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General Construction SWMS
Core trades for every Australian construction site.
Electrical SWMS
LV and HV electrical work — installation, maintenance, switching, and high-risk energised tasks.
Working at Heights SWMS
Scaffold, roof, ladder, and elevated-platform SWMS.
Specialised Trades SWMS
Finishing, metalwork, and trade-specific disciplines.
Earthworks & Demolition SWMS
Ground disturbance, site clearance, and heavy earthmoving.
Plant & Equipment SWMS
Mobile plant, lifting equipment, and powered tools.
Hazardous Work SWMS
HRCW categories, hazardous-substance handling, and cross-trade compliance SWMS.
Fit-out & Finishing SWMS
Commercial fit-out, joinery, and specialist installation.
General Services SWMS
Maintenance, landscaping, HVAC, and site support trades.
Garden & Grounds Maintenance SWMS
Lawn mowing, tree pruning, irrigation, and chemical application SWMS for residential and commercial grounds maintenance.
Arborist & Tree Services SWMS
Professional arborist SWMS for tree climbing, felling, stump grinding, and aerial rescue.
Window Cleaning SWMS
Window cleaning SWMS for internal, low-rise, and high-rise work using poles, ladders, and rope descent systems.
Mining SWMS
Surface and underground mining SWMS — drilling, blasting, tailings, ventilation, and ground support under state mining regulations and the WHS (Mines) framework.
Warehousing & Logistics SWMS
Pallet handling, racking inspection, cold storage, and loading-dock operations under AS 4084:2023, AS 2359 and the Model WHS Regulation plant + traffic management duties.
Timber & Woodwork SWMS
Timber machining, saw operation, and spray finishing SWMS — AS/NZS 4024 machinery safety, wood-dust exposure, and solvent-based finishing.
Automotive & Body Shop SWMS
Panel beating, spray booth, and isocyanate (2K) paint SWMS — WHS Reg r368 health monitoring and AS/NZS 4114:2020 booth compliance.
Printing & Press SWMS
Offset, flexographic, and digital press operation SWMS — nip-point guarding, wash-up LOTO, and solvent exposure under Plant Part 4.5 and Hazardous Chemicals Part 7.1.
Healthcare & Clinical SWMS
Clinical radiation safety and healthcare SWMS — ARPANSA RPS 14.1 and state Radiation Safety Acts for diagnostic imaging and occupational dose management.
Food Processing & Bakery SWMS
Flour-dust, baker-asthma, and food-manufacturing SWMS — new 0.5 mg/m³ flour-dust WEL (1 December 2026), combustible-dust controls, and dough-mixer plant safety.
Hazardous Chemicals & WEL SWMS
WEL-compliant SWMS for carcinogens and substances with tightened 2026 Workplace Exposure Limits — cadmium, hexavalent chromium, ethylene oxide sterilisation, and formaldehyde work.
Pipelines & Pressurised Systems SWMS
Gas, oil, water, and chemical pipeline SWMS — AS/NZS 2885 framework, hot-tap, pigging, hydrotest, and cathodic protection across all Australian Pipeline Acts.
Telecommunications & Towers SWMS
Tower erection, antenna installation, feeder cabling, and decommissioning SWMS — carrier accreditation, ARPANSA RPS S-1, and Radiocommunications Act compliance.
Diving & Marine Operations SWMS
Commercial diving, underwater welding, marine construction, and dredging SWMS — AS/NZS 2299 series and AMSA Maritime Orders.
Tunnelling & Underground SWMS
TBM, drill-and-blast, NATM, ground support, microtunnelling, and shaft-sinking SWMS for Australian infrastructure projects.
Plumbing SWMS
Plumbing installation, drainage, pipe relining, and specialist services. 124 SWMS templates across 12 sub-disciplines from gas plumbing to medical pipework — explore by sub-trade below.
