TV Antenna and Satellite Dish Installation SWMS

Suits antenna and satellite installers working on houses, units and small commercial buildings. It follows the job in order, from roof inspection and power line checks through ladder set-up, roof access, mounting, raising the mast, cabling and handover. It covers fragile roofs, asbestos cement roofing and wind and lightning limits. Tower-mounted telecommunications antennas need a separate SWMS.

Installing an antenna or dish on a structure is construction work (WHS Regulation s 289(1) and (2)(a)), and roof and mast work carries a risk of a fall of more than 2 metres (s 291(a)), so the falls item is ticked for you. Also tick the item for work on or near energised electrical installations or services if an overhead line or the house service line is close enough to the mast, dish or person to be contacted, and the asbestos item if cement sheet roofing or eaves could be disturbed.

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What Is Covered In Our TV Antenna and Satellite Dish Installation SWMS?

The job steps run in the order the work is done, from pre-start checks to finishing up. The hazards and controls include:

• Falls from ladders and roof edges
• Falls through fragile roofing and skylights
• Contact with overhead power lines and house service lines
• Mast or dish dropped or blown over in wind
• Asbestos cement roofing, eaves and soffits
• Slips on wet, mossy, steep or hot roofs
• Dropped tools and fixings striking people below
• Drilling into roof framing and hidden services
• Hazardous manual tasks carrying masts and dishes
• Heat, sun exposure and fatigue on roofs
• Electric shock from mains-powered amplifiers and receivers

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:

• Involves a risk of a person falling more than 2m

Licences, Training and Competency

• General construction induction training card (white card) for construction work, and site induction
• Training in ladder use, roof access, fall prevention and fall rescue for each worker who works on a roof
• Training in the fall protection equipment used, such as a travel restraint system (WHS Regulation s 306G)
• Training in working near overhead power lines and in the electricity entity’s requirements
• Electrical work licence for any mains wiring or hard-wired mains connection (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55); mains work is outside this SWMS
• Cabling registration or licence for communications cabling where the law requires it (confirm any cabling registration requirement before the job)
• Workers the PCBU reasonably believes may be involved in asbestos removal work or asbestos-related work are trained in the identification and safe handling of asbestos and ACM (WHS Regulation s 445); everyone else stops and reports anything that may be asbestos
• Operator licence or verification of competency for any elevating work platform; a high risk work licence for a boom-type EWP with a boom length of 11 m or more (WHS Regulation Sch 3 item 21)

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 306A to 306Q (falls, ladders, travel restraint and platforms in construction work)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 315B to 315M (falling objects)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 419, 422, 445, 450 and 451 (asbestos)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 14, 18 and 55 (meaning of electrical equipment, electrical work and licence requirement)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 10 to 13 and sch 2 (overhead power line exclusion zones and unsafe distances)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 14 and 15 (underground electric lines, where wall fixings or cable runs involve digging)
• Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks 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
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (14 pages), laid out on A4 landscape pages
• Business, client, job and document details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• The high risk construction work checklist, worded as WHS Regulation s 291, and the construction project question (s 292)
• A worker and health and safety representative consultation record
• Qualifications, plant, PPE, hazardous chemicals, safety equipment, permits, references and emergency arrangements filled in for this work
• A 5 x 5 risk matrix, and job steps with initial and residual risk scores and the people responsible
• Implementing, monitoring and review requirements, an additional controls log, revision history and a worker sign-on sheet

Review and adjust it for your site, your plant and the way your crew does the job, and talk it through with your workers before work starts. If you have any trouble downloading this SWMS, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading this SWMS.