Fire Door Installation SWMS

Suits carpenters, door installers and builders hanging and fitting fire-rated door sets in homes, units and commercial buildings. It follows the work from checking the door set and the opening, through frame fixing, hanging, hardware, seals and testing, to handover records. It does not cover general door fix-out.

Fire door installation is not high risk construction work by itself. Under the WHS Regulation s 299 a SWMS is required before high risk construction work starts, for example when there is a risk of falling more than 2 m or asbestos may be disturbed; tick those items if they apply. Otherwise the document works as a written safe work procedure and task risk assessment.

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What Is Covered In Our Fire Door Installation SWMS?

After the standard pre-start checks, the job steps run from “Plan the job: door set, opening and compliance paperwork” to “Clean up, remove waste and hand over”. The hazards and controls include:

• Crush injuries from heavy door leaves
• Door leaf falling while being hung
• Wrong or substituted parts reducing the fire rating
• Fire door not closing or latching
• Dust from cutting fire-rated cores
• Silica dust from drilling masonry
• Striking concealed services when fixing
• Spring tension in door closers
• Cuts from glass and hardware
• Electric shock when connecting hold-open devices
• Suspected asbestos in old doors and frames
• Fingers trapped between leaf and frame

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) for construction work
• Site induction
• Experienced carpenter or installer trained in the fire door set being fitted and its manufacturer’s installation instructions
• Verification of competency in the power tools used
• Licensed electrical worker for connection of hold-open devices, magnetic locks and access control (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55)
• Glazier or trained workers for fire-rated glazing
• Asbestos awareness so workers recognise suspect material in existing doors and frames, stop and report; training under WHS Regulation s 445 for workers who may be involved in asbestos-related work
• Crystalline silica training (a VET accredited course or training approved by the regulator) where high risk silica processing is carried out (WHS Regulation s 529CD)

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks 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 respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• 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
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): electrical work by a licensed electrical worker (s 55)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): electrical equipment on construction sites (s 140)
• AS/NZS 1716:2012 (Respiratory protective devices) and AS/NZS 1715:2009 (Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment), as named in WHS Regulation s 529B

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 when handling glass, hardware and edges; hearing protection when using power tools for long periods
• Emergency arrangements for: crush injury and suspected asbestos found
• 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.