Vertical Transport SWMS
Lifts, escalators, stairlifts, and dumbwaiters — installation, maintenance, and servicing.
Inspection & Testing Services SWMS
Non-destructive testing, structural engineering inspection, and building pre-purchase inspection.
Cladding & Fire Safety SWMS
Combustible cladding rectification and fire safety SWMS — ACP removal, risk assessment for existing buildings, and fire door inspection under NSW and VIC cladding legislation and NCC 2022.
Agriculture & Rural SWMS
Agricultural operations, tractor and machinery safety, and rural fencing SWMS — Safe Work Australia Hazardous Work in Agriculture CoP and state agricultural WHS regulations.
Power Generation & Utilities SWMS
Thermal power plant maintenance, gas turbine inspection, boiler tube replacement, waste-to-energy plant work, and water treatment plant maintenance SWMS — AS 2865 confined spaces, AS/NZS 3788 pressure equipment, and state-utility operator requirements.
Pharmaceutical & Biotech SWMS
Biopharmaceutical manufacturing SWMS — bioreactor cleaning under PIC/S, ISO Class 5/7 cleanroom sterile compounding, and parenteral fill-finish operations. AS 1386, AS 2865, and PIC/S Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products.
Concreting & Formwork SWMS
Slab pours, formwork erection and stripping, post-tensioning, shotcrete, polished concrete, decorative finishes, and precast tilt-up panel SWMS. AS 3600 concrete structures, AS 3610 formwork, and WHS Regulation 2025 HRCW where falls or structural collapse risks apply.
Landscaping & Grounds SWMS
Residential and commercial landscaping SWMS — turf laying, hardscape paving, tree planting, irrigation, deck install, water features, and synthetic-grass systems. Covers brushcutter, mower, mulch blower and chainsaw plant operation under the Plant CoP.
Shop Fitting & Commercial Fit-Out SWMS
Commercial shop-fitting SWMS for retail, medical practice, dental, pharmacy, laboratory, childcare, and anti-ligature mental-health fit-outs. Multi-trade scope covering joinery, partition, ceiling grid, services rough-in, and out-of-hours work in occupied premises.
Carpentry & Joinery SWMS
Carpentry SWMS — structural framing, stair fabrication, balustrading, weatherboard cladding, suspended-slab floor framing, structural underpinning, and finish-carpentry. Construction Work CoP, Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces CoP, and AS 1684 timber framing.
HVAC & Refrigeration SWMS
HVAC installation and refrigeration servicing SWMS — air conditioning, hydronic heating, kitchen canopy, VRV/VRF multi-head systems, cool-room construction and repair, plus compressed-air and nitrogen-purging operations. AS/NZS 5149 refrigerant safety, AS 1668 mechanical ventilation, ARC licensing.
Transport & Warehousing SWMS
Truck driver, dispatch, forklift, reach truck, order picker, loading dock and cold-chain logistics SWMS. Heavy-vehicle fatigue management (HVNL), Plant CoP for powered mobile equipment, and AS 2359 industrial trucks.
Commercial Cleaning SWMS
Day-to-day and specialist commercial cleaning SWMS — carpet and upholstery, mould remediation IICRC S520, water-damage restoration IICRC S500, kitchen-exhaust canopy, high-level dust, public-area and end-of-lease cleaning. Hazardous Chemicals CoP and AS/NZS 4801 management systems.
Construction Cleaning SWMS
Site cleanup and post-construction builders-clean SWMS — final handover cleaning, soda blasting, hydroblasting, dry-ice CO2 blasting, industrial vacuum and sludge removal, and construction-site cleanup. Hazardous Chemicals CoP plus the Construction Work CoP.
Swimming Pool Construction SWMS
Swimming-pool construction SWMS — excavation, formwork, steel reinforcement, shotcrete, tiling, plumbing, electrical bonding, and fence install. AS 1926 pool safety, AS 3500 plumbing, and trench-collapse / silica controls under WHS Reg 2025.
