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Important things to do during your renovation project - Australia Customers
Important things to do during your renovation project - Australia Customers

What should you be doing during your project, what should you be documenting as a builder and what should your subcontractors be providing?

Updated over 6 months ago

Here are the things you need to do:

  1. Make an Emergency Management Plan (EMP) *

  2. Keep a Hazardous Substance Register for each site, with a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for each hazardous substance. You can get the SDS from your supplier.

  3. Keep a register of all plant, machinery, and equipment.

  4. Make sure every worker completes an induction and checks in and out each day.

  5. Regularly complete Health and Safety (H&S) reports for the project. This includes:

    • Risk Assessments

    • Toolbox Meetings

    • Site Reviews

    • Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)

  6. Fill out incident reports when needed. The Incident Register will be updated automatically in the Hub.

* Templates are available in the Hub under Templates. You can upload them to a Project through the Documents section of the Project Overview so that everyone on site can access them.


Man scanning a QR code on a HazardCo Hazard Board

What to do during your project

  • Update the Hazard Board with any new hazards on-site, and encourage contractors to do the same too.

  • Using the site-specific QR Code on the Hazard Board or Scan-In Board, get your workers and any visitors to complete a digital site induction when they arrive on-site for the first time and scan in/out of site each day.

  • Workers should complete a Risk Assessment on the App prior to starting work to make sure their work area is safe and any new hazards are identified.

  • Monitor works occurring on-site using the Site Review feature on the App.

  • For any High Risk Construction Work (HRCW), get your workers to use the SWMS feature on the App to determine what controls they need to put in place for the work. Ensure everyone involved is consulted during the preparation of the SWMS and have read, understood, and will follow the directions provided.

  • Share and capture what's happening on-site, and upcoming works with workers through the Toolbox Meeting feature on the HazardCo App.

  • Record incidents on-site using the HazardCo App. Any incident, illness, or near-miss can be recorded. Check out the HazardCo Hub for your Incident Register.

  • Record and track health and safety actions by creating and assigning tasks on the HazardCo App.


Health & Safety Evidence

Documentation is a key way of showing that Health and Safety is active on-site and provides evidence in areas like incident investigations and learnings that are shared from these. This can be in either digital or physical format.

Using the HazardCo tools on the App and Hub, we recommend the following minimum and good practice benchmarking targets for your Health and Safety documentation on-site:

What documentation should you have available as a builder?

Documentation

Minimum

Good practice

Site Review

2 per month

4 per month

Toolbox Meeting

2 per month

4 per month

Documentation

Requirement

Incident Report

For any incident that occurs

SWMS

For any HRCW that occurs


Documentation that your subcontractors should be providing:

Documentation

Minimum

Good practice

Risk Assessment

1 per week

1 per day

Toolbox Meeting

2 per month

4 per month

Documentation

Requirement

Incident Report

For any incident that occurs

SWMS

For any HRCW that occurs

All of the digital health and safety documentation for your site created with HazardCo can be accessed from the Hub.


Don’t forget, as part of your membership, you get access to the HazardCo team! Call our Advisory team for any health and safety advice anytime:

Australia: 1800 954 702

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