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A complete safety system for principal contractors

Overview

When you are the principal contractor on a construction project, the safety obligations do not stop at your own workers. They extend to every subcontractor, every visitor, and every person who sets foot on your site. You are legally responsible for managing safety across the entire project — and that responsibility must be documented before work starts.

At Local Safety Solutions we build complete safety packs for principal contractors. We understand what is required, what principal contractors are expected to have in place before a slab is poured, and what a WorkSafe inspector or certifier will ask to see when they arrive. Every document in the pack is tailored to your project, your site, and your scope of work.

Most small residential and commercial builders either have nothing in place or have documents they downloaded years ago that would not survive scrutiny. A WorkSafe improvement notice, a project shutdown, or a rejected certification application is not the moment to find out your documentation was not good enough. The Builder Safety Pack makes sure that never happens.

The Builder Safety Pack is built around your WHS Management Plan — the master document that contains or references everything your site needs to operate compliantly. It covers site rules, emergency response, consultation arrangements, incident management, subcontractor management, silica dust controls, psychosocial hazard management, plant and equipment, hazardous chemicals, and document control all in one comprehensive project-specific document. Around that master document we build all the forms, checklists, registers, and supporting policies your site needs from day one.

This pack is for principal contractors only. If you are a subcontractor engaged by a builder, this is not your pack. If you are the builder — the one who controls the site, engages the trades, and holds the contract with the client — this is exactly what you need.

What is included

Everything in your Builder Safety Pack

Every Builder Safety Pack is built specifically for your project, your site, and your scope of work. It is not a recycled system from another builder. It is a professionally structured, legally compliant safety system delivered ready to use from the day work starts.

Every pack includes the following.

WHS Management Plan — project specific, covering site rules, emergency response, consultation arrangements, incident management, subcontractor management, silica dust controls, psychosocial hazard management, plant and equipment, hazardous chemicals, and document control

WHS Policy signed and dated by the director

Psychosocial Risk Assessment tailored to the project and workforce

Risk Register identifying all project risks with likelihood, consequence, controls, and residual risk ratings

Site Induction Pack including induction checklist, worker sign-off form, visitor form, contractor form, and induction register

Silica Dust Management Plan embedded in the WHS Management Plan and available as a standalone site document

Incident Report Form, Near Miss Report Form, and Hazard Report Form

Take 5 Pre-Task Checklist for daily worker use

Plant Pre-Start Inspection Checklist

Toolbox Talk Record Form

Visitor Sign-in and Induction Form

SWMS Worker Sign-off Sheet

Emergency Drill Record Form

Workplace Inspection Checklist

Corrective Action Form

Incident and Injury Register

Training and Competency Register

Plant and Equipment Register

Subcontractor and Contractor Register

Hazardous Chemical Register with Safety Data Sheets

Signage Checklist covering all mandatory construction site signs

All documents branded with your company name and logo

Who needs this

For builders and principal contractors

This pack is for builders and principal contractors managing construction projects across Australia. If you control the site, engage the subcontractors, and hold the head contract with the client — you are the principal contractor and these obligations sit with you.

If you are building residential homes, undertaking commercial fitouts, managing knockdown rebuilds, or delivering any construction project with a value over $250,000 then a WHS Management Plan is legally required before work starts. If you are tendering for government work, council contracts, or commercial projects then a complete safety system is required before you will even be considered.

If you have been operating without a WHS Management Plan, if your existing documents were built for a different project and have never been updated, or if you are starting your first project as a principal contractor and need everything sorted before the slab goes down — Local Safety Solutions can help.

Our guarantee

Free 12-month revisions

We revise it at no extra charge

If your certifier, principal contractor, or client requests amendments to any document in your Builder Safety Pack, we revise it at no extra charge for 12 months from the date of delivery. You paid for a compliant system and we make sure it stays that way.

Turnaround

5 to 7 business days

Standard delivery is 5 to 7 business days from receipt of your completed intake form and project details. Express delivery is available for urgent project starts. Contact us as early as possible to confirm availability and turnaround time for your specific start date.

Relevant legislation

The law behind this service

  • Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011, Section 309 (WHS Management Plan for construction projects over $250,000)

As adopted across all Australian states and territories. The principal contractor must ensure the WHS Management Plan is prepared before work commences and is kept up to date for the duration of the project. Failure to have a compliant WHS Management Plan in place is a breach of the WHS Regulation and can result in an improvement notice, a project shutdown, or a financial penalty.

Requirements vary between states and territories. See the laws in your state.

General information only, not legal advice.

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