Sport and playground equipment SWMS, drafted for your job
Playground frames can topple before their footings set, while raised decks and suspended beams put installers above an unfinished play area. Tell us the equipment and site: your SWMS is drafted around the assembly sequence, 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
Sport and playground equipment
Site Your site address
Law Your state
High-risk construction work
- Work where powered mobile plant is moving
- Work where someone could fall from height
Job steps, hazards and controls
| 1 | Set out the play area | Public access and footing holes | High | Fence the site and locate buried services before digging |
| 2 | Install posts and footings | Unsupported frames toppling | High | Brace posts and maintain support while footings gain strength |
| 3 | Lift beams and decks | Suspended components and open edges | High | Exclude people below and work from guarded access equipment |
| 4 | Fit play components | Pinch points at bracket joints | Medium | Support slides and use tools to align bolt holes |
| 5 | Inspect and hand over | Loose fixings and unfinished surfacing | High | Check connections and keep fencing until surface work finishes |
Illustrative first page. Yours carries your business name only.
What you get
What your sport and playground equipment 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 where powered mobile plant is moving
- 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 sport and playground equipment 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
Collapse of playground posts before footings and bracing hold
High- Brace each post and frame using the equipment supplier’s assembly sequence
- Keep lifting support attached until temporary bracing holds the assembly
- 2
Swing beams or goal frames shifting during lifting
High- Use lifting equipment and attachment points suited to the component
- Keep people outside the load path and guide components from clear positions
- 3
Falls from unfinished playground decks during rail installation
High- Assemble deck sections and rails on the ground where practicable
- Use a guarded work platform rather than climbing the play structure
- 4
Pinched fingers lining up slide brackets and frame joints
Medium- Support each component independently before aligning its brackets
- Use alignment tools and keep fingers outside bolt holes
- 5
Trips and falls into uncovered playground footing holes
High- Cover or barrier footing holes as soon as excavation stops
- Keep spoil and loose components clear of the access route
- 6
Children entering unfinished playground equipment or unset softfall
High- Fence the whole play area until installation and surface work finish
- Check fixings, protrusions and softfall interfaces before handing the area back
How the job usually runs
- 1Set out the play areaPublic access and footing holes → Fence the site and locate buried services before digging
- 2Install posts and footingsUnsupported frames toppling → Brace posts and maintain support while footings gain strength
- 3Lift beams and decksSuspended components and open edges → Exclude people below and work from guarded access equipment
- 4Fit play componentsPinch points at bracket joints → Support slides and use tools to align bolt holes
- 5Inspect and hand overLoose fixings and unfinished surfacing → Check connections and keep fencing until surface work finishes
PPE for this job
- Safety boots
- Safety glasses
- Work gloves
- Hearing protection
- Safety helmet
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
Sport and playground equipment 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 it cover installing swings and playground softfall together?
Yes. Describe the play equipment, footings and softfall work together. The draft covers coordination between installers and surface crews, with the play area kept closed until both parts of the job are checked.
Can the draft cover goal posts and sports frames?
Yes. Name the sports frames and how they will be lifted and anchored. The draft can include temporary support, component handling and checks before the sports area is handed back.
How much does a sport and playground equipment 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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