This comprehensive 12-page safe work method statement (SWMS) details the potential hazards, risks and control measures involved in elevated work platform (EWP) operation.
The SWMS outlines step-by-step safety procedures to help workers and supervisors understand the risks, comply with WHS legislation and follow all required safety protocols when operating an EWP.
Designed to assist in the safe movement and positioning of EWPs, this SWMS helps reduce, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of hazardous interactions, collisions, falls and other workplace incidents.
Working at heights with an elevated work platform (EWP) carries significant risks. This safe work method statement (SWMS) is designed to help you manage those risks, meet your WHS legal obligations and protect your workers from harm.
Note: EWP operation can be classified as an item of powered mobile plant, as such operating an EWP on a construction site is classified as a ‘high risk construction work’ under work health and safety regulation and a SWMS is legally required.
Operating an EWP requires strict compliance with Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations and site-specific safety procedures. This EWP SWMS is designed to help you identify hazards such as falls from height, tip-overs, electrical contact, falling objects and implementing effective control measures to reduce these type of risks.
By following this SWMS, operators, supervisors and site managers can ensure safe EWP operation, meet high risk construction work requirements, and maintain compliance with Australian legislation, Codes of Practice and relevant Australian Standards.

Job steps that are covered in the safe work method statement include:
