Road base and seal SWMS, drafted for your job
Base and seal work puts rollers, trucks and a bitumen sprayer inside or beside live traffic, and hot binder plus a fresh seal leave no room for a loose plan. Tell us the job and the site: your SWMS is drafted around them, and you check it on site before work starts.
A$39per job
However many high-risk activities it covers.
- However many high-risk activities it covers.
- 3 for A$99
- 10 for A$249
- Yearly A$129 for 120
- Monthly A$60 for 10
You review it on site before work starts.
Your Business
Safe Work Method Statement
Version 1
Draft
Road base and seal
Site Your site address
Law Your state
High-risk construction work
- Work next to a road, railway or other traffic corridor in use
- Work where powered mobile plant is moving
Job steps, hazards and controls
| 1 | Set up traffic control | Live traffic reaching the work area | Extreme | Check barriers and approaches before opening the site |
| 2 | Spread and trim the base | Dust and plant blind spots | High | Water the material and keep workers clear of plant |
| 3 | Compact to level | Reversing rollers and soft edges | Extreme | Use spotters and keep plant off unsupported edges |
| 4 | Spray prime and seal | Hot bitumen and hose pressure | Extreme | Clear the spray zone and use heat-rated PPE |
| 5 | Sweep and reopen the road | Loose aggregate and early traffic | High | Sweep the seal and hold traffic control until set |
Illustrative first page. Yours carries your business name only.
What you get
What your road base and seal SWMS will contain
An A4 document your crew can read on site, a PDF for the builder and a sign-on register.
- Job and site detailsYour business, the site, the principal contractor, the dates.
- High-risk construction workThe categories your job involves, ticked.
- Step-by-step methodEach step with its hazards, risk rating and controls.
- How controls are checkedWho puts each control in place, monitors and reviews it.
- PPE, plant and permitsEquipment and training the job needs.
- Emergency planAssembly point, first aid, nearest hospital to confirm on site.
- Consultation and reviewWho was consulted, when it is reviewed.
- Sign-on registerYour crew signs by QR or on paper.
High-risk construction work
Categories this task often involves
You tick the ones your job involves. Each ticked category gets its own steps and controls, in your state's wording.
- Work next to a road, railway or other traffic corridor in use
- Work where powered mobile plant is moving
State notes
Rules depend on your state
Pick your state when you start. Your state's regulator publishes the rules and guidance for this work.
Hazards and controls
What goes wrong on a road base and seal job, and how the SWMS controls it
These rows are written for this task. Your draft adds the ones your site and method need.
- 1
Vehicles entering the road base and seal work area
Extreme- Set the traffic management out and check approaches before work starts
- Keep plant and workers behind the barriers and stop work if traffic breaches them
- 2
Rollers, trucks and the sprayer reversing over ground workers
Extreme- Separate workers from plant paths with barriers and agreed exclusion zones
- Use a spotter for reversing and stop plant when a worker is out of sight
- 3
Hot bitumen spraying or splashing from the bar, hose or tanker
Extreme- Keep everyone clear of the spray path and behind the operator
- Use the sprayer's heating and pumping procedures and heat-rated gloves and face protection
- 4
Dust from spreading and trimming dry road base material
High- Water the material before and during spreading with the water cart
- Keep workers upwind where possible and use respiratory protection for dusty tasks
- 5
Bitumen delivery hose or spray bar kicking under pressure
High- Inspect hoses, couplings and the spray bar before heating or pumping
- Stand clear while pressure builds and release pressure before opening any fitting
- 6
Roller or plant slipping at unboxed edges and soft shoulders
High- Check edge support and keep plant back from unsupported edges
- Compact edges in the planned sequence instead of chasing the drop-off
How the job usually runs
- 1Set up traffic controlLive traffic reaching the work area → Check barriers and approaches before opening the site
- 2Spread and trim the baseDust and plant blind spots → Water the material and keep workers clear of plant
- 3Compact to levelReversing rollers and soft edges → Use spotters and keep plant off unsupported edges
- 4Spray prime and sealHot bitumen and hose pressure → Clear the spray zone and use heat-rated PPE
- 5Sweep and reopen the roadLoose aggregate and early traffic → Sweep the seal and hold traffic control until set
PPE for this job
- Heat-resistant gloves
- Safety boots
- High-visibility clothing
- Face and eye protection near the sprayer
- P2 respirator for dust
- Sun protection
Your draft lists the PPE your site and method need.
After you finalise
Brief your crew and send it to your builder
Crew signs by QR
Send to my builder
PDF and register
Builder sent it back?
Make their changes and re-issue the same job free. Workers re-sign the new version.
Questions
Road base and seal SWMS questions
- Last reviewed
- 21 October 2026
- How
- Hazard rows checked against the task; no legal line is stated unless it is logged from primary text.
- Next review
- Every six months, or when the method or rules change
Does one SWMS cover base work and sealing together?
Yes, describe both stages and the gap between them. The draft covers spreading, compaction, spraying and the traffic control around each stage, and you check it again when the seal crew starts.
What goes in for hot bitumen spraying?
Name the binder and the sprayer. Include exclusion around the spray path, hose and coupling checks, temperature handling, heat-rated gloves and face protection, and the response for splash on skin.
How is live traffic covered in the draft?
From the road, traffic flow and lane closure you describe — the draft covers barriers, plant movements, worker separation and the stop-work triggers if traffic breaches the setup.
How much does a road base and seal SWMS cost?
One job uses 1 SWMS when you finalise: A$39 for one, however many high-risk activities it covers. AI drafting needs a SWMS pack or plan. Packs and Yearly cost less per SWMS.
Is this a template?
No. You describe the job and the site, and the SWMS is drafted for them. You edit anything, then finalise it.
Who checks the SWMS?
You do, with your crew, on site before work starts. The draft gives you a strong starting point; the person running the work makes sure it matches the site.
My builder sent it back. What now?
Open it, make the changes they asked for and re-issue it. Corrections to the same job are free.
How does my crew sign it?
Show the QR code on your phone or print the A4 sign-on sheet. Workers read and sign on their own phones without an account.
Does it work in my state?
Yes. You choose the state before drafting, and the document names the law that applies there. Victoria uses its OHS Regulations.
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