Fire Services Installation SWMS
Fire-services installation and routine maintenance SWMS — sprinkler, hydrant, suppression, fire detection and alarm, EWIS, smoke alarm testing, fire door, and damper install. AS 1851 routine service, AS 2118 sprinkler systems, and AS 1670 detection.
Bricklaying & Blockwork SWMS
Bricklaying SWMS — brick veneer to frame, blockwork with corefill, masonry walling, repointing, and structural blockwork. Hazardous Manual Tasks CoP, Crystalline Silica CoP, and AS 3700 masonry structures.
Cranes, Rigging & Dogging SWMS
Crane operation, dogging, and rigging SWMS — tower crane, crawler crane, HIAB truck-loader, vehicle-mounted loading (VMLC), gantry/overhead, mini spider, man-cage, hoist personnel & materials, and materials duct lifter. AS 2550 cranes, AS 1418 series, and HRCW Cat 7 high-risk work licensing.
Fencing SWMS
Residential, rural and commercial fencing SWMS — Colorbond, chain-wire, rural boundary, heavy stock, glass pool fencing, and post-driving with mechanical plant. AS 1725 chain-link fence fabric and AS 1926 pool safety fences.
Handyman & Property Maintenance SWMS
Handyman and property maintenance SWMS — small repairs, painting touch-up, minor electrical and plumbing within scope of licence, gutter cleaning, deck repair, and pressure cleaning. Cross-discipline scope; licensed-work boundary clearly defined.
Agriculture & Rural Operations SWMS
Australian agricultural SWMS — tractor, header-harvester, ATV/quad-bike, livestock yard, shearing shed, apiary, poultry shed, piggery, feedlot, grain silo entry, crop-spray boom, and rural fire-trail hazard reduction. Managing Risks of Plant in Rural Workplaces CoP and AS 2789 quad bikes.
Telecommunications & Towers SWMS
Carrier and tower-contractor SWMS — tower erection and decommissioning, rooftop antenna install, microwave-link, fibre installation, cable pit, NBN install, RF safety exposure management, and TV antenna / satellite. ACMA telecoms cabling rules and AS/NZS 4799.
Pest Control SWMS
Pest-control SWMS — structural fumigation, termite soil-injection, termite inspection and treatment, rodent management, spider, bird-netting, and pre-construction termite work. APVMA-registered product label requirements and Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals CoP.
Signage Installation SWMS
Commercial, road, illuminated, and pylon signage SWMS — install with EWP, post-driving, concrete footings, vinyl-wrap vehicle and building, and pole-mounted signs. AS 1742 traffic-control devices, plus working-at-heights and electrical-isolation controls.
Confined Space SWMS SWMS
Confined-space entry SWMS for tanks, silos, sewers, vessels, riser cupboards, and underground utilities. AS 2865 confined spaces, WHS Regulation 2025 Part 4.3, and HRCW Category 11. Atmospheric testing, gas-monitor calibration, stand-by attendant duties, and emergency rescue plans covered.
Asbestos Management & Removal SWMS
Asbestos identification, management plans, drilling, controlled removal, roof-sheet replacement, and licensed bulk removal SWMS. How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace CoP, How to Safely Remove Asbestos CoP, and licensed-removalist requirements (Class A / Class B).
Silica & Engineered Stone SWMS
Crystalline silica and engineered-stone SWMS following the 2024 Australia-wide engineered-stone ban transition. Wet cutting, on-tool dust extraction, P3 RPE program, air monitoring, and health surveillance under the Silica CoP plus state DGSO orders.
Hot Works (Cutting, Welding, Brazing) SWMS
Hot-works SWMS — cutting, grinding, brazing, oxy-acetylene, plasma cutting, and welding that requires a hot-works permit. AS 1674 safety in welding and Welding Fume CoP. Fire watch, atmospheric assessment, and isolation of combustibles covered.
