control measure will be implemented in order to reduce each risk
- Describe how each control measure will be monitored an how often the control measures will be reviewed
- Consider any additional factors that may impact the level of risk involved with the safety of the construction site such as weather, wind etc.
- Be made available and accessible to read by employees and applicable personnel at any time.
- Every SWMS should be easy to understand and written in plain language
- Every BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template is straightforward and easy to use. They also have what's called 'before and after risk ratings', which basically means there's a built in risk assessment that is used in the process of using the document. This allows you to asses the initial risks and give them a score, and then assess the risk and give an 'after score' once the listed control measures are implemented. All our documents are comprehensive, pre-filled and easy to use. You can even download a sample below and see an example.
