Written against your actual scope, plant and the site’s permit systems — not a find-and-replace on a generic pack. Revised free for 90 days until they pass your client’s review.
A Safe Work Method Statement is the document a mine site reviewer reads most closely, because it is the one that describes what your people will actually do on their site. It is also the document most often written from a template — and most often sent back.
We write SWMS against your real scope of work, your plant list, your org chart and the site’s own permit and isolation systems, inside the same controlled system as the rest of your document pack.
Each statement is built around one activity, not a category.
Not every activity needs every element. We scope the SWMS list against your contract and the principal’s requirements.
Four failure modes account for most of the findings we are asked to close out.
The hazard list belongs to a category of work rather than to the task. A reviewer who knows the site can tell within a page, because the hazards named are not the ones that exist there.
“Ensure the area is safe” is not a control. A control names the action, the hierarchy level applied, the person responsible and how it is verified.
The SWMS does not reference the site’s permit to work, isolation and tagging, or exclusion zone procedures — so the reviewer cannot see how it fits their system.
The regulation requires consultation with the workers carrying out the work. If there is no record of it, the SWMS is incomplete regardless of how well it is written.
The activities most often required on principal-controlled mine sites.
If your client has returned findings on SWMS you already hold, send us the gap list. We will tell you which statements need rework and which are fine — see failed a client document review.
Tell us your scope of work and the site you are mobilising to. We will confirm the SWMS list and a fixed price — usually within two business days.
Fixed price · No obligation · Scope confirmed within 2 business days
A Safe Work Method Statement sets out the high-risk construction or mining work being carried out, the hazards arising from it, and the control measures applied. Under the WHS Regulations a SWMS must be prepared before high-risk construction work starts — work at height, work near live electrical, confined spaces, demolition, excavation, mobile plant, and the other prescribed categories. On principal-controlled mine sites the principal will usually require SWMS for a broader list of activities than the regulation alone prescribes.
The most common reasons are generic hazards that do not match the actual task, controls written as statements rather than as actions with a responsible person, no reference to the site’s own procedures and permits, missing plant and equipment detail, no consultation record with the workers doing the job, and no document control or revision history. A SWMS that reads like a template is the fastest way to trigger a second round of review findings.
It depends entirely on your scope of work. A contractor doing a single mechanical installation may need three or four. A contractor mobilising a full maintenance crew commonly needs fifteen to thirty, covering isolation, working at height, confined space entry, hot work, mobile plant operation, lifting and rigging, and the specific tasks in their contract. We scope the list against your contract and the principal’s requirements rather than guessing.
Yes. Every SWMS is written against your actual scope, your plant and equipment list, your org chart and the site’s permit and isolation systems. We do not run find-and-replace over a generic pack. That is the difference reviewers pick up on immediately.
Yes. If you have an existing set, we will tell you which ones are usable as-is, which need rework, and which are missing. You are not paying us to rewrite documents that already pass.
A full SWMS pack is normally delivered within 10 business days of scope confirmation. Smaller sets and urgent mobilisation work can be faster — tell us the date you need to be on site.
We close out the findings and resubmit at no cost. Documents we build are revised free for 90 days from delivery until they pass your client’s review.
Yes. We’re based in NSW and work Australia-wide, with document work delivered worldwide. SWMS are built to the relevant state WHS or mining regulation; for sites outside Australia we build the equivalent task-level risk document to the principal’s contractor management standard.
Twelve questions covering document control, site specificity and whether your statements are written per task or per category. Instant traffic-light score and a gap list naming what a reviewer would flag.