Plumbing SWMS Pack

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

Manual handling across plumbing works - lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and holding loads such as pipe, fittings, hot water units, pumps, valves, sheet lead and tools.

Loading, unloading and handling of plumbing materials and plant from trucks, trailers and utes - pipe, fittings, hot water units, pumps, valves and equipment using plant and manual methods.

Operating trucks, utes and trailers for plumbing deliveries - journey and fatigue management, reversing, loading and unloading materials and plant, load restraint and on-site delivery to crews.

Excavation of trenches for plumbing services and drainage, including service location, potholing near assets, ground support, entry, backfill and reinstatement.

Trenchless pipe installation by guided boring and pipe jacking between shafts, including shaft work, jacking operations, lubrication and breakthrough.

Installation of below-ground sewer and stormwater drainage, including trenching, pipe laying, jointing, pit and chamber work, testing and backfill.

Plumbing rough-in and fit-off during construction - in-wall and in-slab pipework, drilling and chasing, hot works, fixtures and commissioning.

Installation of mechanical services and suspended hydraulic pipework - supports, heavy pipe spools at height, welding and brazing, crane and elevating work platform (EWP) lifts and pressure testing.

Installation and replacement of pumps and valves on water and wastewater systems across pits, plantrooms and pipework, including isolation, lifting and commissioning.

Installation, servicing and commissioning of gas appliances, meters and consumer piping by a licensed gasfitter.

Jointing of polyethylene pipe by butt fusion and electrofusion - facing, heating, joining and cooling.

CCTV inspection, high-pressure water jetting, cured-in-place re-lining and disinfecting of drains and pipelines from surface access pits.

Cutting chases in concrete and masonry for services using wall chasers, saws and breakers.

Entry into and work within confined spaces such as tanks, pits, chambers and sewers under a documented entry permit.

Plumbing work within vertical building risers and service shafts spanning multiple levels.

Operation of elevated work platforms (boom lifts, cherry pickers and scissor lifts) for plumbing work at height, including set-up, elevated work, stowing and emergency retrieval.

Installation, operation and removal of temporary water, sewer and gas services for construction sites and events, including connection to live mains.

Installation and servicing of on-site wastewater treatment and reclamation units, including tanks, pumps, blowers, disinfection and control systems.

Storing, decanting, mixing, applying, transporting and disposing of hazardous substances used in plumbing - solvent cements and primers, fluxes, disinfectants, fuel gases - and responding to spills and exposure.

Reactive plumbing call-outs at varied and unfamiliar premises - diagnosis and repair of leaks, blockages, hot water and gas faults, often lone and after-hours.

Plumbing work in occupied homes - maintenance, renovations and installations around occupants, children, pets and the elderly.

Structural relining of sewer and stormwater pipes with cured-in-place (CIPP) liners - resin preparation, liner inversion or winching, and hot water, steam or UV curing.