Chemical Handling & Hazardous Substances SWMS
Chemical-handling SWMS — hazardous chemicals, hexavalent chromium plating and spraying, cadmium work, PFAS contaminated soil and firefighting-foam decommissioning, formaldehyde work, and dangerous-goods ADG transport. Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals CoP and the ADG Code.
Biological Hazards & Infection Control SWMS
Biological-hazards SWMS — sharps and biohazard waste, infection control, mould remediation, bird-netting decontamination, Hendra-virus risk, and meth-residue screening. Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare and Sharps Management duties.
Lone Worker, Psychosocial & Fatigue SWMS
Lone-worker, psychosocial and fatigue SWMS — driver and shift-worker fatigue, lone-worker check-in, night-works, workplace bullying prevention, vicarious trauma, and domestic-violence workplace safety. Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work CoP plus Fatigue Management CoP.
Healthcare & Medical SWMS
Healthcare-sector SWMS — pathology lab, operating theatre staff safety, chemotherapy handling, mortuary post-mortem operations, clinical sterilisation (CSSD), cold-chain logistics, sharps management, infection control, and NDIS disability support. Workplace health and safety in healthcare settings.
Food & Beverage Processing SWMS
Food and beverage industrial SWMS — meat processing kill-floor and boning, dairy processing CIP and homogenisation, flour handling and combustible-dust, ammonia-refrigeration plant, commercial cooking, and hospitality food-service. Food Standards Code plus Combustible Dust CoP.
Automotive Services SWMS
Automotive workshop and service SWMS — mechanical repair, panel beating and collision repair, spray-booth operations, tyre fitting, windscreen replacement, auto-mechanical servicing, and bus / coach maintenance. AS 5601 gas, AS 1940 flammable liquids, and isocyanate / 2-pack management.
Marine & Waterfront SWMS
Commercial marine and waterfront SWMS — SSBA commercial diving, underwater welding, oyster and mussel farm, aquaculture pen-cage maintenance, commercial fishing vessel, dredging, marine pile-driving, jetty/pontoon maintenance, and boat slipway dry-dock. AS/NZS 2299 occupational diving and Maritime Safety Act.
Renewable Energy SWMS
Renewable-energy construction and maintenance SWMS — utility solar farm construction, wind turbine maintenance climb and blade repair, BESS commissioning, lithium-ion battery storage, and rooftop solar commissioning. AS/NZS 5033 PV install, AS/NZS 5139 batteries, and AS/NZS 4509 stand-alone power.
Printing Industry SWMS
Print and pre-press SWMS — offset press, web flexo, digital large-format, ink mixing, solvent handling, press wash-up LOTO, web threading, blanket / cylinder cleaning, guillotine and die-cutting. Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals CoP, AS/NZS 4024 safety of machinery.
Rail Industry SWMS
Rail-corridor SWMS — track work, aluminothermic rail welding, overhead traction electrification, rail possession working, hi-rail plant operations, and signalling power DC work. Rail Safety National Law, ONRSR safety management requirements, and track-protection rules.
Events & Entertainment SWMS
Events and entertainment-industry SWMS — stage truss load-in / touring, entertainment rigging, fireworks and pyrotechnics, marquee / temporary structure erection, inflatable amusement devices, and shade-sail install. AS 1170 structural design actions plus event-industry rigging guidelines.
Security & Emergency Services SWMS
Security-industry and emergency-services SWMS — mobile patrol, static guarding, crowd control, event setup, CCTV / alarm install B2B, safe / vault installation, emergency warden evacuation drill, and on-site first-aid medic. Security industry licensing plus AS 4421 patrol systems.
Excavation & Underground Utilities SWMS
Excavation near services, Dial-Before-You-Dig (DBYD), horizontal directional boring (HDD), trench shoring, and underground utility install SWMS. AS 5488 classification of subsurface utility information, AS/NZS 5577 location, and HRCW Cat 7 trench collapse.