Review a principal contractor's work health and safety management plan
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the plan and the regulator's list for the place of the work, mark whether the plan contains each required matter: responsibilities, consultation, incidents, site rules, how people are told the rules, and the collection and review of safe work method statements.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether the plan meets the principal-contractor duties before work starts, and what must be added.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the plan and the regulator's list for the place of the work, mark whether the plan contains each required matter: responsibilities, consultation, incidents, site rules, how people are told the rules, and the collection and review of safe work method statements. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the contract value against the threshold for that state before treating the work as a construction project.
- Confirm who has been appointed principal contractor, and that the appointment gives management or control of the workplace.
- Match each matter in the regulator's list to a passage in the plan. A heading with no arrangement under it is a gap.
- Check the signage requirement separately from the plan.
Sources
- SafeWork NSW: Undertaking a construction project · 2026-10-22
- SafeWork SA: Principal contractors and construction projects · 2026-10-22
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.