Bricklaying SWMS
Safe work method statement bricklaying identifies bricklaying hazards and assesses health and safety risks while providing safe work procedure guidelines and control measures to reduce hazards when laying bricks.
Safe Work Method Statement
SWMS Bricklaying
Safe work method statement SWMS for laying bricks:
- Provides critical WHS information and safety instructions for workers to lay bricks without risk to health and safety
- Ensures workers can identify hazards and manage risks involved with laying bricks
- Provides workers with information, instruction, and training to lay bricks
SWMS for Bricklaying
SWMS document to lay bricks focuses on hazard identification, risk assessment and control procedures per best practice guidelines for how to write a SWMS.
- Bricklaying safety for how to lay bricks per a bricklaying risk assessment
Bricklaying SWMS Content
SWMS are specific to a process with the SWMS content of the bricklaying SWMS addressing the health and safety issues relating to:
- WHS Consultation
- Risk assessment of workplace
- Health and safety planning
- Environmental hazards in workplace
- Implementation of controls for brickwork construction
- Health and safety information for employees
- Pre start inspection for equipment used in brick wall construction
- Working near overhead power lines
- Electrical spotter to ensure safety near electrical installations
- Lay bricks per brick wall construction details
- Handle and fit reinforcing wire, wall ties and damp proof course
- Silica dust exposure
- Working at height
- Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Hazardous manual handling tasks
- PPE requirements for laying bricks
- Health and safety training for workers
- Workplace housekeeping
- Legislative and regulatory requirements
- Monitoring compliance in the workplace
- Includes risk matrix table
WHS Reporting Requirements
WHS Record keeping and reporting obligations for compliance with WHS legislative requirements for a SWMS require a person conducting a business or undertaking PCBU to maintain WHS records.
A PCBU must retain health and safety records for a bricklaying SWMS, which would include:
- Risk assessment form template to record unidentified hazards, potential risks and specific control measures
- Change control management form for the communication of controls to be implemented for identified hazards
- SWMS Sign off sheet for high risk construction work activity to which the safe work method statement relates
Ready to Use Bricklaying SWMS
Save time and money with the SWMS template for laying bricks.
SWMS Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements is simple
- We embed the business details and logo you supply in the safe work method statement for ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation
- We email you the ready to use safe work method statement SWMS
All you have to do is
- Complete the principal contractor details or PCBU details
- Specify the workplace address to which the SWMS relates
- Nominate your contact person
- Complete WHS/OHS forms used in the workplace, e.g. risk assessment form
Safety Toolbox Talks
- A safe work method statement for bricklaying makes for an excellent toolbox talk topic at a bricklaying toolbox talk