The Job Safety Analysis (JSA) breaks a task into steps and records hazards, risk ratings, and controls. Fill it with the crew before work starts, then download the signed PDF for the site file.
This is a Tradie Forms-designed record, not a government form. A site, client or principal contractor may have its own JSA requirements, so check what they expect before you start.
One row per job step. Break the work into the order it will happen.
Job Step - what happens in this step.
Hazards - what can hurt someone.
Risk - Low, Medium, High, or Extreme for that step.
Controls - how you will manage the hazards.
Who - optional initials or name for who owns the controls.
Use Add step and reorder rows so the list matches how the job will run. At least one full step is required before download. Long lists continue onto extra pages on the PDF.
Write the hazard as the thing or situation that could cause harm. Write the control as something the crew can put in place and check. Fall from an unprotected edge is more useful than injury. Install edge protection before access is more useful than take care.
Safe Work Australia’s risk guidance uses four steps: identify hazards, assess risks, control risks, then review the controls. Elimination and higher-order controls come before relying only on procedures or PPE.
Workers who reviewed the JSA before starting. Add each worker after the walk-through, not from an old attendance list. Up to 30 sign-on rows can be added.
Name, Company, Date, and Signature are available for each person.
A worker signature records sign-on. It does not replace the conversation about the task, hazards and controls.
Add late starters when they arrive and brief them before they join the task.
Signature - sign on screen, or drop in your saved signature.
The declaration text confirms the JSA was prepared for the task and discussed with the workers listed. Check that the preparer, crew and declaration dates tell the same story before signing.
Give a copy to the site contact if required and keep one with the job record. If the work method, crew, site conditions or controls change, stop and review the JSA before continuing. Update the record and collect fresh sign-on where the change affects the crew.
For NSW work, you can prepare the SafeWork NSW WHS-05 SWMS when that template suits the job. Check the requirements that apply in the job’s state or territory.
