Tradies and subcontractors doing high risk construction work
Free SWMS check for high risk construction work: whether you need one, the 18 work types that trigger it and what the statement must contain.
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What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the CEMP door.
Modeled on: Safe Work Australia SWMS information sheet
From public data
fine for a Victorian demolition company on a single charge of doing high risk construction work without first preparing a SWMS
Source: WorkSafe Victoria, June 2026
A construction environmental management plan drafted from your DA consent conditions: dust, noise, runoff, waste and hours. Free to read.
Questions
Before high risk construction work starts. The WHS Regulations list 18 types, including work with a risk of a fall of more than 2 m, trenches or shafts deeper than 1.5 m, demolition of load-bearing parts, work near energised electrical services and work next to roads in use by traffic.
It must identify the high risk construction work, specify the hazards and risks to health and safety, and describe the control measures and how they will be put in place, monitored and reviewed. It must take the workplace's circumstances and the WHS management plan into account.
Victoria has its own OHS laws but also expects a SWMS before high risk construction work. In June 2026 WorkSafe Victoria reported a demolition company fined $200,000 on a single charge of doing that work without first preparing one.
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