Cooktop, Oven and Rangehood Installation SWMS

Suits kitchen installers, builders, cabinet makers and appliance installers fitting built-in cooktops, ovens and rangehoods. It covers planning, isolation by licensed workers, handling heavy appliances, cutting benchtops, fitting and fixing, handover to the licensed gas fitter and electrical worker, testing and clean-up.

Installing a kitchen appliance is construction work but it is not high risk construction work by itself (WHS Regulation ss 289, 291 and 299), so no box is pre-ticked. Tick the items the job involves, such as the contaminated atmosphere box where cutting natural stone or porcelain creates silica dust, a fall of more than 2 metres, energised electrical installations or asbestos disturbance. Gas fitting and hard-wired electrical connection must be done by licensed workers and are not covered.

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What Is Covered In Our Cooktop, Oven and Rangehood 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:

• Heavy appliance handling and crush injuries
• Electric shock from live wiring
• Gas leaks and fire
• Silica dust from cutting natural stone
• Dust and noise from cutting laminate and timber
• Kickback from jigsaws and routers
• Falls from ladders and step platforms
• Asbestos in older homes
• Hot surfaces and heat damage
• Sharp edges on appliances and cut-outs
• Unlicensed gas and electrical connections

High Risk Construction Work

No high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are pre-ticked, because this work is not high risk construction work by itself. Tick the items that apply to your job, such as a fall risk of more than 2 metres or work where powered mobile plant is moving.

Licences, Training and Competency

• General construction induction training card (white card) for construction work: fitting out a kitchen is construction work (WHS Regulation s 289)
• Trade competency in cutting benchtops and installing built-in appliances
• Licensed gas fitter for all gas work, including connecting and testing a gas cooktop (Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 s 726)
• Licensed electrical worker for hard-wired connections, testing and re-energising (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55); plugging an appliance into a socket outlet by a flexible cord and plug is not electrical work (s 18(2)(a))
• Person able to carry out and record the written silica processing assessment before cutting natural stone or porcelain (WHS Regulation s 529CA)
• Crystalline silica training where the assessment finds the processing high risk (WHS Regulation s 529CD)
• Asbestos awareness training for work in older homes (WHS Regulation s 445 requires training for workers who may be involved in asbestos removal or asbestos-related work)
• Training in the label and SDS for each sealant and solvent used
• First aid equipment and facilities, and trained first aiders as the work and site need (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): chapter 8A, crystalline silica (ss 529A to 529CD), including the engineered stone prohibition in s 529D
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022 (guidance only: its scope does not include the engineered and natural stone benchtop industry)
• 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 Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities 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
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): ss 726, 731AA and 734 (gas work licence, gas device approval, gas system installation)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 14, 18 and 55 (electrical equipment, electrical work and licence)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): s 140 (electrical equipment on construction sites)

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.