Plumbing Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Plumbing work ranges from domestic maintenance to large commercial installations, often involving confined spaces, hot work and work at heights. Clear procedures help keep these tasks controlled and compliant.

BlueSafe’s Plumbing SOPs give your teams structured guidance for day-to-day plumbing activities.

Typical Plumbing SOP Topics

Plumbing SOPs may cover:

• installing and maintaining water, gas and drainage systems
• hot water, boiler and plant room work
• drain cleaning, jetting and CCTV inspections
• roof plumbing and work at heights

Each SOP is designed to complement your SWMS and trade licences.

What’s Inside a Plumbing SOP

Each SOP typically includes:

• task scope and purpose
• PPE, isolation and permit requirements
• equipment and plant checks
• step-by-step task instructions
• housekeeping and incident response steps

You can tailor the content to your plumbing services and project types.

Why Plumbing Businesses Use BlueSafe SOPs

• ✔ Written for real plumbing installation and maintenance tasks
• ✔ Supports WHS expectations around confined spaces and hot work
• ✔ Fully editable for your services, tools and clients
• ✔ Useful in inductions, pre-starts and toolbox talks

Use these Plumbing SOPs to support safe, consistent plumbing work across your jobs.