Car Park Management Valet and Event Traffic SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers car park, valet and event traffic activities, including planning, site setup, vehicle direction, pedestrian movements and close-down. It supports planning work controls and managing interactions between vehicles, pedestrians, crowds and workers.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan the event, traffic arrangements and emergency access
• Set up the site and isolate operational areas
• Brief and deploy workers
• Open and manage vehicle entry points
• Manage pedestrian movements and crossing conflicts
• Supervise student pick-up activities where required
• Direct vehicles to parking bays
• Conduct vehicle valet handovers
• Park and retrieve vehicles
• Manage traffic during major events
• Respond to traffic, vehicle and public incidents
• Close operations and demobilise the site

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses managing car parks, valet operations or event traffic 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.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — guidance for hazard identification, hierarchy of controls, maintenance and review of controls.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace — guidance for competent operators, pre-start checks, traffic rules, safe access and emergency procedures.
• Safe Work Australia, Moving plant on construction sites Code of Practice — guidance for traffic management plans, separation of pedestrians and vehicles, signs, speed limits, barriers, lighting and communication.
• AS 1742.3 Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 3: Traffic control for works on roads — use where applicable to temporary road traffic control.
• AS 1742.10 Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 10: Pedestrian control and protection.
• AS 2890.1 Parking facilities, Part 1: Off-street car parking.
• AS/NZS 4602.1 High visibility safety garments and AS 1906.4 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes.
• Model Codes and standards are guidance unless adopted or otherwise made applicable in the relevant jurisdiction, contract, road authority requirement or workplace procedure.

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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