A complete, editable Work Health and Safety management plan for a NSW workplace: the plan and policy, roles and due diligence, consultation, a risk method and registers, incident and emergency procedures, and the audit and review tools to keep the system working.
The NSW WHS Management Plan is a complete, editable Work Health and Safety management plan for a NSW workplace, for businesses in NSW, and the WHS advisers who support them. It is aligned to the Work Health and Safety Act and Regulation (NSW) and the SafeWork NSW codes of practice, with a cross-reference to each, and to AS/NZS ISO 45001 and ISO 31000, with a cross-reference to each part of AS/NZS ISO 45001. It includes the WHS management plan: your own arrangements for every WHS topic, with a WHS policy and a roles and due diligence guide; a NSW law and codes cross-reference, and an AS/NZS ISO 45001 cross-reference; a risk management procedure with a risk matrix, and an Excel risk register; and incident, emergency, audit and review tools, and a 90-day implementation plan. Everything is editable Word or Excel, delivered as an instant download.
Every NSW business has to manage its work health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable, consult its workers, and follow the approved codes of practice that apply to it or manage the risk to a standard at least as high. A WHS management plan is how a business sets that up and shows it is done. This plan gives a small or medium business a practical way to do it, in one set of documents written to work together.
It covers the whole WHS management system. The plan sets out the business's own arrangements for every WHS topic, each with what we do, who is responsible, the tools and records, how we check it is working and when we review it: from consultation, risk management, training and induction to hazardous manual tasks, plant, working at heights, electrical safety, confined spaces, noise, hazardous chemicals, health monitoring, vehicles and traffic, remote work, fatigue, drugs and alcohol, PPE, facilities, security, contractors, visitors, purchasing, change, projects, and injury management and return to work. Around it sit a policy to sign, who does what and how officers exercise due diligence, consultation with workers and health and safety representatives, a risk management procedure with a risk matrix and the hierarchy of control, an Excel risk register, hazardous chemicals and plant registers, a training and competency matrix and induction checklist, incident reporting and investigation, a guide to notifying SafeWork NSW, an emergency plan and first aid arrangements, an internal audit checklist, a management review, and a corrective action register.
It is aligned to the Work Health and Safety Act and Regulation (NSW) and the SafeWork NSW codes of practice, with a cross-reference to each, and to AS/NZS ISO 45001 and ISO 31000, with a cross-reference to each part of AS/NZS ISO 45001. It is not AS/NZS ISO 45001 certification. Psychosocial risks are managed through the business's psychosocial risk management plan, which this plan points to rather than repeats, with the arrangements where the two meet. The plan stands alone, and the documents you adopt carry your name, not ours. Everything is editable Word or Excel, with a setup guide and a 90-day implementation plan. It is a framework to adapt and put into practice with your workers, not a substitute for doing so.
Delivered as one ZIP download. The files below are editable, and every Word document also comes as a PDF. Each download also includes Read Me First, a Product Overview, the Permitted Use Terms and Version Information (PDF).
| File | Format | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| 90-Day Implementation Plan | Word (.docx) | A week-by-week plan for the first 90 days: set the system up, find the hazards, put the first controls in place and hold the first review. |
| Setup Guide | Word (.docx) | What to adapt before use, in order: the plan owner, scope, consultation, the hazard arrangements that apply, emergency and first aid people, insurer, your other procedures, and every placeholder, with the training and toolbox talks that fit the plan. |
| ISO 45001 Cross-Reference | Word (.docx) | Maps each part of AS/NZS ISO 45001, from context to improvement, to where the pack covers it, with ISO 31000:2018 for the risk method. Aligned to, not certification. |
| NSW Law and Codes Cross-Reference | Word (.docx) | Maps the provisions of the NSW WHS Act and Regulation, and the SafeWork NSW codes of practice most businesses need, to the part of the plan or the document that deals with each. |
| Roles, Responsibilities and Due Diligence Guide | Word (.docx) | Who has duties under the NSW WHS Act and what each person does: a who-does-what table, the authorities, and officers' due diligence with the questions to ask. |
| WHS Management Plan | Word (.docx) | The plan itself, the umbrella for the WHS management system, written as the business's own arrangements for every WHS topic: what we do, who is responsible, the tools and records, how we check it works and when we review it. From policy, roles, consultation and the risk method to the common hazards, contractors, visitors, purchasing, change, incidents, emergencies, return to work and review. |
| WHS Policy | Word (.docx) | A one-page WHS policy for the chief executive or owner to sign: the commitment, what is expected of everyone, and how to raise a concern. |
| Consultation Record | Word (.docx) | A record of one consultation: what was shared, who took part, what workers said, what was decided and how they were told. |
