Painter WHS Documents in Western Australia
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Painters working in Western 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 (General) Regulations 2022 (WA). In Western Australia the regulator is WorkSafe WA, and the duty to prepare a SWMS before high risk construction work sits in WHS (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) 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 painter needs in Western Australia
- ✓ A site-specific SWMS for each high risk activity, cited to the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) (WHS (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) reg 299)
- ✓ A SWMS register indexing every document, version and review date
- ✓ High risk work licences and painter trade licences recognised in Western Australia
- ✓ Safety Data Sheets for hazardous chemicals, and a chemical register
- ✓ Site induction record and daily sign-on / SWMS acknowledgement sheets
The SWMS a painter usually needs
One SWMS per high risk construction work activity. The Trade SWMS Pack generates all of them, cited to Western Australia law:
- ✓ Exterior painting above 2 m from ladders and trestles
- ✓ EWP use for high-level painting
- ✓ Surface preparation including sanding and washing (lead paint controls)
- ✓ Spray painting in interior and enclosed areas
- ✓ Roof and fence spraying
- ✓ Texture coating application
- ✓ Working over stairs and voids
The Western Australia law behind it
| Regulator | WorkSafe WA |
| Principal Act | Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) |
| Regulations | Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) |
| Duty to prepare a SWMS | WHS (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) reg 299 |
| High risk construction work defined in | WHS (General) Regulations 2022 (WA) reg 291 |
WA was the last jurisdiction to adopt the harmonised model WHS laws (31 March 2022), so its construction case law is still developing; its WHS (General) Regulations 2022 sit alongside separate mining and petroleum safety regulations.
Industrial manslaughter has applied in Western Australia since the WHS Act 2020 (WA) commenced on 31 March 2022, replacing the former Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984, with penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment for an individual and a $10 million fine for a body corporate. That is the enforcement backdrop your WHS document set has to stand up to on a Western Australia site.
The hazards these documents have to control
A painter SWMS in Western Australia is judged on whether it names and controls the hazards the trade actually meets:
- ⚠ Falls from ladders and trestles
- ⚠ Hazardous substances in paints and solvents
- ⚠ Lead paint disturbance on older buildings
- ⚠ Spray mist in poorly ventilated areas
- ⚠ Repetitive strain and overhead work
The high risk work that triggers a painter's SWMS
- ✓ Risk of a person falling more than 2 metres
Every SWMS a painter needs in Western Australia, in one go
The Trade SWMS Pack generates all 7 SWMS above from one questionnaire, cited to Western Australia law, plus the register, toolbox talks and sign-on sheets, for A$179.
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