Bricklayer WHS Documents in South Australia
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Bricklayers working in South Australia need a core WHS document set built around a site-specific SWMS for each high risk activity, cited to the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA). In South Australia the regulator is SafeWork SA, and the duty to prepare a SWMS before high risk construction work sits in WHS Regulations 2012 (SA) reg 299. The documents are the same as any state; what must be correct here is the legislation each one cites.
The WHS documents a bricklayer needs in South Australia
- ✓ A site-specific SWMS for each high risk activity, cited to the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA) (WHS Regulations 2012 (SA) reg 299)
- ✓ A SWMS register indexing every document, version and review date
- ✓ High risk work licences and bricklayer trade licences recognised in South Australia
- ✓ Safety Data Sheets for hazardous chemicals, and a chemical register
- ✓ Site induction record and daily sign-on / SWMS acknowledgement sheets
The SWMS a bricklayer usually needs
One SWMS per high risk construction work activity. The Trade SWMS Pack generates all of them, cited to South Australia law:
- ✓ Bricklaying above 2 m from scaffolding
- ✓ Brick and block cutting with demolition saws (silica controls)
- ✓ Block wall construction including reinforced cores
- ✓ Brick cleaning with acid solutions
- ✓ Loading scaffolds and materials handling with telehandler
- ✓ Retaining wall construction near excavations
- ✓ Feature and face brickwork on occupied sites
The South Australia law behind it
| Regulator | SafeWork SA |
| Principal Act | Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) |
| Regulations | Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA) |
| Duty to prepare a SWMS | WHS Regulations 2012 (SA) reg 299 |
| High risk construction work defined in | WHS Regulations 2012 (SA) reg 291 |
South Australia adopted the harmonised model WHS laws through the WHS Act 2012 (SA), enforced by SafeWork SA, and its Construction Work Code of Practice follows the national model, so an interstate harmonised SWMS transfers with a site-specific review.
South Australia's industrial manslaughter offence commenced on 1 July 2024, adding serious criminal penalties where a PCBU or officer is grossly negligent about conduct that causes a worker's death. That is the enforcement backdrop your WHS document set has to stand up to on a South Australia site.
The hazards these documents have to control
A bricklayer SWMS in South Australia is judged on whether it names and controls the hazards the trade actually meets:
- ⚠ Falls from scaffolds and trestles
- ⚠ Silica dust from brick cutting
- ⚠ Manual handling of bricks and blocks
- ⚠ Mortar dermatitis and cement burns
- ⚠ Falling objects at perimeter
The high risk work that triggers a bricklayer's SWMS
- ✓ Risk of a person falling more than 2 metres
Every SWMS a bricklayer needs in South Australia, in one go
The Trade SWMS Pack generates all 7 SWMS above from one questionnaire, cited to South Australia law, plus the register, toolbox talks and sign-on sheets, for A$179.
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