1. WHS Management Plans

2. What is it?
A WHS management plan sets out the arrangements to manage work health and safety on a construction project.
The intention of a WHS management plan is to ensure the risks associated with a complex construction project are managed, as there are usually many contractors and subcontractors involved and circumstances can change quickly from day to day.

3. What is it? The WHS management plan must be in writing.
It should be easily understood by workers (including contractors and subcontractors).
It may not be necessary to communicate the entire WHS management plan to all workers, however, they must be made aware of the parts that are applicable to the work they are carrying out.

4. What is it?
An WHSMP must be prepared before the first soil is turned and should be subjected to an ongoing review as the project evolves.
Many components are Generic.
At the planning stage the principal contractor must review their safety management systems to suit the proposed works.

5. Legal Requirements?

6. What is a Principle Contractor?

7. Why Have it?

8. What is a Construction Project?

9. What is Construction Work?

10. Legal Meaning of Construction Work

11. Legal Meaning of Construction Work

12. What Construction Work Is Not

13. In English
You will need a WHS Management plan on a construction project > $

14. WHS Management Plan Requirements

15. Using the Supplied Guide

16. Address
Expected Duration
Site Ammonites
Hazards Identified

20. Dissemination of WHS Information Managing of Employees & Subbies
Induction Training
Risk Management
Hazard Identification
Control of Hazards
Maintenance of Controls
Dissemination of WHS Information
Managing of Employees & Subbies
Review of SWMS

24. Internal with employees External Methods
With Subbies
Neighbours

26. Identify Forms by Annexure SWMS
Identify When, How
Identify Forms by Annexure
SWMS
When Needed
By Whom
Site Specific Hazards

28. Documentation Required
Workers Comp Certificate of Competency
SWMS
Identify High Risk
Monitoring their Risk Assessment

30. Documentation Requirements On Site First Aid
Person to be notified
Evacuation Route
Assembly Point
Documentation Requirements
On Site First Aid
Who & Where

33. Audit & Review
Check for Compliance
Document Control

35. Documents to Assist You

37. WHS Safety Management Plans
The level of detail required for a WHS management plan will depend on
Complexity of the Workplace
The number of persons on site
and the risks involved in the work.

38. WHS Management Plan must Include
the names,
positions and health and safety responsibilities of all persons at the workplace whose positions or roles involve specific health and safety responsibilities in connection with the construction project

39. Example

40. WHS Management Plan must Include
the names,
positions and health and safety responsibilities of all persons at the workplace whose positions or roles involve specific health and safety responsibilities in connection with the construction project
the arrangements in place in relation to compliance with their duties under the WHS Act and Regulations

42. WHS Management Plan must Include
the arrangements in place for managing any work health and safety incidents that occur
any site-specific health and safety rules and the arrangements for ensuring that all
persons at the workplace are informed of these rules, and
the arrangements to collect and assess, monitor and review the SWMS

43. May Contain
details of the person commissioning the construction work, for example their name, ABN (if available) and address
details of the principal contractor
details of the construction project, for example address of the workplace, anticipated
start and end date and a brief description of the type of construction work that the WHS management plan will cover

44. May Contain
details on how contractors and subcontractors will be managed and monitored, outlining
how the principal contractor intends to implement and ensure compliance with the WHS management plan
such as checking on the performance of contractors and
how non-compliance will be handled
details on how the risks associated with falls, falling objects and any high risk construction work that will take place on a construction project will be managed.

45. May Contain

46. People with WHS Responsibilities
Persons at the workplace whose positions or roles involve specific health and safety responsibilities must be identified in the WHS management plan.

47. People with WHS Responsibilities
Persons at the workplace whose positions or roles involve specific health and safety responsibilities must be identified in the WHS management plan.
WHS managers, first aid officers and project managers.
Their responsibilities should be briefly described.

48. Arrangements for Consultation
Management Meetings
holding pre-commencement WHS meetings with all contractors and subcontractors
scheduling regular contractor/subcontractor WHS meetings
holding toolbox WHS meetings
establishing a construction project WHS committee
distributing a regular WHS newsletter.
Off Site communication.

49. Arrangement for Managing Incidents

50. Arrangement for Managing Incidents
It should also outline the policy for near misses.

51. SITE-SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES
Site Specific Requirements
Method of Communication of these rules

52. SWMS
The Method to
Preparation
Collection
Review
Monitoring

53. Implementation
Ensure that workers are made aware of the plans existence.
make workers aware of the parts of the WHS management plan that are relevant to the work they are carrying out.

54. Review When Necessary

55. Review When Necessary
Site personnel must be informed of any changes

56. Ensuring Compliance
The Management Plan will nominate the person responsible for the enforcement

57. What Should it Contain
Outline the training and minimum competency requirements for employees
Establish a process for identification of hazards associated with each phase of the work and the assessment and control methodology to be used.
Contain copies of, or reference to, procedure documents relevant to the project activities and any safe work statements or site safety rules as applicable
Indicate the site evacuation and emergency response procedures
Outline the accident/incident notification, reporting, recording and investigation process
Outline disciplinary procedures.

58. What Should it Contain Contain the Workplace Health & Safety Policy,
a copy of the Workers Injury
Management and Rehabilitation Policy and other relevant policy documents
Define the roles and responsibilities for key personnel, in particular
the Contract Manager,
Responsible Officer and
Site Supervisor
as well as reference to the general duty of care all employees; contractors; sub-contractors and their employees; designers; manufacturers; suppliers; and installers.