Brick and Block Laying Safe Work Method Statement

Brick and Block Laying SWMS | Safe Work Method Statement

This Brick and Block Laying Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) covers hazards and controls associated with laying bricks and blocks. 

This SWMS covers High-Risk Construction Work (HRCW) controls related to:

• Mobile plant movement
• Structures or buildings involving structural alterations or repairs that require temporary support to prevent collapse
• Involves a risk of a person falling from 2m or more, including work on telecommunications towers

Additional controls are included for Electrical Equipment, Elevated Levels, Slips, Trips & Falls, Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Manual Tasks, Outdoor Work, Silica Dust & Environmental Considerations.

Job Steps Covered in Brick and Block Laying SWMS:

(includes potential hazards & control measures).

1. Provide Training on the Health Effects associated with Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust
2. Planning Access to the Height Location
3. Arrival On-site & Assess On-site Conditions
4. Working Outdoors
5. Work Area Set-up
6. Environment
7. Brick Elevator Set-up
8. Housekeeping
9. Materials Delivery
10. Manual Tasks
11. Working with Powered & Non-powered Tools
12. Hazardous Substance/Chemical Use
13. Setting-out/Profiling Building Lines
14. Mixing & Transporting Mortar
15. Cutting Bricks &/or Blocks
16. Laying Bricks &/or Blocks
17. Core Steel Reinforcement (blockwork)
18. Acid Washing
19. Working at Height on Ladders, Trestles, Mobile Scaffold, Fixed Scaffold & Openings
20. Fuelling On-site
21. On Completion
22. Emergency Response

Brick and Block Laying SWMS Includes

Risk Assessment Matrix | Hierarchy of Controls | PPE Requirements | Emergency Response

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