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Housing industry site safety pack

If you're a small subcontractor (up to 10 workers) working in the residential construction sector these templates can help you to meet your work health and safety responsibilities and assist you to ensure a safer site.

Authorities, clients and principal contractors may require evidence of your WHS system. If you use these templates as directed you will be more able to provide the necessary documents.

You can download the housing industry safety pack., or each template can be downloaded individually using the links below.

Your business details template

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  • Template 1: Organisation details

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Your roles and responsibility template

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  • Template 2: Role and responsibilities

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Your WHS policy template

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  • Template 3: Work health and safety policy

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Your site-specific risk assessment template

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  • Template 4: Site-specific risk assessment

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Your safe work method statement (SWMS) template

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  • Template 5: Safe work method statement (SWMS)

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Your tool box talk template

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  • Template 6: Record of tool box talk

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  • Template 6: Record of tool box talk

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Your worker training register

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  • Template 7: Worker training register

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  • Template 7: Worker training register

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Your electrical test and tag register

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  • Template 8: Electrical test and tag register

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Your hazardous chemicals register

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  • Template 9: hazardous substance register

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  • Template 9: hazardous substance register

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Your incident and injury register

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  • Template 10: Incident and injury register

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