Gas Installation SWMS

Suits licensed gas fitters and plumbing and gas businesses installing gas pipework and appliances. It covers planning and isolation, handling cylinders and appliances, pipework, hot work, pressure and leak testing, purging, commissioning and handover.

The high risk construction work boxes for work on or near chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines (WHS Regulation s 291(j)), used here for the fuel gas piping to the appliance, and for an area that may have a flammable atmosphere (s 291(l)), because purging and testing release gas, are ticked. Tick any other box that applies, such as work on or near gas distribution mains (s 291(i)), energised electrical installations or services, or a fall of more than 2 metres. Gas work itself needs a gas work licence under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, whatever you tick.

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What Is Covered In Our Gas Installation SWMS?

After the standard pre-start checks, the job steps run from “Plan the job and check the gas supply, approvals and site” to “Certify, hand over and pack up”. The hazards and controls include:

• Gas leak causing fire or explosion
• Ignition of gas by sparks and tools
• Unlicensed gas work
• Hot work and brazing fire
• Carbon monoxide from a faulty appliance
• Stored pressure during testing
• Falls from ladders and through ceilings
• Heat and confined roof spaces
• Strains from heavy appliances and cylinders
• Dropped or damaged cylinders
• Cuts and noise from pipe tools
• Missing certification at handover

High Risk Construction Work

These high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are already ticked because they are part of this work. Tick any others that apply to your job:

• Is carried out on or near chemical, fuel or refrigerant lines
• Is carried out in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere

Licences, Training and Competency

• Gas work licence that allows the work for each worker who installs, connects or tests a gas device (type A) (Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 s 726); workers without a licence do not do gas work
• Gas device approval checked before installation (Act s 731AA); gas compliance certificate given after installation (Act s 734)
• General construction induction training card (white card) for construction work
• Hot work competency, and a fire watch trained in the use of extinguishers, for brazing, cutting or grinding
• Licensed electrical worker for any electrical connection (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55)
• Site induction
• Trained first aider on site

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld)
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld)
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Welding Processes Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) and Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld), for any electrical connection

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (14 A4 landscape pages). Type your business, client and job details once and they fill in on every page, with a space for your logo
• 10 job steps for this work, each with its hazards, controls, initial and residual risk scores and the person responsible
• PPE listed for this job: safety boots; safety glasses; cut-resistant gloves; hearing protection when cutting or threading
• Emergency arrangements for: gas leak and fire
• Plus the parts every Work Safety QLD SWMS shares, from the s 291 checklist to the worker sign-on sheet (see the layout in our free SWMS template)

Adjust it for your site, plant and crew, and talk it through with your workers before work starts. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading this SWMS.

Checked against the Queensland laws and codes of practice listed above. Last reviewed November 2026.