Steel Fixing SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers steel fixing work from planning and material handling through to installation, inspection and concrete pour interfaces. It supports work planning and risk management for formwork, reinforcement, cutting, tying, access and cleanup.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review drawings and the SWMS before work starts
• Establish the work area and manage access
• Inspect formwork and access arrangements
• Receive, unload, store and stage reinforcement
• Cut and bend reinforcement
• Install slab reinforcement
• Fix reinforcement for beams and footings
• Fix vertical reinforcement
• Tie cages and couplers
• Inspect reinforcement before the concrete pour
• Manage the concrete pour interface
• Clean up and demobilise the work area

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out steel fixing work.

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.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction. Guidance for fall prevention, working platforms, edge protection and rescue planning is also reflected in the Steel Construction Code of Practice.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice, where adopted or applicable; use the hierarchy of controls, documented controls, training and monitoring arrangements where silica processing is high risk.
• Steel Construction Code of Practice 2004 as technical guidance for falls, falling objects, structural stability, lifting and exclusion zones.
• AS/NZS 1576 series Scaffolding; AS 4576 Guidelines for scaffolding; AS 1657 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders; AS/NZS 1891 series Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices; AS/NZS 5532 Single-point anchor devices.
• AS 1418 series Cranes, hoists and winches; AS 2550 series Cranes, hoists and winches—Safe use; AS 4991 Lifting devices; AS 3775 Chain slings; AS 1353 Flat synthetic-webbing slings; AS 1666.1 Wire-rope slings.
• AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites; AS/NZS 60745 or AS/NZS 62841 for portable electric tools; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 for respiratory protective equipment.

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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