1. The objective of Health and Safety legislation

The objective of the Health and Safety Legislation is to promote the prevention of harm to all people at work and others in  or in the vicinity of places of work

2. The role of WorkSafe New Zealand

three key roles:

regulatory confidence

Harm prevention

System leadership

A Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) is a highly effective communication tool. It forms a critical part of the agreement between parties and outlines how health and safety will be managed on a job. A SSSP is developed by subcontractors and main contractors to make sure that all relevant site information is available and regularly updated and that health and safety is habitually and consistently monitored.

Benefits

An SSSP improves communication and makes work more efficient on-site and makes it easier to plan safety into the job.

Many major main contractors in New Zealand require an SSSP as a ‘must have’ for all sub-contractors to submit at the tendering process or at the least completed prior to work onsite. Being up to speed and having one prepared makes life easier for everyone.

The SSSP also acts as a step by step guide to ensure you meet all parts of your obligations under the new Legislation to record the following:

1. identifying and managing hazards

2. reporting accidents and incidents

3. training or supervising employees

4. preparing for emergencies – first aid and rescue plans

5. providing opportunities for employees to be involved in safety procedures

What’s involved?

There are a number of ‘must do’s when it comes to a sub-contractor and the main contractor filling out an SSSP:

1. Where an agreement is required, both parties need to read the agreement to ensure it forms an accurate plan for the scope of work to be undertaken.

2. The agreement needs to be fully completed before any work starts on the site.

3. All questions need to be answered.

4. Both parties need to sign off the agreement for it to be valid.

The identification of and requirements regarding the performance of hazardous work

The identification of, and requirements regarding notifiable events hen the inspector believes a workplace activity will cause a notifiable event and work must cease immediately until the inspector is satisfied that the risk has been remedied.