TA-IS-01 · Interior Systems
Interior Systems (GIB Fixing and Plastering) - Master Task Analysis
Installing steel stud partitions, plasterboard linings, suspended ceilings, bulkheads and finishing across the full ceilings and partitions scope.
What you get
One editable Word document covering interior systems (gib fixing and plastering) - master task analysis for Interior Systems: 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 and secure the work area | Unauthorised access by other trades, occupants or the public - persons struck by falling materials or tools |
| Receive, unload and store materials | Truck deliveries and forklift unloading of board packs - crush injuries and toppling packs |
| Locate and control services | Concealed live electrical cables and services in ceiling voids and wall cavities - electric shock or arc flash |
| Handle and position materials | Manual handling of plasterboard sheets of 13-18 kg or more - musculoskeletal sprains and strains |
| Install steel stud and track | Powder-actuated tool fixing of track - projectile injury from through-penetration or ricochetCutting stud and track with grinder or saw - lacerations, sparks and noise exposure |
| Work at height | Falls from trestles, platforms and mobile scaffolds - fatal fall injuriesScissor lift or boom EWP operation under soffits and structure - operator crushed between platform and overhead obstruction |
| Install suspended ceilings | Installing grid and tiles at height - falls from platforms and through unprotected voidsWorking on or above existing ceilings - collapse of an old grid or lining loaded beyond its capacity |
| Install bulkheads and feature ceilings | Heavy framed bulkhead and feature sections failing or falling during erection - struck-by and crush injuries |
| Work overhead | Sustained overhead fixing and finishing - shoulder and neck strain and fatigue |
| Cut fibre cement and wet-area linings | Respirable crystalline silica cutting fibre cement sheet - silicosis and lung disease |
| Sand and finish joints | Airborne dust from sanding stopping compounds - respiratory irritation and illness |
| Adhesives, compounds and hazardous substances | Dermatitis, eye injury and respiratory irritation from adhesives, cornice cement and stopping compounds |
| Manage existing materials | Disturbing asbestos-containing linings in pre-2000 buildings - fatal asbestos-related disease |
| Working in private residences | Occupants, children and pets around live work areas; damage to finishes and furnishings |
| Clean up and demobilise | Offcuts, dust and waste left in work areas - slips, trips and exposure to residual dust |
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 Interior Systems 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 Interior Systems Task Analysis
This is the Master for Interior Systems, covering the general activities within its stated scope. The trade covers plasterboard fixing and stopping, battens and ceilings, cornice, dust control, work from stilts and trestles.
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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 interior systems (gib fixing and plastering) - 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.