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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Tree Felling Mechanical
The Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template for Tree Felling Mechanical is your trusted tool to assist in managing the risks associated with tree felling tasks. While it’s definitely a handy document, always use it as part of a broader safety system approach.
- Pre-filled and Comprehensive: Our template comes pre-loaded with essential details based on industry standards. It’s comprehensive enough to guide you, yet open to adjustments so you can fit it precisely to your unique project needs.
- Fully Editable and Customisable in Microsoft Word format: Designed for ease of use, this template is provided in a Microsoft Word format. You can effortlessly modify any part of the document to align with your site-specific requirements or client expectations.
- Includes the Scope of the Project and the Project Details: Clearly layout what the project entails. From defining the boundaries of work to capturing who needs to be informed, this section sets the scene by establishing what will be done and how.
- Includes Checklist of Any High Risk Machinery on Site: To encourage safety-first thinking, a checklist within the SWMS assists in identifying machinery that poses higher risks, ensuring measures are put in place before work commences.
- Includes Space for Recording Any Staff Training: Keeping track of training ensures all workers have the necessary skills and knowledge. This section allows you to record all relevant staff training activities related to the task.
- Includes Before and After Risk Ratings: Evaluate the level of risk both at the commencement and upon completion of your project. A great way to visibly assess the effectiveness of your safety measures!
- Includes Resources for Use of Legislative References: Referencing current legislation helps demonstrate compliance. This template includes resources informing you of where legislative references may be necessary.
- Includes All PPE Required: Facilitating safely equipped worksites, the SWMS outlines all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensuring workers are properly safeguarded during operations.
- Includes Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment Matrix: Put safety under the microscope with our detailed risk assessment section and matrix. Determine the likelihood and potential impact of hazards to better mitigate them.
- Includes a Checklist to Ensure All Requirements Have Been Covered: No one likes missed steps! We’ve included a helpful checklist to ensure all critical components are covered when drafting your SWMS.
- Includes Sign Off Page for All Workers and Responsible Persons: Accountability matters. Capture signatures from all crew members and responsible parties, confirming everyone understands the SWMS and their role within it.
- Easy to Use, Easy to Customise: We promise simplicity without compromising functionality – perfect for adapting to the dynamic nature of construction sites.
- Suitable for Large Contracts and Tenders, Including Tier 1 Contractual Work: Whether it’s a small job or major operation, this SWMS stands ready to serve its purpose in contracts of all sizes and levels.
- Quick Delivery by Email: Need it fast? Once ordered, your SWMS will hit your inbox swiftly, so you can get cracking on ensuring your project complies with health and safety standards right away.
This meticulously crafted template is built from an intention to help manage safety without causing extra hassle. While no document can remove all risks, this SWMS template strives to lend valuable support while executing your tree felling projects.
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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 Tree Felling Mechanical 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.
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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.
