EWP SWMS Generator
Councils, government fleets, crane and access businesses, Level 2 ASP electrical contractors, arborists and trades all need a safe work method statement before an elevated work platform goes to work, yet too many start from a blank page or a borrowed document that never matched the job. This free generator builds a structured MEWP SWMS framework from your own answers — your company, the site, the task, the machine family, the hazards you actually face and the controls you decide on — so you begin with a sensible skeleton instead of nothing.
The output is a plain, editable starting template, not a finished or approved document. A SWMS is only valid once your crew has made it site-specific, checked it against the machine's manual and the real conditions, and the people doing the work have reviewed and signed it. Nothing here invents rates, standards clause numbers or guarantees. It runs entirely in your browser — copy it, download it as a text file or print it, then complete and sign it on site. Call 0416 689 689 if you'd like a hand.
Describe The Task
Identify Hazards & Controls
Tick the hazards that apply to this task, then record the controls you and your crew agree on. The prompts are conversation starters, not prescribed controls.
Your SWMS framework builds here
Start filling in the task details and ticking the hazards above. A numbered SWMS skeleton assembles here, ready to copy, download or print — then complete and sign it on site.
How This Works & Assumptions
How it works
Fill in what you know about the job — the company or PCBU, the site, the task in your own words, the machine family and who's involved. Tick the hazards that genuinely apply to this task and write the controls you and your crew agree on. As you type, the generator assembles a numbered SWMS skeleton on the right that you can copy, download as a text file or print. Every field you leave blank shows a bracketed reminder so nothing quietly goes missing.
The hazard prompts are conversation starters. They exist to get your crew thinking through the hierarchy of control — they are not a prescribed, complete or regulator-approved set of controls, and they deliberately don't quote clause numbers, exclusion distances or numbers we can't know for your job. You decide the controls; the tool just gives the document a shape.
Questions
Is this a finished, approved SWMS? No. It is a starting framework. A SWMS is only valid once it has been made site-specific, checked against the machine's operator manual and the actual conditions, and reviewed and signed by the people doing the work. Treat the download as a first draft you complete and sign on site.
Where does my information go? Nowhere — it all stays in your browser on this device. The document is assembled locally and only saved if you download or print it. Refreshing the page clears it.
This tool is a planning aid, not a guarantee of safety or compliance. The completed, signed SWMS, the machine's manual and the competent-person judgement of the crew govern the work. If you'd like a hand, call 0416 689 689.
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