FAQ's

We aim to get you on site as soon as possible. Depending on the scope of works, we do offer a fast turnaround service. If you are not in a hurry, allow at least 2 weeks.

We can complete your business information including name, address, mobile number, email, supervisor’s details, ABN and more as required. This will form part of your initial quotation.

Depending on the scope of work, industry standard documents get turned around within2-3 weeks. We do have a Fast Track option as well.

This is a very good question. If the Principal Contractors safety officer thinks that your SWMS are not site specific and do not meet their company policies and procedures then they will not approve them, regardless of the SWMS meeting legislative requirements or not. Best practice is to make sure your SWMS are site specific according to the Principal Contractors requirements before you submit them for review.

Anything is possible but not necessarily best practice. Legislation requires a SWMS to be easy to read and understand so that workers can implement it straight away on the work site. If you lump every single task into one SWMS, then it becomes too hard for workers to follow which then breaches current legislative requirements. Best practice is to prepare one SWMS for each of your major tasks which will minimise the number of pages making it easy for your workers to follow.

Prepare and write the SWMS based on a site specific risk assessment, this will identify all the hazards that are unique to the site. Then decide the most effective risk controls to mitigate or minimise the risk of each hazard identified and write them into the SWMS.

This depends on which state or territory you are from. For example, if you live in NSW and want to work in Victoria, the answer is no, you can’t use the same SWMS as Victoria has a different legislation than NSW. Additionally, each State has their own Codes of Practice which need to be followed. Best practice is to prepare State and/or Territory specific Safe Work Method Statements for your business to optimise compliance and will give you a better chance of passing the Principal Contractors SWMS review.

Short answer is Yes! Subcontractors as a PCBU (person conduction business or undertaking) are required by law to provide a SWMS for all high risk construction work activities. As a builder you will need to ensure that the subcontractors SWMS meet the site specific requirements for each of your projects.