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What is a Safe Work Method Statement for Gardening & Garden Maintenance?

Workers out on the field will always need some sort of document that helps them outline the possible hazards they might face while doing the job, and the respective safety measures to reduce risks they can't avoid – that also includes gardening operations.

Gardening operations go beyond than just a backyard in the construction industry. There are landscaping projects, urban green spaces, and even environmental restoration efforts that are large-scaled that make it difficult to manage the amount of workers and protect them from potential dangers.

A Gardening & Garden Maintenance Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) is a document (some sort of mentor in written form) that lays out the potential hazards of the job, and the methods to do things safely.

A document like a SWMS might not directly protect from slipping, falling, or getting into accidents on site, but it's a game plan that makes sure you don't end up in the emergency room because you underestimated gardening tools.

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How can a safety SWMS ensure safety for garden workers?

Gardening can be hazardous jobs for the workers engaging in these garden maintenance activities, the companies managing these workers, and other people and stakeholders working or living around gardening works.

Because of the inherent hazards involved with this type of work, a safe work method statement is required to outline the best and safest approach to performing these works.

A gardening safe work method statement (SWMS) works in the same way as all SWMS, it provides a reliable and compliant framework for documenting how this company and its workers approach an activity - in this case gardening - from training all the way through to performing the different job steps.

What is the typical structure of a SWMS for Gardening activities?

There isn't a universal or strict format for a Gardening & Garden Maintenance Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS). It actually varies depending on the company preferences or their company policies, but for as long as it follows the regulations (Regulation 299 of the WHS Regulations), then you should be set.

A Gardening SWMS typically includes:

General details about the job site, and the description of work
Hazard identification section, risk assessment, and their control measures
Step-by-step procedure/breakdown of tasks
All the PPEs required and emergency procedures

When is a SWMS legally required for gardening companies, as per WHS guidelines?

Take note, a Gardening & Garden SWMS is legally required, as per WHS regulations, if your gardening works fall under the categories of the High-Risk Construction Work (HRCW) as laid out under Regulation 299. Like, for example, if your gardening works involve:

Workers to work at a height of at leave 2 meters
Workers to be using hazardous substances (if related to gardening, these could be pesticides and herbicides)
Work is near power lines and roads
Operations to be using heavy machineries

Ultimately, if you see that the construction activities put your workers' lives at risk, then you need to use a Gardening & Garden Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) as soon as possible.

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