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Residential Builder Safety Management System
A HIA Safety Management System is your best option to protect the health and safety of your employees and contractors, comply with regulations and reduce costs.
Developed by industry experts for you!
At HIA we know managing the safety of your business operations and your people is critical. That’s why we have the people and the products to help you navigate this complex space.
When it comes to getting your safety system in place, HIA’s Residential Builder Safety Management System has been designed specifically for home building businesses. It includes all the documents and tools you need so that your business has the right safety policies and procedures in place.
What you'll get
Our Residential Builder Safety Management System (SMS) provides you with:
- A library of customisable, Word format documents that make up the SMS including:
- Policies
- Management Plans, including WHS, Emergency, Traffic Control
- SWMS for High-Risk construction work
- Processes for inducting workers and sub-contractors
- Standard Operating Procedures for plant and equipment
- Access to our virtual (pre-recorded) online training session that helps step you through setting up your system.
- HIA members can also contact our safety team for ongoing advice and guidance with your safety questions.
Understanding work health and safety
Policies
| Description |
| Communication and consultation policy |
| Drug and alcohol policy |
| Incident and injury management policy |
| Psychosocial hazards policy |
| Risk and hazard management policy |
| Work health and safety policy |
Plans
| Description |
| Emergency management plan |
| Traffic management plan |
| Work health & safety management plan |
The right tool for the job
Checklists and registers
| Description |
| Electrical test & tag register |
| First aid treatment/incident register |
| Hazardous chemicals register |
| Ladder inspection checklist |
| Plant and equipment register |
| Site induction checklist |
| Site induction guidelines |
| Site induction register |
| Site safety checklist |
| Toolbox talk meeting |
Risk assessments
| Description |
| Plant and equipment risk assessment – EXAMPLE |
| Silica risk assessment – EXAMPLE |
| Site risk assessment – EXAMPLE |
| Site Risk Register - EXAMPLE |
Safe Work Method Statements – High Risk Construction Work
| Description |
| Blank template |
| Bricklaying |
| Carpentry fit out |
| Demolition work |
| Development guidelines |
| Earthworks |
| Erecting Scaffolds |
| Erection of tilt up concrete panel |
| Excavation and Trenching Work |
| Hazardous manual handling |
| Install aluminium doors and windows |
| Install eaves and cladding |
| Install metal roofing with mesh |
| Live electrical work |
| Oxy acetylene Welding |
| Removing non-friable asbestos onsite (up to 10m2) |
| Review checklist |
| Roof tiling and restoration |
| Stick wall frames and trusses |
| Working at Heights |
| Working from Ladders at Height |
| Working with Silica on construction sites |
Safe Work Method Statements – Generic Work
| Description |
| Air conditioning installation |
| Arborist tree removal |
| Bricklaying |
| Cabinet making and joinery |
| Carpet and vinyl floor laying |
| Concrete pump |
| Erecting fences |
| Floor and wall tiling |
| Forklift use |
| General renovations and repair work |
| Installation and removal of glass |
| Kitchen and bathrooms renovations |
| Landscaping and pool construction |
| Painting and rendering |
| Plastering cornices including working on stilts |
| Residential general plumbing work |
| Skid steer use |
| Waterproofing work |
| Working from an elevated work platform |
Standard Operating Procedures
| Description |
| Air compressor – electric |
| Angle grinder – large |
| Angle grinders |
| Belt sander |
| Biscuit jointer |
| Brick saw – electric |
| Brick saw – petrol |
| Brush cutter – petrol |
| Cement mixer – electric |
| Cement mixer – petrol |
| Chainsaw – petrol |
| Circular saw |
| Compactor |
| Concrete cutting saw – petrol |
| Drill driver – battery |
| Drill press |
| Edge bander – floor mounted |
| Edge Bander |
| Electric drill |
| Excavator – mini |
| Floor sander – electric |
| Forklift truck – battery |
| Forklift truck – gas |
| Frame nailing gun – gas |
| Frame nailing gun – pneumatic |
| Generator – petrol |
| Groove cutter/trencher |
| Heat gun |
| Jackhammer – electric |
| Jack Hammer |
| Jigsaw |
| Ladder – extension |
| Ladder – step |
| Laser level – class 3A |
| Mobile scaffold – aluminium |
| Panel saw |
| Planer – thicknesser |
| Planer |
| Powder actuated fastening tool |
| Reciprocating saw |
| Roof tile elevator – petrol |
| Router – portable handheld |
| Router – flatbed CNC |
| Saw – wall chasing (double bladed) - electric |
| Skid steer loader |
| Slide compound mitre saw/td> |
| Telehandler (forklift) – telescopic |
| Tipping tray truck |
| Truck mounted crane |
| Vacuum cleaner |
| Water pressure cleaner – electric |
| Water pressure cleaner – petrol |
| Welder – MIG |
Get your Safety Management System today!
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Who is it for?
Residential Builders
This Safety Management System has been designed to suit the needs of a residential builder/business (low-rise/domestic) and Principal Contractors required to have a SMS in place under state Work Health & Safety laws.
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