Timber Deck SWMS
Timber deck SWMS identifies the WHS hazards and risks with building a timber deck, e.g. setting out a deck per a timber deck design, with control measures for reducing risk to carpenters health and safety.
Safe Work Method Statement
SWMS Timber Deck
Safe work method statement SWMS for building a timber deck:
- Provides critical WHS information and safety instructions for workers to build a timber deck without risk to health and safety
- Ensures workers can identify hazards and manage risks involved with building a timber deck
- Provides workers with information, instruction, and training to undertake timber deck construction
Timber Decking SWMS
SWMS document for building a timber deck focuses on hazard identification, risk assessment and control procedures per best practice guidelines for how to write a SWMS.
- Carpentry safety for how to build timber deck per a risk assessment for carpentry work
Timber Deck SWMS Content
SWMS are specific to a process with the SWMS content of the timber deck 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 timber deck construction
- Health and safety information for employees
- Pre start inspection for equipment used to build a timber deck
- Timber deck layout and setting out timber deck
- Working near overhead power lines
- Electrical spotter to ensure safety near electrical installations
- Crane safety for lifting timber deck materials
- Persons operating a crane to undertake SWL calculations
- Lifting slings and chains for lifting timber deck members
- Timber deck frame per timber deck construction details
- Secure timber deck components per timber deck construction plans
- Lay and fix timber decking to the timber deck frame
- Silica dust exposure
- Working at heights
- Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Hazardous manual handling tasks
- PPE requirements for the construction of timber decking
- 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 timber deck 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 Timber Deck SWMS
Save time and money with the SWMS template for building a timber deck.
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 timber decking safe work method statement makes for an excellent toolbox talk topic at a carpentry tool box talk