General Logistics Delivery and Goods Handling SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers delivery, loading, unloading, moving and storing goods, from planning through to pickup and sign-off. It supports work planning and risk management by addressing vehicles, loads, traffic controls, manual handling and delivery-area hazards.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan deliveries and loads
• Complete vehicle pre-start checks
• Secure and restrain loads
• Establish delivery traffic controls
• Position vehicles for unloading
• Unload plant and heavy goods
• Move goods to their destination
• Deliver goods to upper levels
• Store and distribute materials
• Unpack sensitive components
• Load outbound shipments
• Complete pickups and sign-off

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out logistics, delivery and goods-handling 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.
• Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Falls at Workplaces.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work, where the delivery forms part of construction work; it identifies powered mobile plant movement and work adjacent to traffic corridors as potential high-risk construction work.
• AS/NZS 2359 series Industrial trucks.
• AS/NZS 4380 series Restrained packages for distribution.
• AS/NZS 4602.1 High-visibility safety garments.
• AS/NZS 2210.3 Safety, protective and occupational footwear.
• AS/NZS 2161.1 Occupational protective gloves.
• AS/NZS 1270 Hearing protectors.
• AS 1742.3 Traffic control devices for works on roads.
• Follow applicable Heavy Vehicle National Law requirements, chain-of-responsibility duties and National Transport Commission Load Restraint Guide requirements 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