Manual Handling of Plasterboard and Sheet Materials Toolbox Talk
Editable Word toolbox talk on manual handling of plasterboard, fibre cement and ply sheets: planning, aids, team lifts, overhead fixing, cutting and dust and old sheeting, with a discussion record and attendance.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
A ready-to-run talk for builders, plasterers, joiners and fit-out crews who carry, lift and fix plasterboard, fibre cement and ply sheets. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes, covers hazardous manual tasks under the WHS Regulation, planning and storage, aids and team lifts, ceilings and overhead fixing, dust and old sheeting, and finishes with a fill-in box for the job, an actions table and an attendance sheet.
What Is Included In Our Manual Handling of Plasterboard and Sheet Materials Toolbox Talk?
- Why sheet handling hurts and what a hazardous manual task is
- What the WHS Regulation requires, including that it sets no weight limit
- Planning deliveries, storage and routes, and wind outdoors
- Sheet trolleys, carry handles, suction pads and panel hoists
- Team lifts: who leads, the call and the plan
- Ceilings and overhead fixing without holding the sheet up
- Cutting, dust controls and fibre cement
- Old sheeting that may contain asbestos: stop and report
- A fill-in box for the sheets, aids, lift leader, dust controls and old sheeting on this job
- Questions to ask the group, hazards and actions tables, and an attendance sheet
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 36, 40, 60, 78 to 80, 81, 306C, 306D, 419, 422, 529B, 529C and schedules 3 and 19
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 26A and 28
- Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021 (Qld) (paraphrased)
- Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022 (Qld) (paraphrased)
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word toolbox meeting (3 pages), A4 portrait
- Key messages and questions for the group
- Site hazards, issues raised, actions and presenter notes
- An attendance sign-on and sign-off
- Business details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.
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How to use it
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Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
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