The OHSE SubbyPack is designed for use as a toolkit across states and territories to help develop and review occupational safety and health management systems.
Occupational Health and Safety Management Plan’ is a site-specific document that enables the hazards and risks associated with the work activity to be identified, managed, and mitigated.
The main contractor for a construction site where 5 or more persons are, or are likely to be, working at the same time must ensure that —
- an occupational health and safety management plan is prepared for the site before work commences at the site; and
- the plan is kept up‑to‑date.
Samples and templates of an Occupational Health and Safety Management Plan can be found in the Subbypack.
Safe work method statement (SWMS)
- describes how the work is carried out;
- identifies the work activities assessed as having safety or environmental risks;
- states what the safety and environmental risks are;
- describes the control measures that will be applied to the work activities;
- describes how measures will be implemented to do the work in a safe and environmentally sound manner; and where required:
- outlines the legislation, standards and codes to be complied with; and
- includes a description of the equipment used in the work, the qualifications of the personnel doing
A Safe Work Method Statement is required for:
- construction work involving a risk of a person falling 2 metres or more;
- construction work on telecommunications towers;
- construction work involving demolition;
- construction work involving disturbing or removing asbestos;
- construction work involving alteration to a structure that requires the structure to be temporarily supported to prevent its collapse;
- construction work involving a confined space;
- construction work involving excavation to a depth of more than 1.5 metres;
- the construction of tunnels;
- construction work involving the use of explosives;
- construction work on or near pressurised gas pipes (including distribution mains);
- construction work on or near chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines;
- construction work on or near energised electrical installations and lines (whether overhead or underground);
- construction work in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere;
- construction work involving tilt‑up or precast concrete;
- construction work on or adjacent to roads or railways that are in use;
- work on a construction site where there is movement of powered mobile plant;
- construction work in an area where there are artificial extremes of temperature;
- construction work in, over or adjacent to water or other liquids if there is a risk of drowning;
- construction work involving diving.
Samples and templates of an Safe Work Method Statement can be found in the Subbypack.