Compliant + user-centred safe work systems
Australian businesses are required by law to provide a safe + healthy workplace, including
- safe systems of work
- safe machinery and infrastructure
- safe people who are informed, following guidelines, and adhering to policies
Compliance with the WHS law may take the form of a Health and Safety Management System (HSMS), which can be software-driven or wholly paper-based. While a HSMS is not specifically mandated by law, a business may still be required to prepare various documents, such as a WHS Management Plan for construction projects.
Tenders and work-under-contract criteria, regularly require submission of health + safety documentation, and tradies must have a site-specific Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) for high-risk construction work..
Safety documentation that is easy to read, understand and act on
What good is your ‘solid’ safety plan if critical information can’t be found quickly and easily?
To be useful, health + safety documents need to be:
- easy to find
- easy to navigate
- easy to understand
- easy to act on correctly
You can buy generic “off the shelf” health + safety systems in attempt to fulfill your basic legal requirements, but they won’t be written for your specific work system or site, nor tailored to the way your people work, as required. This can result in user misunderstanding and errors, and lead to a workplace incident, injury, or illness.
Or you can hire a technical writer, who may produce well-written, workplace-specific, and compliant documentation, but they will write documents that are dense, poorly laid out, and difficult to navigate and understand quickly and effectively.
AMS Consulting’s health + safety documents are tailored to your business and your people, and designed to be easy and quickly read, understood and act on correctly.