| Consultation and Issue Resolution Procedure | Word (.docx) | How the business consults workers and HSRs, sets up a WHS committee, works with other businesses that share duties, and resolves health and safety issues. |
| WHS Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes | Word (.docx) | A standing agenda and minutes for the WHS committee or a regular WHS meeting, with actions carried forward. |
| Hazard Identification Checklist | Word (.docx) | A checklist of common workplace hazards, from manual tasks and falls to chemicals, plant, fatigue and psychosocial hazards, to complete with the people who do the work. |
| Hazard and Control Guide | Word (.docx) | For each common hazard: the higher order controls to consider first, the lower order controls that support them, the SafeWork NSW code of practice to check, and the part of the plan that sets out how it is managed. |
| Hazardous Chemicals Register | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel register of hazardous chemicals with their safety data sheets, locations, quantities, risk assessments, controls and review dates. |
| Plant and Equipment Register | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel register of plant: registration, guarding, who may operate it, inspection frequency and when the next inspection is due. |
| Risk Assessment Template | Word (.docx) | A written risk assessment for one task: steps, hazards, controls in place and checked, the rating, further controls most effective first, and the decision. |
| Risk Management Procedure | Word (.docx) | The risk method: identify, assess, control and review, with the risk matrix and what each rating means, the hierarchy of control, what is not a control, and the review triggers. |
| Safe Work Procedure and SWMS Template | Word (.docx) | A safe work procedure for a task, and the safe work method statement needed before high risk construction work, with a sign-on sheet. |
| WHS Risk Register | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel register of every WHS risk: what could go wrong, who is exposed, the controls and whether they are checked, the rating from the matrix, further controls, owners and due dates. |
| Workplace Inspection Checklist | Word (.docx) | A workplace inspection checklist by area, marked Pass, Not met or N/A, with the action, owner and date for every finding. |
| Induction Checklist | Word (.docx) | What every new worker, contractor and visitor is told before they start, ticked off and signed. |
| Training and Competency Matrix | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel matrix of the licences, training and competencies each worker holds and each role needs, with expiry and refresher dates. |
| Emergency Plan | Word (.docx) | An emergency plan for each workplace: contacts, the emergencies that could happen, evacuation, testing, training and review. |
| First Aid Arrangements | Word (.docx) | The first aid needs assessment, first aiders, kits and facilities for each workplace, following the SafeWork NSW code of practice. |
| Incident Report and Investigation Form | Word (.docx) | Report an incident, record any notification to SafeWork NSW, investigate the controls that failed, and set corrective actions. |
| Incident Reporting and Investigation Procedure | Word (.docx) | What to report, what to do straight away, how far to investigate, and how to find which controls failed and why, without blame. |
| SafeWork NSW Notifiable Incidents Guide | Word (.docx) | When an incident must be notified to SafeWork NSW, how to notify, preserving the site, and a record of the notification. |
| Corrective Action Register | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel register of every action from inspections, incidents, audits and reviews, with priority, owner, due date and who checked it was done. |
| Document and Records Control Procedure | Word (.docx) | How WHS documents are approved and kept current, and how long each kind of record is kept. |
| Internal Audit Checklist | Word (.docx) | A yearly audit of the WHS management system, item by item, with the AS/NZS ISO 45001 reference, the evidence, field checks of controls, and the findings. |
| Management Review Template | Word (.docx) | The yearly review of the whole system by the chief executive or owner: the inputs, the decisions and the actions. |
| WHS Objectives and Measures | Excel (.xlsx) | An Excel workbook of WHS objectives and leading and lagging measures, with targets, quarterly figures and the trend. |
The plan is the umbrella; each folder is one part of the WHS management system, and each document feeds the next: hazards found go into the risk register, incidents and inspections feed the corrective action register, and the audit and management review check the whole system is working.
Before you adopt it, adapt the plan to:
Before you use it
No. No plan can do that on its own. Your duties are met by managing the risks in your actual workplace, so far as is reasonably practicable, in consultation with your workers. The plan gives you the structure and the tools to do that, and a record that you have. Using the plan does not by itself make a workplace compliant with WHS laws, and it is not ISO 45001 certification. It supports the work of managing work health and safety; it is not legal advice.
Yes. It is written for workplaces in New South Wales and refers to the NSW Work Health and Safety Act and Regulation, the SafeWork NSW codes of practice and SafeWork NSW. Businesses in other states and territories, and under the Commonwealth WHS laws, have similar duties, but the rules differ, so they should use material written for their own laws.
