Floor Tiling SWMS

Tiling Floor SWMS

SWMS Safe work method statement for laying floor tiles: 

• Provides critical WHS information and safety instructions for workers to lay floor tiles without risk to health and safety

• Ensures workers can identify hazards and manage risks involved with laying floor tiles

• Provides workers with information, instruction, and training for tiling a floor

Method Statement for Floor Tiling Works

SWMS document for floor tiling focuses on hazard identification, risk assessment and control procedures per best practice guidelines for how to write a SWMS. 

• Tile health and safety for how to lay floor tiles per a risk assessment for tiling works 

Floor Tiling SWMS Content 

SWMS are specific to a process with the SWMS content of the floor tiling SWMS addressing the health and safety issues relating to: 

• WHS Consultation 

• Risk assessment of workplace

• Health and safety planning

• Environmental hazards in the workplace

• Implementation of controls for tiling hazards when laying floor tiles

• Health and safety information for employees

• Pre start inspection for equipment used to lay floor tiles, e.g. tiling mixer to mix adhesive for tiles

• Floor preparation before tiling, e.g. floor tiling on concrete, requires that bumps and high spots be removed

• Method to minimise the risk when setting out floor tiles associated with tiling works

• Setting out floor tiles as per tiling specification identified in a tiling layout plan, e.g. tiling design, floor tiling layout 

• Mix floor tiling adhesive, refer to a tiling adhesives chemical safety data sheet for the control of chemical hazards

• Laying of floor tiles per tiling construction safety plan, e.g. floor tile layout, floor tile installation methods

• Grouting tiles is the mixing of floor tile grout per a manufacturers and safety data sheet information and applying grout to floor tile

• Silica dust exposure, e.g. crystalline silica dust from handing and mixing tiling adhesives and tile grout

• Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace 

• Hazardous manual handling tasks 

• PPE requirements for laying floor tiles

• 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 floor tiling 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 Floor Tiling SWMS

Save time and money with the SWMS template for laying floor tiles. 

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 method statement for floor tiling works makes for an excellent toolbox talk topic at tool box safety talks