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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Road Safety Barrier Installation
If you’re looking for a dependable tool to guide your road safety barrier installation, our Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template might just be what you need. Crafted with the convenience of tradies in mind, our template seeks to support your team while efficiently managing workplace health and safety.
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: Our template comes pre-filled with detailed information. Even though it’s packed full of helpful hints and insights, there’s still plenty of room for you to add your own specifics. This means less time starting from scratch and more time focusing on the task at hand.
- Fully Editable and Customisable in Microsoft Word Format: We’ve made it easy to edit by allowing full customisation in Microsoft Word format. This gives you the flexibility to tweak any section to better suit your project specifics or preferences.
- Includes the Scope of the Project and the Project Details: Clearly laid out sections help you define the scope and capture all essential project details. This ensures everyone’s on the same page and helps to avoid misunderstandings down the track.
- Includes Checklist of Any High-Risk Machinery on Site: High-risk machinery requires extra caution. With our checklist feature, you can list these items prominently, ensuring every precaution is taken for safe operation.
- Includes Space for Recording Any Staff Training: Documenting staff training is vital. Our template provides designated space for record-keeping, helping affirm that your team is trained and prepared for the job.
- Includes Before and After Risk Ratings: Evaluate risk effectively with before and after risk ratings. These sections are designed to help you measure improvements and make informed decisions at each stage.
- Includes Resources for Use of Legislative References: Stay compliant by utilising resources included within the template. They’re there to guide you through relevant legislative references, bolstering proper adherence to safety regulations.
- Includes All PPE Required: Personal Protective Equipment is crucial in any high-risk environment. The template covers this comprehensively so that no piece of necessary PPE is overlooked.
- Includes Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment Matrix: Conduct thorough risk assessments using our built-in matrix. It helps simplify the evaluation process, making hazard identification more straightforward and providing guidance for mitigation.
- Includes a Checklist to Ensure All Requirements Have Been Covered When Implementing the SWMS: A handy checklist assists your team in ensuring no stone is left unturned when putting the SWMS into action – keeping the focus on safety and compliance.
- Includes Sign Off Page for All Workers and Responsible Persons: Promote accountability with our sign off page where both workers and supervisors can acknowledge their understanding and commitment to the SWMS.
- Easy to Use, Easy to Customise: Designed for simplicity and flexibility, the template makes it easier for you to implement changes and updates without hassle.
- Suitable for Large Contracts and Tenders, Including Tier 1 Contractual Work: Whether your project is large or part of tier 1 work, this template provides structure and consistency, which is often required by higher-level contracts.
- Quick Delivery by Email: Once purchased, you’ll receive your template directly to your email, ready to download and start customising.
The journey to maintaining a safe work environment is ongoing. Our SWMS template aims to assist you along the way—help lightening the load rather than guaranteeing outcomes. It’s about equipping you with tools that support good practices and planning.
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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 Road Safety Barrier Installation 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.
