How to complete the Housing Industry Site Safety Pack Safe Work Method Statement in Tradie Forms.
NSW Building
SafeWork NSW
Complete the Housing Industry Site Safety Pack Safe Work Method Statement and download the official SafeWork NSW PDF.
Open this form Use this guide when you complete WHS Form 05: Safe Work Method Statement from the Housing Industry Site Safety Pack in Tradie Forms.
Open the form before the high risk construction work starts.
Confirm the work involves high risk construction work before you start this form.
If you completed WHS Form 04 , use the hazards you identified there to build your SWMS rows.
Gather PCBU , principal contractor , and work location details before you start on site.
Enter the business name , ABN , address , and phone for the person conducting a business or undertaking.
Save PCBU details as a Business Details saved detail on Solo or Team to prefill the next SWMS.
Enter the principal contractor name , ABN , and address when a principal contractor is involved on the job.
Save principal contractor details as a saved detail on Solo or Team to prefill the next SWMS for the same principal.
Enter the work activity and high risk construction work description covered by this SWMS.
Enter the work location using address search . The downloaded PDF shows a single composed address line.
Enter the works manager and contact phone for this SWMS.
Record how workers were consulted about this SWMS, such as a toolbox talk or pre-start meeting.
Add up to 15 SWMS rows in the one table. Each row covers task , hazards and risks , and control measures .
Break the work into a useful sequence. Identify the site-specific hazard and risk for each task, then state how the control will be implemented, monitored and reviewed. Do not copy a generic SWMS without checking this site.
Enter the responsible person , date SWMS provided to principal contractor , reviewer , last review date , date received , and signature (printed name).
One worker can acknowledge receipt on this PDF. Enter the worker name , signature , and date received .
Complete a new form for each additional worker if your site pack requires separate acknowledgements.
Check the high risk work, task sequence, hazards, controls, responsibilities and signatures.
Give the SWMS to the principal contractor where required.
Make it readily available to the workers and supervisors using it.
Confirm the controls are in place before the high risk work starts.
Review it when the work process, site hazards or controls change.
Work must follow the SWMS. If it does not, stop the work as soon as it is safe and do not resume until it can follow the SWMS.
