Sliding and Bi-Fold Door Installation and Maintenance SWMS

Suits door installers, builders and glazing trades fitting or servicing sliding, stacking and bi-fold door systems in homes and commercial buildings. It covers planning, moving heavy panels, preparing the opening, fitting head and sill tracks, hanging and aligning panels, adjustment and repair of worn hardware.

Installing sliding and bi-fold doors, and repairing them beyond a minor repair, is construction work (WHS Regulation s 289), and a SWMS is required by law before high risk construction work starts (s 299). No item is pre-ticked because it depends on the job: tick the fall of more than 2 metres item for upper-floor, balcony and tall openings, the asbestos item where older linings or fixings will be disturbed, and the energised electrical item where wiring beside the opening is live.

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What Is Covered In Our Sliding and Bi-Fold Door Installation and Maintenance SWMS?

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

• Strains and crush injuries moving heavy panels
• Glass breakage and cuts
• Panels falling from the head track
• Falls from ladders and balcony openings
• Trapped fingers in tracks and closing gaps
• Asbestos and lead paint in older frames
• Silica dust from drilling concrete and masonry
• Hidden wiring and pipes in the wall
• Header or lintel unable to carry the door weight
• Hardware failing during servicing
• Sealants, cleaners and sharp waste at handover

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
• QBCC licence of the class that covers the work: the Glass, glazing and aluminium class covers fabricating and installing windows and doors in buildings (QBCC licence class page)
• Site induction
• Workers trained in the door maker’s installation method and in hazardous manual tasks and glass handling
• Trained operator for any glazing trolley, vacuum lifter or lifting aid used
• High risk work licence for the boom-type elevating work platform class (boom length 11 m or more, WHS Regulation Schedule 3 item 21) where such a platform is used; trained operator for any other elevating work platform
• Fit-tested P2 respirator training where dust cannot be controlled at the source

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (14 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; cut-resistant gloves rated for glass and sharp metal edges; safety glasses; long-sleeve shirt and long trousers
• Emergency arrangements for: person struck or trapped by a falling panel, glass breakage with a deep cut and person falls from height
• 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.