Expectations and Requirements

Minimum Construction Safety Expectations

Our Minimum Construction Safety Expectations (PDF, 126 KB) specify our minimum requirements for worker health and safety on all our worksites.

Our requirements describe the safety standards that everyone working on sites for the Department must follow.

Our requirements outline what we expect as a safety minimum. They do not diminish or replace any responsibilities, duties, requirements under the:

• WHS Act and Regulations 2012
• South Australian Codes of Practice
• Australian Standards.

We encourage organisations to implement even higher levels of safety practices.

Supporting activities

When we engage Principal Contractors to deliver our projects, we use a range of activities to monitor their performance and ensure they are meeting their work health and safety obligations.

To learn about the key aims and deliverables of each activity, read the WHS auditing, coaching, monitoring and surveillance guide (PDF, 1093 KB).

Policy

We expect all consultants, contractors, subcontractors and their employees involved in any DIT business to show the same commitment to health and safety that DIT does.

Depending on the value and nature of the work under the contract, contractors are required to have appropriate Safety Systems, WHS Management Plans and / or Safe Work Method Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA).

A contractor’s safety systems and plans must take into account the general public and visitors to the site (including The Department officers), as well the contractor’s own employees.

WHS management systems must be based on a recognised standard, such as ISO 45001 or AS4801. They are usually assessed when a company applies for prequalification, or if there is no applicable prequalification scheme, prior to the award of the contract.

Minimum Level Requirements for management of WHS

DIT Request for Tender documents will stipulate the minimum level requirements for the management of WHS.

For road infrastructure contracts, a contractor will usually be required to prepare and implement the following:

Category 1 contracts (eg major roadworks construction)

• WHS Management System
• WHS Management Plan
• Safe Work Method Statements

Category 2 contracts (eg minor works on, or immediately alongside, a trafficked road with a value greater than $250,000)

• WHS Management Plan
• Safe Work Method Statements

Category 3 contracts (eg minor works with a value less than $250,000)

• Safe Work Method Statements

For rail infrastructure contracts, a contractor must comply with the requirements of the Rail Safety Act 2007 (SA).