Electrician SWMS Kit · SWMS 02
Electrical work at heights: ladders, scaffolds, EWP / scissor lift
Ladders, scaffolds and elevating work platforms for electrical work where a person could fall more than 2 metres.
Ships as two files: Model WHS (NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT, NT, WA) and a Victorian OHS version. Model category (a), 2 m. SA uses 2 m from 1 July 2026. Victorian category 1. Not compliant until you make it specific to the site with the workers doing the work.
What the task table covers
- Choose how the work will be done at height. Fall from a ladder used because it was on the van
- Set up scaffold or EWP. Collapse, tip, contact with overhead power
- Work from the platform. Dropping tools, overreaching, falling with a cable drum
- Get down and pack up. Fall while climbing down, plant left live in a public area
Falls more than 2 metres — and in South Australia that 2 metre trigger applies from 1 July 2026.