Time saved / Write the SWMS
SWMS for subcontractors, drafted from your own words
Write a safe work method statement from a few lines about the task: steps, hazards, controls, risk ratings and the high risk work questions, ready to sign.
The builder asks for a SWMS before you start. You write it from a blank template for every job, then the crew signs it on paper.
- By hand
- 11 h 20 min
- In Excel
- 9 h 40 min
- In YourCA
- 1 h 58 min
- Saved
- 9 h 22 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each SWMS. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- The safety officer sends your SWMS back and the crew waits at the gate.Each high risk task must be answered, and the risk ratings stay consistent page to page.
- A rating drops two bands on the strength of a hard hat.Warns when the controls do not support the lower rating.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write the steps, hazards and controls | 180 min | 150 min | 30 min | Type the tasks in your own words. YourCA drafts the steps, hazards and controls. |
| Rate each risk | 20 min | 20 min | 5 min | Rates each one on the risk matrix as you pick likelihood and consequence. |
| Check the high risk work categories | 15 min | 15 min | 3 min | Asks each high risk question. The statement cannot be issued while one is open. |
| Start the next job from this one | 60 min | 45 min | 5 min | Copies a past SWMS or fills in your SWMS template. Job facts start blank. |
| Fill the site, supervisor and emergency details | 15 min | 10 min | 1 min | Fills them from the job team and the builder’s contact. You check them. |
| Write the rescue plan | 20 min | 20 min | 5 min | Drafts it for the harness, trench or confined space work in your tasks. You fit it to the gear on site. |
| Collect crew sign-on | 30 min | 30 min | 10 min | Records how each worker signed, on the phone or on paper. |
| Total, each SWMS | 340 min | 290 min | 59 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- Can I use the SWMS I already have?
- Yes. Upload it and YourCA reads it into steps and hazards. You can also keep your own SWMS as a template in the company library.
- Who is responsible for the SWMS?
- You are. YourCA drafts it, and you check it, change it and sign it.
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