Roller Door and Garage Door Installation SWMS

Suits garage door installers and builders fitting roller, sectional and tilt doors. It covers the opening check, removing old doors, fitting tracks, hanging panels, springs, openers, safety testing and handover.

Installing a garage door is usually not high risk construction work by itself, so no item is ticked. A SWMS is required by law only for high risk construction work (WHS Regulation s 299), but this template also works as a written safe work method. Tick the items that apply: a risk of a fall of more than 2 metres, energised electrical installations or services, and the disturbance of asbestos.

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What Is Covered In Our Roller Door and Garage Door Installation SWMS?

After the standard pre-start checks, the job steps run from “Plan the job and check the opening and structure” to “Clean up and hand over”. The hazards and controls include:

• Stored spring energy released suddenly
• Door panels falling or crushing
• Heavy panels and strains
• Falls from ladders and platforms
• Silica dust from drilling masonry
• Noise from drilling
• Electric shock when fitting openers
• Opener falling from the ceiling
• Entrapment from a door with faulty safety features
• Hand pinches at hinges and tracks
• Sharp panel edges
• Asbestos in old sheeting

High Risk Construction Work

None of the high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are pre-ticked, because this job is not high risk construction work by itself. Tick any that apply on your site.

Licences, Training and Competency

• General construction induction training card (white card)
• Site induction
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence where the work requires one (check the QBCC requirements for the job)
• Manufacturer or industry training in spring winding and door installation for each worker adjusting springs
• Licensed electrical worker for any fixed wiring or new circuit for an opener (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55); plug-in openers are not electrical work (s 18(2)(a))
• 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)
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (12 A4 landscape pages). Type your business, client and job details once and they fill in on every page, with a space for your logo
• 9 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 drilling
• Emergency arrangements for: spring or door injury and electric shock
• 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.