Concrete Kibble Pour SWMS

Suits concreters, formworkers and crane crews who place concrete with a kibble where a pump or skip is not used. It follows the pour in order: the lift plan, the crane set-up and power line clearance, kibble checks, filling from the truck, slewing, receiving the load, gate discharge, placing and washing out. Concrete pumping, slab pours placed by pump or skip, and agitator truck delivery need their own SWMS.

Placing concrete is construction work, and the movement of powered mobile plant (the crane and the agitator truck) is high risk construction work under WHS Regulation s 291(o), so that item is ticked. Also tick the falls item where a person could fall more than 2 metres at the pour edge, and the energised electrical installations or services item where the crane works near live lines.

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What Is Covered In Our Concrete Kibble Pour SWMS?

After the standard pre-start checks, the job steps run from “Plan the lift and the pour” to “Return, clean and secure the kibble and pack up”. The hazards and controls include:

• Dropped kibble and lifting gear failure
• Dogging and signalling the crane operator
• Persons under or near the suspended kibble
• Crane contact with overhead power lines
• Kibble striking formwork and workers
• Crushing at the gate and between kibble and formwork
• Boom whip and kibble bounce at discharge
• Falls at the pour edge
• Alkaline burns from wet concrete
• Overloading the crane or kibble
• Crane set-up on soft ground
• Washout and cleaning the kibble

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, and the site induction
• Crane operator holding the high risk work licence for the class of crane lifting the kibble (Schedule 3: tower crane, self-erecting tower crane, non-slewing mobile crane over 3 t, or the slewing mobile crane class for the crane’s capacity); the crane’s operation, set-up and lift plan follow the crane’s own SWMS
• Dogging licence for the person who attaches the kibble to the crane hook, selects and inspects the lifting gear, and directs the crane operator when the kibble is out of the operator’s view (WHS Regulation s 81, Schedule 3 item 4 and Schedule 19 dogging work)
• Concrete gang trained and competent in receiving a pour from a kibble, working the gate and using vibrators
• Person in control of the pour holds the written formwork and falsework sign-off before concrete is placed
• Agitator truck driver and the placing crew briefed on the exclusion zone and the signals before the first load
• First aid equipment and facilities, and the person appointed as the job’s first aider (WHS Regulation s 42)

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) s 81 and Schedule 3: licences to carry out high risk work, including dogging and crane classes
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) Schedule 19: definition of dogging work
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) ss 214, 215 and 219: powered mobile plant, collisions with pedestrians, and plant that lifts or suspends loads
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) ss 351 and 344: hazardous chemical risks and safety data sheets
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 60: hazardous manual tasks
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) ss 306A to 306Q: falls in construction work, where a person can fall from an edge
• Mobile Crane Code of Practice 2024
• Tower Crane Code of Practice 2017
• Formwork Code of Practice 2016 (inspection of formwork before the pour)
• Concrete Pumping Code of Practice 2019 (neighbouring method of placing concrete)
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead power line exclusion zones in sections 10 to 13 and schedule 2
• Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines

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
• 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 (waterproof, rubber or leather as the SDS and the site allow); hard hat with chin strap where the pour is under or beside a lifted load
• Emergency arrangements for: dropped kibble or collapse of the load, power line contact (general guidance) and wet concrete in the eye or on the skin
• 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.