Work on a Telecommunication Tower
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Work on or near a telecommunication tower is high risk construction work in its own right, combining extreme height, RF exposure, and remote-location rescue challenges. A SWMS is required before the work starts.
Why this is high risk construction work
Tower work stacks a severe fall risk on top of radiofrequency exposure and difficult rescue, so it is named as its own category regardless of the exact height involved.
Because it is one of the 18 high risk construction work categories, a SWMS is legally required before the work starts (your state's WHS Regulations, provision 299; s 299 in NSW), not a nice-to-have.
The controls a SWMS should set out
In hierarchy of controls order, highest first:
- ✓ Rescue plan for a suspended worker, resourced and rehearsed before climbing
- ✓ Fall-arrest and work-positioning systems rated and inspected
- ✓ RF exposure assessment and shutdown or exclusion where required
- ✓ Competency and height rescue training for every climber
- ✓ Weather limits and communications for remote sites
Trades that do this work
These trades commonly need a SWMS for this category. Each has a trade-specific SWMS:
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