WHS Management Plans
What is it?
• A WHS management plan sets out the
arrangements to manage work health and
safety on a construction project.
• The intention of a WHS management plan is
to ensure the risks associated with a complex
construction project are managed, as there
are usually many contractors and
subcontractors involved and circumstances
can change quickly from day to day.
What is it?
• The WHS management plan must be in
writing.
• It should be easily understood by workers
(including contractors and subcontractors).
• It may not be necessary to communicate the
entire WHS management plan to all workers,
however, they must be made aware of the
parts that are applicable to the work they are
carrying out.
What is it?
• An WHSMP must be prepared before the first
soil is turned and should be subjected to an
ongoing review as the project evolves.
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• Many components are Generic.
• At the planning stage the principal contractor
must review their safety management systems
to suit the proposed works.
Legal Requirements?
What is a Principle Contractor?
Why Have it?
What is a Construction Project?
What is Construction Work?
Legal Meaning of Construction Work
Legal Meaning of Construction Work
What Construction Work Is Not
In English
• You will need a WHS Management plan on a
construction project > $250 000
WHS Management Plan Requirements
Using the Supplied Guide
• Address
• Expected Duration
• Site Ammonites
• Hazards Identified
• Induction Training
• Risk Management
– Hazard Identification
– Control of Hazards
– Maintenance of Controls
• Dissemination of WHS Information
• Managing of Employees & Subbies
• Review of SWMS
• Internal with employees
• External Methods
– With Subbies
– Neighbours
• Identify When, How
• Identify Forms by Annexure
• SWMS
– When Needed
– By Whom
• Site Specific Hazards
• Documentation Required
– Workers Comp Certificate of Competency
– SWMS
– Identify High Risk
• Monitoring their Risk Assessment
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Person to be notified
Evacuation Route
Assembly Point
Documentation Requirements
On Site First Aid
– Who & Where
• Audit & Review
• Check for Compliance
• Document Control
Documents to Assist You
WHS Safety Management Plans
• The level of detail required for a WHS
management plan will depend on
– Complexity of the Workplace
– The number of persons on site
– and the risks involved in the work.
WHS Management Plan must Include
• the names,
• positions and health and safety
responsibilities of all persons at the workplace
whose positions or roles involve specific
health and safety responsibilities in
connection with the construction project
Example
WHS Management Plan must Include
• the names,
• positions and health and safety
responsibilities of all persons at the workplace
whose positions or roles involve specific
health and safety responsibilities in
connection with the construction project
• the arrangements in place in relation to
compliance with their duties under the WHS
Act and Regulations
WHS Management Plan must Include
• the arrangements in place for managing any
work health and safety incidents that occur
• any site-specific health and safety rules and
the arrangements for ensuring that all
• persons at the workplace are informed of
these rules, and
• the arrangements to collect and assess,
monitor and review the SWMS
May Contain
• details of the person commissioning the
construction work, for example their name,
ABN (if available) and address
• details of the principal contractor
• details of the construction project, for
example address of the workplace, anticipated
• start and end date and a brief description of
the type of construction work that the WHS
management plan will cover
May Contain
• details on how contractors and subcontractors
will be managed and monitored, outlining
– how the principal contractor intends to implement
and ensure compliance with the WHS management
plan
– such as checking on the performance of contractors
and
– how non-compliance will be handled
• details on how the risks associated with falls,
falling objects and any high risk construction
work that will take place on a construction
project will be managed.
May Contain
People with WHS Responsibilities
• Persons at the workplace whose positions or
roles involve specific health and safety
responsibilities must be identified in the WHS
management plan.
People with WHS Responsibilities
• Persons at the workplace whose positions or
roles involve specific health and safety
responsibilities must be identified in the WHS
management plan.
• WHS managers, first aid officers and project
managers.
• Their responsibilities should be briefly
described.
Arrangements for Consultation
• Management Meetings
• holding pre-commencement WHS meetings
with all contractors and subcontractors
• scheduling regular contractor/subcontractor
WHS meetings
• holding toolbox WHS meetings
• establishing a construction project WHS
committee
• distributing a regular WHS newsletter.
• Off Site communication.
Arrangement for Managing Incidents
Arrangement for Managing Incidents
• It should also outline the policy for near
misses.
SITE-SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
RULES
• Site Specific Requirements
• Method of Communication of these rules
SWMS
• The Method to
– Preparation
– Collection
– Review
– Monitoring
Implementation
• Ensure that workers are made aware of the
plans existence.
• make workers aware of the parts of the WHS
management plan that are relevant to the
work they are carrying out.
Review When Necessary
Review When Necessary
• Site personnel must be informed of any
changes
Ensuring Compliance
• The Management Plan will
nominate the person
responsible for the
enforcement
What Should it Contain
• Outline the training and minimum competency
requirements for employees
• Establish a process for identification of hazards associated
with each phase of the work and the assessment and
control methodology to be used.
• Contain copies of, or reference to, procedure documents
relevant to the project activities and any safe work
statements or site safety rules as applicable
• Indicate the site evacuation and emergency response
procedures
• Outline the accident/incident notification, reporting,
recording and investigation process
• Outline disciplinary procedures.
What Should it Contain
• Contain the Workplace Health & Safety Policy,
• a copy of the Workers Injury
• Management and Rehabilitation Policy and other relevant
policy documents
• Define the roles and responsibilities for key personnel, in
particular
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the Contract Manager,
Responsible Officer and
Site Supervisor
as well as reference to the general duty of care all employees;
contractors; sub-contractors and their employees; designers;
manufacturers; suppliers; and installers.