Hoarding installation and removal SWMS, drafted for your job
Timber or sheet hoarding can overturn before braces are fixed or as panels are stripped, especially where pedestrians and vehicles pass beside the work. Describe the job and site so your SWMS is drafted around them, then check the controls 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
Hoarding installation and removal
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 | Plan the hoarding line | Public routes and weak support locations | High | Confirm the design and establish a separated access route |
| 2 | Prepare posts and ballast | Buried services and settling supports | High | Check services and bearing surfaces before installing supports |
| 3 | Raise and brace panels | Wind loading and falling sheets | Extreme | Restrain each panel until connections and braces are checked |
| 4 | Inspect the installed boundary | Loose fixings and shifted supports | High | Check the hoarding after impacts, weather or nearby ground disturbance |
| 5 | Support and dismantle sections | Unrestrained panels and open public access | Extreme | Maintain the boundary and support sections before disconnecting ties |
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What you get
What your hoarding installation and removal 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 hoarding installation and removal 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
Partly erected hoarding panels overturning before braces are fixed
Extreme- Use the hoarding design for supports, ballast and the erection sequence
- Restrain each panel until its braces and connections are secured
- 2
Pedestrians entering gaps opened during hoarding installation or removal
High- Provide a separated public route and an independent temporary barrier
- Keep the boundary closed as panels are moved and use controlled access points
- 3
Large hoarding sheets catching wind during manual positioning
High- Stage panels flat or restrained and choose suitable mechanical handling
- Stop panel handling when wind prevents the crew from controlling sheets
- 4
Hoarding posts or ballast settling on weak ground
High- Check footing positions and bearing surfaces against the support design
- Inspect after ground disturbance and stop work if supports shift
- 5
Saws and drills contacting concealed services behind hoarding fixings
High- Locate services before drilling anchors or cutting existing panels
- Use supported cutting positions and keep hands away from blade paths
- 6
Hoarding sections collapsing when ties are disconnected during dismantling
Extreme- Support each section before removing its braces or ties
- Follow the dismantling sequence and keep people outside the panel fall area
How the job usually runs
- 1Plan the hoarding linePublic routes and weak support locations → Confirm the design and establish a separated access route
- 2Prepare posts and ballastBuried services and settling supports → Check services and bearing surfaces before installing supports
- 3Raise and brace panelsWind loading and falling sheets → Restrain each panel until connections and braces are checked
- 4Inspect the installed boundaryLoose fixings and shifted supports → Check the hoarding after impacts, weather or nearby ground disturbance
- 5Support and dismantle sectionsUnrestrained panels and open public access → Maintain the boundary and support sections before disconnecting ties
PPE for this job
- Safety boots
- Safety helmet
- Handling gloves
- Safety glasses
- High-visibility clothing
- Hearing protection for cutting
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
Hoarding installation and removal 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
How is public access managed while hoarding is removed?
Plan a separated route and an independent barrier before opening the hoarding line. Remove sections in a controlled sequence so visitors cannot step into the panel handling or plant area.
What should be checked after hoarding is struck by plant?
Close access near the damaged section and check panels, connections, braces and bearing points. Have the support arrangement reviewed where movement or damage appears before returning that part of the boundary to use.
How much does a hoarding installation and removal 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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