Safe work method statements
The work method.
The crew. The current version.
Online SWMS software for construction teams. Prepare a site-specific work method or record one received from a contractor, then keep assessment, consultation, review and crew acknowledgements with its version.
Built or received
Prepare your own work method or assess a contractor’s.
Assigned to the crew
Keep acknowledgements against the approved version.
Follow-up during work
Record monitoring, concerns and stop-work follow-up.
The working sequence
Keep the method connected to the work.
Managers prepare and review. Assigned people inspect and acknowledge their version.
Prepare or obtain
Build against the in-effect site plan, or record and assess received SWMS.
Draft or receivedConsult and review
Record consultation, assess controls and retain the review decision.
ReviewAssign and acknowledge
Give the relevant people the approved version for acknowledgement.
Approved versionMonitor and revise
Record checks and concerns. Retain changes and stop-work outcomes.
Ongoing follow-up
Record contextAcknowledgement and operational decisions
Acknowledgement and operational decisions
Consultation entries are manager-recorded assertions. Acknowledgement is not statutory approval, proof of understanding, proof controls were implemented or authority to start work.
Permits and current site conditions still require operational decisions by the responsible people.
In day-to-day use
Questions about SWMS.
How the steps and records fit together for your team.
Which site plan does a SWMS relate to?
A SWMS is prepared against the site's WHS management plan currently in effect. SafeSite keeps the consultation entries, controls, review decision and assignments with the relevant SWMS version, connecting the work method to its site context.
See how a WHS plan is put in effectWhat happens to the SWMS record when the work changes?
SafeSite keeps later change records and worker acknowledgements tied to the SWMS version involved. In a walkthrough, follow a change through preparation, control review and assignment, then find the earlier version and its acknowledgements. This shows whether your team can follow the record after the work changes.
Use the SWMS demonstration checklistHow is a SWMS review different from a worker acknowledgement?
The review records the decision about the prepared controls before the approved version is assigned. A worker acknowledgement records a separate step against the version assigned to that person. Keeping the two records distinct helps your team follow what was reviewed and what each person acknowledged.
Follow review, assignment and acknowledgementSee SafeSite with your team