Unravelling Safe Work Method Statements

As a safety professional with 20 years of experience and a specialist health and safety lawyer, there is no doubt in my mind that the preparation and use of SWMS is one of the most poorly understood areas of safety law and safety management.

This lack of understanding has contributed to SWMS being prepared for everything from high-risk construction work such as work near mobile plant on a construction site to pushing a broom. Very few people can clearly articulate when you need a SWMS, what is their purpose, and who should prepare, implement and supervise them.

The term SWMS is so loosely used that it has almost lost all meaning. They are long, complex, and almost unusable by those who need them and certainly do little to improve safety and the law doesn’t help. The confusing way it is drafted does little to help those on the ground trying to make this work.

Come along to this webinar to breathe a sigh of relief and sort out your SWMS.