Electrical demolition SWMS, drafted for your job
Electrical demolition can uncover shared circuits, solar back-feed and old equipment contaminants while neighbouring areas still need power and other demolition crews are working nearby. Tell us the job and the site: your SWMS is drafted around them, and you check it with the crew 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
Electrical demolition
Site Your site address
Law Your state
High-risk construction work
- Work on or near energised electrical installations
- Work that may disturb asbestos
- Work where someone could fall from height
Job steps, hazards and controls
| 1 | Trace demolition and retained circuits | Shared supplies and unknown boundaries | Extreme | Mark retained circuits and confirm what is to be removed |
| 2 | Isolate and prove dead | Alternative supply back-feed | Extreme | Secure all sources and verify at each work point |
| 3 | Check old boards and components | Asbestos and leaking equipment | High | Stop suspect material disturbance and arrange specialist handling |
| 4 | Remove cables, trays and boards | Falling equipment and work at height | High | Support sections and keep people outside the removal zone |
| 5 | Separate waste and hand over | Damaged retained circuits | High | Contain hazardous components and check retained services before handover |
Illustrative first page. Yours carries your business name only.
What you get
What your electrical demolition 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 on or near energised electrical installations
- Work that may disturb asbestos
- Work where someone could fall from height
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 electrical demolition 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
Shock cutting demolition cables still fed from retained circuits
Extreme- Trace retained and redundant circuits before agreeing the demolition boundary
- Isolate, secure and prove dead at the work point before cutting conductors
- 2
Solar or generator back-feed energising equipment marked for demolition
Extreme- Identify and isolate alternative supplies before electrical strip-out
- Check the circuit at the workface after isolation and before each new cut area
- 3
Asbestos backing disturbed while redundant switchboards are pulled from walls
High- Check old board materials and the asbestos register before removal
- Stop disturbance and arrange an asbestos removalist if suspect backing is found
- 4
Redundant switchboards falling as wall fixings are removed
High- Support the enclosure with a lifting aid before releasing fixings
- Clear the landing area and remove sections in a planned sequence
- 5
Falls and dropped cable during overhead electrical strip-out
High- Use suitable access equipment and barrier the area below
- Support cable and tray lengths before releasing their final fixing
- 6
Leaks from old capacitors and lamps in electrical demolition waste
High- Identify suspect equipment and segregate it before breaking down the installation
- Keep components intact and arrange suitable containment and disposal
How the job usually runs
- 1Trace demolition and retained circuitsShared supplies and unknown boundaries → Mark retained circuits and confirm what is to be removed
- 2Isolate and prove deadAlternative supply back-feed → Secure all sources and verify at each work point
- 3Check old boards and componentsAsbestos and leaking equipment → Stop suspect material disturbance and arrange specialist handling
- 4Remove cables, trays and boardsFalling equipment and work at height → Support sections and keep people outside the removal zone
- 5Separate waste and hand overDamaged retained circuits → Contain hazardous components and check retained services before handover
PPE for this job
- Safety boots
- Cut resistant gloves
- Safety glasses
- Head protection
- Task-selected electrical protective clothing
- Fitted particulate respirator
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
Electrical demolition 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
Can the building stay partly occupied during electrical demolition?
Yes, if the retained circuits and occupied areas can be clearly separated from the removal work. The draft includes tracing shared supplies, marking the demolition boundary and protecting services that remain in use.
Does electrical make-safe mean every cable can be cut?
No. The draft includes proving dead at the work point and checking each new removal area. A cable outside the traced and isolated scope is treated as unknown until its source and condition are established.
How much does a electrical demolition 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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