Grease Trap Installation SWMS

For plumbers, drainers and civil contractors who install grease traps for commercial kitchens and food premises. It follows the work from services location and break-out through excavation, lifting and setting the trap, pit entry, connections and backfill, and points to separate SWMS for trap cleaning and general drainage.

Ticked for you: work in an area where powered mobile plant moves (reg 291(o)), because an excavator works on every install. Also tick, where they apply to your job: a confined space if anyone enters the pit or trap chamber (reg 291(f)), a pit or trench deeper than 1.5 m (reg 291(g)(i)), and work near energised underground services (reg 291(k)).

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What Is Covered In Our Grease Trap 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:

• Pit wall collapse during excavation
• Striking underground services
• Heavy trap dropped during lifting
• Harmful atmosphere in the pit or trap chamber
• Sewage and biological exposure
• Silica dust from breaking out slabs
• Excavator and plant near the pit
• Falls into the open pit
• Solvent cement fumes and fire
• Noise and vibration from breakers
• Backfill and compaction hazards
• Unlicensed plumbing and drainage work

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 in an area at a workplace in which there is any movement of powered mobile plant

Licences, Training and Competency

• General construction induction training card (white card) for construction work
• Plumbing and drainage licence for the plumbing and drainage work (Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018)
• High risk work licence for dogging where loads are slung or a crane operator is directed without a view of the load; and the crane class licence where Schedule 3 requires one
• Training and competency in confined space entry, atmospheric testing and rescue for workers who enter the pit or chamber
• Competency for excavator, compactor and saw operators (no high risk work licence for excavators)
• Respirator fit test and training for workers who wear P2 respirators
• Site induction

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Excavation Work Code of Practice 2021
• Confined Spaces Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks 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
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 (Qld)
• Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Qld)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (13 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.