No. The plan is aligned to AS/NZS ISO 45001 and ISO 31000, and its cross-reference maps each part of AS/NZS ISO 45001 to where the pack covers it, which helps with a gap analysis or a client's prequalification. Certification is done by an independent certification body, against the standard itself. The standards are cited by number and title only: buy them from Standards Australia or ISO to read them.
The WHS Management Plan is the umbrella for the whole WHS management system. It points to your psychosocial risk management plan as its psychosocial sub-plan and does not repeat it: psychosocial hazards appear in the WHS risk register as one line that points to that plan, the plan sets out where the two meet, and the management review covers both. The NSW Psychosocial Risk Management Plan is written to be that plan. Where you have not bought it, the plan still tells you what the law requires. See the psychosocial risk management plans.
The plan sets out the business's own arrangements for each, so it stands alone: checking, engaging, inducting, coordinating with, monitoring and evaluating contractors and labour hire; assessing and consulting on a change before it is made; and planning each project's risks before work starts. Where you want a full, risk-based system for contracted work, the Contractor Management Plan sits under it. See the Contractor Management Plan. For change, see the Change Management Plan.
Yes. NSW businesses must now follow the approved codes of practice that apply to them, or manage the risk to a standard at least as high. The plan's cross-reference lists the SafeWork NSW codes most businesses need, where the pack covers each, and the codes to add for your industry.
Usually, yes. A plan only works when people know the hazards, the controls and what to do. The Workplace Health and Safety Induction covers new workers, the Risk Management training packages cover awareness for workers, leadership for supervisors, the practitioner who runs the system and governance for officers, and the toolbox talks cover single hazards such as manual tasks, heights, mobile plant, chemicals, evacuation and first aid. The plan describes the training each role needs in general terms, and its setup guide lists the training that fits. See the Risk Management training packages.
Someone who knows the business and can make decisions about how the work is done: often the owner or a senior manager, with a WHS adviser, consulting workers and their HSRs. The setup guide and the 90-day implementation plan set out what to do, and in what order.
The plan is licensed for internal use by the purchasing organisation. A WHS or HR adviser can set it up for a client that has bought it; using it with other clients needs our written permission. The simplest way is for each client to buy its own copy, which you then adapt with them.
Yes. Every document is supplied in Word (.docx) or Excel (.xlsx), so you can add your logo, change the wording and adapt it to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The plan must be adapted to your organisation, your work and the hazards you find, in consultation with your workers, before it is adopted. The setup guide lists what to change, and the 90-day implementation plan the order to do it in.
Yes. Every price in the store includes GST, so $549.00 is the total, including $49.91 GST. Your receipt is a tax invoice showing the GST.
As a ZIP download. Card purchases can be downloaded straight away from the confirmation page and by a link we email you. Download links expire after 14 days for security; you can request a new one at any time.
Yes. Use Request an Invoice to order through your normal procurement process, with a purchase order number and quantities if you need them. The files are released once payment is confirmed.
Yes, across your own organisation. The documents are licensed for internal use by the purchasing organisation. A consultant, labour hire business or training provider supplying them to clients needs separate written permission.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a document that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
Licence and legal information here is general. It may not be correct in your jurisdiction: please check with your local WHS or OHS regulator.
Ordering for a business or several sites? Request an invoice. Other questions: contact us.
The plan sets up the system; training gives managers and workers what they need to use it. The Workplace Health and Safety Induction covers new workers, the Risk Management packages cover every level, and the toolbox talks brief the team on one hazard at a time.
A ready-made, customisable health and safety induction for new workers, with marked places for your own logo, contacts, site rules and procedures.
All four Risk Management training packages and the Implementation Toolkit.
A practical introduction for every worker: hazards and risk, the hierarchy of control, and checking the job before it starts.
For supervisors and managers who plan the work, lead the risk assessment and decide whether a job goes ahead.
A full day on broad-brush and task risk assessment, the hierarchy of control, risk registers and management of change.
For executives and directors: risk appetite, risk reporting, assurance and the questions that test whether controls are working.
Editable risk register, risk matrix, assessment, change and review tools for running WHS risk management.
For workers who lift, push, pull, carry or hold: what makes a manual task hazardous, and why changing the task works better than lifting technique.
For workers who use ladders, platforms, roofs or anything off the ground: why falls kill, and the order of controls that prevents them.
For anyone who works around forklifts, trucks, loaders or utes: how people are hit by mobile equipment, and the habits that keep pedestrians and machines apart.
For workers who use, store or work near chemicals: reading the label and safety data sheet, and the controls that keep chemicals where they belong.
For every worker and regular contractor: what the alarms mean, how to evacuate, where to assemble, and what the wardens need from you.
For every worker: how first aid works in your workplace, who the first aiders are, and what to do in the first minutes after someone is hurt. Not a first aid certificate.