Temporary power boards and lead safety on residential sites
Temporary power boards and extension leads are where most residential electrical incidents start, because the supply is moved, patched and shared every day. This article covers what to check before the first tool is plugged in, and what to do when something fails.
11 min read
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Work Health Safety
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Temporary power boards and lead safety on residential sites
Temporary power boards and extension leads are where most residential electrical incidents start, because the supply is moved, patched and shared every day. This article covers what to check before the first tool is plugged in, and what to do when something fails.
11 min read
Scaffold handover and inspection records on house sites
On a house site the scaffold is usually up before anyone thinks about the paperwork. This is about the handover chain between scaffolder and builder, and the records that keep the principal contractor out of trouble.
11 min read
Working alone on a residential site: the tasks that should never be done solo
On small jobs the lone worker is usually the person who owns the job, which is why nobody plans for it. Here is how to decide which tasks need a second person, and how to make a check-in system that actually works.
12 min read
How to write a SWMS that stands up to an inspector
An inspector does not read your SWMS to learn how to build. They read it to test whether the people on site knew the sequence, the controls and who owned them. Most failures are documentation failures, not trade failures.
10 min read