HazardCo is a digital health and safety system that will cut the time you spend on WHS without cutting corners. HazardCo helps to simplify the way you cover off your Worksafe paperwork requirements onsite quickly and easily on a phone app where everything is kept up to date with current legislation giving you confidence & peace of mind.

All businesses in Australia need a health and safety system to help them meet their legal obligations as a business owner and comply with WHS/OHS laws, such as providing a safe and healthy workplace that is free of risk and harm.

In Australia, pool builders must follow health and safety laws to protect workers. Key requirements include:

• Provide and maintain a safe work environment
• Provide and maintain safe plant and structures
• Provide and maintain safe systems of work
• Safe use, handling and storage of plant, structures, and substances
• Provide accessible and adequate facilities
• Monitor workers health and conditions at the workplace
• Provide adequate training, information and instruction to ensure that each worker is safe from injury and risks to health
• Provide first aid equipment and facilities and prepare, maintain, and implement emergency plans

Each state has specific rules, and some trades have extra safety requirements. The simple rule of thumb is each business must do what they can, within reason, to keep everyone safe (own team, other workers or anyone that steps on-site).

The more influence and control you have over the risk, the more you are responsible.

A SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) is a document that sets out the high risk construction (which pool building falls under) work activities to be carried out at a workplace, the hazards arising from these activities and the measures to be put in place to control the risks. SWMS are designed to help you and your team to manage high-risk construction work and must be prepared before this work starts and in consultation with your workers. SWMS are a legal requirement for all high risk construction work including but not limited to working at height, on or near mobile plant, with electricity or gas, disturbing asbestos, with artificial extremes of temperature, near water, on or near roads, in or near confined space and more.

More Information:

• HazardCo Help Centre articles on SWMS
• Safe Work Australia has an Information Sheet on SWMS.

When you sign up for a HazardCo membership you will automatically be given access to a set of SWMS templates that our team of health and safety expert advisors have created specifically for pool building works.

The templates contain standard work task steps for a large number of High Risk Construction Work activities, including but not limited to working at trenching, heights and mobile plant.

You can learn more about HazardCo SWMS Templates here

All HazardCo members have access to the Advisory Team who can provide advice and support over the phone during business hours and 24/7 support for emergency incidents. Members also have access to a library of articles and educational resources.

You can also access heaps of helpful health and safety content through the HazardCo blog here.

We’ve partnered up with Reece to simplify health and safety for plumbers and tradies. Recognising the diversity of jobs within the trade industry, Reece account customers can access three different HazardCo products which cater to the specific needs of different trade businesses, from small trade enterprises to medium-sized builders.

HazardCo forms part of the Reece Business Services offering. The team are well versed in the HazardCo platform and are able to engage with Reece customers to help them get started on their HazardCo journey.

Reece customers can also pay for HazardCo subscriptions conveniently through their Reece Trade Account. Once a Reece customer has an active membership, the HazardCo team will onboard them and ensure they get the most out of the platform and services.

You’ll know you’ve got all the tools you need in your back pocket, when and where you need them.

SWMS SORTED – Creating and storing SWMS while you’re on the go has never been easier.

SWMS TEMPLATES – Get 25 easy-to-edit SWMS templates including roof work, plumbing and electrical.

WHS ADVICE AND INCIDENT SUPPORT – Give us a call with your WHS questions and we’ll help you out.

PAPERLESS WHS – From SWMS to incident reports and site reviews, you’ll have all the guided tools you need.

UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST LEGISLATION – The App is up to date with all the latest legislation, so you’ll know you are on top of everything.