Landscaper SSSP
An SSSP for landscaping and hardscaping, covering plant, excavation, services and manual handling.
A landscaper SSSP is a Site-Specific Safety Plan for one job on one site. It sets out the landscaper hazards, the controls in the order required by reg 6 of the General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016, task analyses for the higher-risk tasks, and how you meet your duties under HSWA 2015. It is what a New Zealand main contractor checks before your crew starts.
What a landscaper SSSP must cover
- •HSWA 2015 section 36: the PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers and anyone else affected by the work
- •General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016 reg 6: apply the hierarchy of control measures, eliminating the risk so far as is reasonably practicable before minimising it
- •WorkSafe New Zealand Good Practice Guidelines for Excavation Safety for planting and footing holes a person could enter
- •Mobile plant and vehicle movements must be separated from workers on foot under reg 6
- •HSWA 2015 section 34: consult, co-operate and co-ordinate with the main contractor and the other PCBUs on site (the 3Cs)
Common landscaper hazards
- Mobile plant (diggers, skid steers) working near workers on foot
- Underground service strikes when digging
- Manual handling of paving, rock and timber
- Small excavation and retaining collapse
- Chemicals and treated timber
Task analyses included
Your SSSP comes with task analyses for the higher-risk tasks. The Trade Pack (NZ$149) includes the full library below plus a toolbox talk set.
- ✓Operating diggers and skid steers near workers on foot
- ✓Digging planting, footing and post holes (service locating)
- ✓Retaining wall construction and small excavation
- ✓Paving and hardscaping (manual handling)
- ✓Handling and cutting treated timber
- ✓Applying chemicals and soil treatments
- ✓Green-waste chipping and machinery use
- ✓Working next to public areas and traffic
What the main contractor expects
- •An SSSP that separates workers on foot from mobile plant
- •A service-locating step before any digging
- •A manual-handling method for heavy paving and rock
- •Chemical safety data sheets where sprays are used
- •Public separation where the site adjoins occupied areas
Get your landscaper SSSP, sorted in minutes
Answer a few questions about your site and crew. We write your SSSP against HSWA 2015 and the General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016, check it, and email it, ready to hand over.
SSSP Pack
NZ$89 one-time
A personalised SSSP with your hazard register, task analyses and emergency plan.
Trade Pack
NZ$149 one-time
The SSSP plus the full task-analysis library for your trade and a toolbox talk set.
One-time payment in NZ$. No subscription. Free revisions within 24 hours.
Landscaper SSSP: common questions
Does a landscaper really need an SSSP?
On a managed site, yes. Landscaping uses mobile plant, digs near services and handles heavy materials, all of which the main contractor wants controlled before you start. A right-sized SSSP that names your tasks meets your section 36 duty and gets you on site faster.
What is the biggest hazard in a landscaping SSSP?
Mobile plant working close to people on foot causes many of the serious injuries in landscaping. The SSSP puts exclusion zones, spotters and separation ahead of high-visibility clothing, because keeping people out of the machine path is higher up the hierarchy of controls than PPE.