SWMS guide · updated November 2026

SWMS guides

Find your trade or the type of high risk work, see the hazards to cover, then build a site-specific SWMS in about 10 minutes.

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By high risk construction work

What your SWMS has to cover

  • Which high risk construction work the job involves.
  • The hazards and the risks to health and safety from them.
  • The control measures, and how they'll be implemented, monitored and reviewed — e.g. who installs and who checks the edge protection.
  • It should be specific to the site and available to the workers and supervisors doing the job.
  • If work isn't being done in line with the SWMS, it must stop (immediately or as soon as it's safe).
  • Review and revise it whenever the control measures change.

Based on Safe Work Australia, SafeWork NSW and WorkSafe Queensland guidance. Victoria applies its own OHS Regulations — check WorkSafe Victoria.

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