Louvre Roof Installation SWMS

For patio builders, outdoor living installers and carpenters who fit louvre roof systems on patios and pergolas. It follows the job from site checks and footings through frame erection, blade fitting, motor and sensor installation and handover, and points to a separate SWMS for aluminium patios and insulated roofs.

Ticked for you: a risk of a person falling more than 2 m (reg 291(a)), because frame and blade work is above 2 m on most jobs. Also tick, where they apply to your job: work near energised electrical installations or services (reg 291(k)), asbestos disturbance if you drill or cut an existing building (reg 291(d)), and a trench or shaft deeper than 1.5 m if you dig deep footings (reg 291(g)(i)). Tick the silica item if you core or drill masonry as a regular part of the job.

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What Is Covered In Our Louvre Roof 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 the frame and roof edge
• Heavy beams dropped or overbalanced
• Frame collapse before bracing
• Contact with overhead power lines
• Striking hidden services
• Silica dust from drilling masonry
• Cuts from aluminium blade edges
• Hands pinched in blade linkages
• Electric shock from motor wiring
• Noise from cutting and drilling
• Wind loads on blades and frames
• Manual handling of long beams

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
• Installers trained in the louvre system, its fixings and its motor and control kit (manufacturer’s installer training where available)
• Licensed electrical worker for all electrical work: supply, motor wiring, control and sensor connection (Electrical Safety Act 2002 s 55)
• High risk work licence in a scaffolding class (Schedule 3) for anyone erecting scaffolding covered by Schedule 3
• High risk work licence for a boom-type elevating work platform where the boom length is 11 m or more (Schedule 3 item 21); no licence is needed for scissor lifts or other EWPs under that length
• Training in the fall protection used (platform, scaffold, EWP, restraint) and in the rescue plan
• Crystalline silica training where the silica processing (drilling or coring masonry) is high risk work (WHS Regulation s 529CD)
• Asbestos training for workers who may be involved in asbestos-related work (WHS Regulation s 445)
• Trained first aider on site

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
• Scaffolding Code of Practice 2021 (where scaffold is used for access)
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace 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
• 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 Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead power line exclusion zones in schedule 2
• Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines (distances come from the 2026 Regulation)
• WorkSafe Queensland guidance: Managing fall risks on roofs in housing construction (guidance for housing roofs, not a code)

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.