TA-CL-01 · Cladding & Weatherboards
Cladding and Weatherboards - Master Task Analysis
External cladding and weatherboard work, including panel and board removal, installation, facade repairs, sealing, access at height and public protection where a task-specific TA is not required.
What you get
One editable Word document covering cladding and weatherboards - master task analysis for Cladding & Weatherboards: the task broken into steps, the hazards at each step, the controls, and a 5 by 5 risk matrix with residual ratings. Site fields and a crew sign-on are built in.
A Task Analysis is also known as a JSA (Job Safety Analysis) or JSEA. It covers each step of the job, the hazards and the controls.
The steps and hazards it covers
| Step | Hazards |
|---|---|
| Plan, prepare and confirm competency | Workers without the required training, competence or authorisation performing the task - incidents arising from lack of skill, competency or authorityDefective or unsafe plant, powered equipment, leads or attachments failing in use |
| Establish site and protect the public | Dropped objects falling from the facade onto pedestrians and occupants - fatal head and crush injuries to the publicWorks on an occupied building disrupting residents and businesses - injury to occupants and loss of safe egress |
| Lift and load materials to the work front | Crane and hoist lifts of panels, render and repair materials - dropped loads and overloaded decks or platforms |
| Set up and use suspended access | Swing stage rigging or counterweight failure - stage collapse and fatal fallUncertified persons attempting rope access work - uncontrolled descent and fatal fall |
| Operate EWPs and plant | EWP overturn or basket occupants crushed against the structure - fatal crush injuriesEWP or crane contact with overhead power lines - electrocution |
| Work at height on the structure | Falls from edges, penetrations and fragile surfaces during facade survey and spot repairs |
| Carry out concrete and render repairs | Respirable crystalline silica dust from breaking out concrete and render - silicosis and lung diseaseBreaking out concrete cover weakening structural members - structural failure and collapseCrack injection under pressure - epoxy injection into skin and packers or fittings letting go |
| Remove and replace facade cladding | Ignition of a combustible aluminium composite panel (ACP) core during removal and recladding - facade fire in an occupied building |
| Apply sealants and coatings | Hazardous chemicals and possible asbestos-containing joint mastics - respiratory disease, sensitisation and chemical burns |
| Monitor weather and wind | Wind gusts on the facade - panels and sheet materials sailing, suspended access and lifts becoming uncontrollable |
| Manual handling through the work | Carrying repair materials, mixers and tools to work fronts and onto stages - strain and drops from height |
| Demobilise and clean up | Waste, debris and redundant rigging left on decks and work areas - slips, trips and falling objects |
Each hazard comes with its control measures, an initial and residual risk rating and the person responsible, ready to check against your job.
Preview the first 6 pagesSee the layout, the work screening table and the sign-on block
Preview pages are watermarked. The highlighted fields are the ones you complete for your site. This is the Cladding & Weatherboards Master; the task documents in the pack follow the same structure.
How to use it
Read it against the actual job. Delete the hazards that are not there, add the ones that are, fill the site fields, then brief the crew and get every name on the sign-on. A document nobody has read is a piece of paper. One the crew helped finish supports worker consultation and records the agreed work method. Engagement under HSWA ss58 to 59 is an ongoing process of seeking and considering workers’ views, so the signed page is evidence of part of it rather than the whole duty.
About Cladding & Weatherboards Task Analysis
This is the Master for Cladding & Weatherboards, covering the general activities within its stated scope. The trade covers weatherboard, fibre cement and sheet cladding, cavity battens, flashings, soffits, work from scaffold.
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Where it sits in the law
New Zealand does not require a document of this name. The duty is to manage risk so far as is reasonably practicable (HSWA s36) and to engage workers on it (ss58 to 59). Use a Task Analysis to plan the work, identify the hazards and communicate the controls to your crew. That is also how you evidence both duties.
WorkSafe names “a task analysis, safe work method statement (SWMS), job safety analysis or equivalent planning document” as the same thing done under different headings, and Site Safe titles one of its own SSSP forms “Task Analysis (TA) and Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)”. So if the paperwork you have been sent asks for a TA, a SWMS or a JSA, this is the document it means, written to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Only the name changes; the hazards, controls and ratings are the same either way.
Where this sits in your SSSP
A Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) covers the whole job: who is on site, how hazards get reported, what happens in an emergency. A Task Analysis covers one task inside it. They are not the same document. Site Safe’s SSSP pack runs to ten forms, and the Task Analysis is Form 10, filed behind the plan itself.
So a main contractor who asks which SSSP pack you are using, and then asks for a TA covering cladding and weatherboards - master task analysis, has asked you for two separate things. This is the second one. Keep it with your SSSP for the job and bring it to the pre-start briefing, because the value is in the crew having read it before the work starts.