Security Door and Screen Installation SWMS

Suits security door and screen installers and building trades who fit steel and aluminium security doors, screen doors and window screens to houses and small commercial buildings. It follows the work from planning and service checks, through carrying, drilling, fixing, hanging and welding, to ladders, hardware, finishing and clean-up. Door fix-out and fire door installation are covered by separate SWMS.

Installing security doors and screens is construction work, and a SWMS is legally required when it is high risk construction work, such as work with a risk of a person falling more than 2 metres or work that is likely to disturb asbestos (WHS Regulation sections 291 and 299); otherwise this works as a written safe work procedure and task risk assessment. You can also tick the contaminated or flammable atmosphere item (WHS Regulation s 291(l)) if dust or fumes from drilling or grinding make the area a contaminated atmosphere.

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What Is Covered In Our Security Door and Screen Installation SWMS?

After the standard pre-start checks, the job steps run from “Plan the installation and set up the work area” to “Clean up and hand over”. The hazards and controls include:

• Crush injuries from heavy frames and doors
• Manual handling of doors and screens
• Silica dust from drilling masonry
• Hidden services behind walls
• Noise and hand-arm vibration
• Welding burns, fumes and arc eye
• Grinder kickback and disc failure
• Fire from sparks
• Falls from ladders and platforms
• Cuts from mesh, frames and glass
• Electric shock from lock wiring
• Chemical contact with sealants and adhesives

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 each worker: installing doors and screens is construction work
• No high risk work licence applies to hand tools, drills or grinders; a licence applies only where a Schedule 3 class is used, such as a boom-type elevating work platform with a boom length of 11 metres or more
• Trade qualification or supervised experience in door and screen installation
• Training in the drilling, grinding and welding equipment used, including hot work and fire watch
• Welder with relevant training where on-site welding is needed
• Licensed electrician for any wiring or connection to electric locks, intercoms or alarms
• First aid trained person on site or access to one
• Respiratory protective equipment training and fit-testing where respirators are used

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 substances)
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Welding Processes Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant 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
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (13 A4 landscape pages). Type your business, client and job details once and they fill in on every page, with a space for your logo
• 10 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 glasses or goggles; welding helmet with the correct shade for welding; hearing protection when drilling or grinding (last control)
• Emergency arrangements for: crush injury under a frame, burns from welding or grinding and fire from sparks
• 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.