Communications Data Installation Safe Work Method Statement

Communications Data Installation Safe Work Method Statement

This Communications Data Installation Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) covers hazards and controls associated with the installation of information technology (IT) systems. 

This SWMS includes installation works on construction sites and existing domestic dwellings.

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

• Mobile plant movement
• Asbestos disturbance
• Pressurised gas distribution mains or piping chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines energised electrical installations or services
• Work in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere

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

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Job Steps Covered in Communications Data Installation SWMS:

(includes potential hazards and control measures)

1. Provide Training on the Health Effects associated with Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust
2. Planning
3. Arrival On-site, Site Assessment & Unloading of Materials/Equipment
4. Work Area Set-up
5. Locate & Isolate Existing Services
6. Environment
7. Housekeeping
8. Manual Tasks
9. Working with Powered & Non-powered Tools
10. Working at Height on Ladders, Trestles & Mobile Scaffold
11. Working in Roof Space
12. New Equipment (electrical testing)
13. Running Cables/Setting-up Equipment
14. Lifting, Mounting & Installing Components into Position
15. Test & Commission
16. On Completion
17. Emergency Response

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