Information

  • Company Name:

  • Site conducted

  • Conducted on

  • Person Conducting Audit

  • Site Construction Manager

  • Address
  • State

  • comment

  • Photo of site

Site Information & Procedures

  • Is the correct signage visibly displayed and details completed (eg. Keep Out sign, Contractor requirements and Builders Site sign with lot number)?

  • Are external footpaths & entry access ways clean & free of hazards

  • Fences & Entry gates in good condition & secured

  • The following signs & facilities are easily identifiable

  • comments

  • The following documentation is easily accessible

  • Comments

  • emergency response alarm/horn is easily accessible and functioning

  • comments

  • First Aid room/area clean, stocked, accessible

  • Comments

  • Photos

  • Potable water easily accessible

  • comments

  • Lunch Rooms

  • Comments

  • Comments

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Environment & Sustainability

  • Is mud control ie. crushed rock/recycled mix/mulch, required on site, has an adequate amount been ordered or does it require a top up

  • Are the building spoils separated and into allocated piles. eg: timber, plaster, brick and blow away material in cage/bin

  • Is the site bin/cage/skip provided, accessible and not over flowing

  • Is their adequate silt control on site eg: wash up pit, silt barrier, silt socks/sausages, brick barrier for sand

  • Noise is adequately managed on site to minimise impact to neighbours and ensure site comms eg: radios, start times, generators, plant equipment

  • Spill kit available and stocked

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Site Conditions/Housekeeping

  • Crossover protection appropriately installed and maintained (if required)

  • Are the driveways, footpaths and nature strips clear of materials

  • Perimeter fencing appropriately installed and maintained (no missing panels/gates closed)

  • Slab back fill completed after slab construction (Level ground and stable)

  • Clear access to front door, toilet, power board & bin/cage

  • Is the site Trade ready (has the last trade completed all housekeeping so the next trade can complete their task internal & external

  • Is the toilet clean accessible and in correct operating condition with toilet paper

  • Comments

  • Photos

Working at Height (High Risk)

    Working @ Height
  • Area where fall hazard is being audited

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • What type of fall protection is in place

  • Describe fall hazard

  • How is it managed

  • Will the work @ height endanger anyone working below

  • Comments

  • Photos

Trestles

  • External/internal, are they fully planked, less than 2m in height, have solid stable footings, safe access/egress and a clear fall zone, correct locking pins?

  • Are materials, equipment and personnel on trestles within their rated capacity? 225kg per bay

  • Photo - access/egress from trestles, work zone around trestles, not overloaded.

  • Comments

  • Photos

Ladders - (3 step ladders not allowed on site)

  • Access ladders in good condition, no damaged rungs, lean angle is not greater than 1:4 vertical ratio?

  • Access Ladders secure/tied off/when accessing heights ladders extend 900mm past step off point?

  • All types of ladders must be minimum industrial grade rated at a minimum 120kgs?

  • Step/platform ladder fully open, both stays in good condition and on stable ground

  • Are trades working off step ladders safely eg. not standing on top step and not over reaching to complete task (platform ladders recommended)

  • Comments

  • Photos

Void Protection (High Risk)

  • Void platform in place with compliance certificate (note the void protection is to be installed prior to installation of 1st floor walls and flooring)

  • Comments

  • Photos

  • Is the void trap door cover down whilst works occurring on 1st floor

  • Does the void protection provide safe access to upper level (configured correctly - minimise low clearance hazard

  • Comments

  • Photo

3 Plank Hang on Scaffolding (High Risk)

  • Is the scaffold certificate in place and signed off (eg. scaff tag)?

  • Does the hanging bracket scaffold have safe access/egress, to work zones

  • eg both the work platform and roof area? (internal hop up at window/external hop up to platform/hop up to access roof

  • Are the mid rails, top rails and lap boards of the scaffold in place?

  • Does it feel secure and stable?

  • Are scaffold decks clear of debris?

  • Are all window voids protected after install

  • minimum 2 rails in height 450mm apart, structural timber must be used min MGP10 (merch is not to be used for temp rail)

  • Comments

  • Photos

Scaffolding (High Risk)

  • Scaff tag in date and signed off

  • Date last inspected

  • Clear access at ground floor to inside dwelling

  • Scaffold upright not leaning away from building structure

  • Top rail, mid rail and toe board fitted to all decks above 2m (2nd deck and higher)

  • Lap boards secured

  • Stair access to each level of the scaffold

  • No scaffold decks missing

  • No voids or fall zones in scaffold greater than 225mm between inner face of scaffold and external structure of building

  • Scaffold feels secure no excessive movement

  • Comments

  • Photo

Items of Plant & Trenches (High Risk Work)

  • Does the work require an operator with a licence/certificate of competency (Excavators, skid steer, forklift, crane, boom pumps, spotters, riggers...)<br>

  • Is there a pre-start checklist & SWMS completed for the item of mobile plant

  • Exclusion zones with spotter in place for all lifting tasks

  • Comments

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Trades

  • A random check of trades on site - site induction completed (Check site induction log or Supervisor to scan Epass)

  • Are trades wearing appropriate PPE for tasks

  • Is machine guarding operational on required equipment

  • Comments

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  • Are electrical leads Tested and Tagged, & within date

  • Comments

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  • All mitre & drop saws have an extraction system in place

  • Nail guns are in single shot mode (unless flooring)

  • Outdoor trades working sun smart

  • Comments

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Sign Off

  • Action Items Required:

  • Site Manager or Builder Representative

  • Auditor

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