Earthmoving and Mobile Plant SWMS Pack

Establishing the work site before construction - access, amenities and laydown, perimeter fencing and hoarding, traffic and pedestrian management, locating services, temporary power and water, and setting out the works.

Manual handling across earthmoving and civil works - lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, digging, shovelling and holding loads such as pipes, pit components, formwork, mesh, pavers, bagged product and tools.

Locating and marking underground services with electromagnetic and ground-penetrating-radar methods before excavation, while the locator works safely among traffic and site hazards.

Bulk earthworks excavation: cut and fill, spoil management and plant operation.

Operating general earthmoving equipment: excavators, loaders and dozers, with ground assessment and exclusion zones.

Work by trades and labourers in areas where mobile plant (excavators, loaders, rollers, trucks, telehandlers) is operating.

Operation of stand-on/walk-behind mini loaders (Dingo/Kanga type) and attachments for landscaping and light civil works.

Operation of a chain trencher (walk-behind or ride-on) to cut trenches for services and drainage, including set-up, trenching and shutdown.

Operation of smooth drum, padfoot and multi-tyre rollers for soil and pavement compaction, including travel, compaction passes and parking.

Operation of a remote-controlled articulated trench roller for compaction in trenches and confined areas.

Operation of pedestrian plate compactors, upright (trench) rammers and remote/ride-on compaction equipment for soil and pavement compaction.

Operating scrapers, dozers and graders: earthworks, grading and ground assessment.

Operating mobile screening plant: feeding, screening and stockpiling materials.

Operation of road-rail (hi-rail) excavators within and adjacent to rail corridors, including on/off tracking and working under rail safeworking protections.

Operation of counterbalance forklifts and order-pickers for loading, unloading and moving materials on site and in yards.

Operation of side-lifter container trailers and articulated trucks for container and bulk haulage, including lifting containers on and off the trailer.

Operation of tipper and dog trailer combinations for haulage and tipping of bulk materials, including loading, highway travel, site tipping and trailer coupling.

Changing heavy-vehicle tyres: wheel removal, inflation and refitting.

Servicing and maintaining heavy vehicles: inspection, repair and isolation.

Storing, decanting, mixing, handling, transporting and disposing of hazardous substances used on plant and in earthworks, including diesel and fuels, oils and hydraulic fluid, coolants, battery acid and degreasers, and responding to spills and exposure.

Isolating and de-energising plant, machinery and equipment before maintenance, cleaning, clearing or repair, and controlling stored energy so it cannot start or move unexpectedly.

Operating a telehandler to lift, place and move loads: pre-start checks, load charts, ground conditions, exclusion zones, attachments and travelling with loads.

Operating a water cart for dust suppression and compaction on civil and earthworks sites: filling, spraying, ground conditions, visibility and working around plant and people.

Field density and compaction testing of soil and pavement: nuclear densometer and sand-replacement methods, source handling, exclusion zones and working near live plant.

Recovering bogged or stuck vehicles and plant: assessing the situation, rated recovery gear, exclusion zones and snatch/winch techniques.