Security Industry Work SWMS
Security industry operations — crowd control, static guarding, mobile patrol, and access control. Physical violence, lone working, shift fatigue, and communication failure controls.
SWMS variants reference your state’s WHS legislation. Instant download after payment.
Security industry operations including crowd control, static guarding, mobile patrol, and access control. Workers face physical violence, lone working hazards, shift fatigue, and communication failures, triggering WHS Regulation 2025 duties for psychosocial risk management, manual tasks controls, and remote/isolated work obligations under section 19 PCBU duty of care.
Hazards identified
3 hazards covered, sorted by priority.
Serious injury, psychological trauma, fatality
Delayed emergency response, escalated harm
Errors, vehicle incidents, reduced reaction
Control measures
Hierarchy-of-controls order: elimination → substitution → isolation → engineering → administrative → PPE.
- 1Mandatory two-way radio check-ins every 30 minutes with monitored control room and duress alarm activation.
- 2Conflict de-escalation training, body-worn cameras, and documented use-of-force escalation procedures per Security Industry Act.
- 3Maximum 12-hour shifts with fatigue management plan and 10-hour minimum break between consecutive shifts.
Applicable Codes of Practice
Mandates psychosocial and remote work hazard controls
Restraint and patron removal manual handling duties
High-Risk Construction Work triggered
Crowd control and licensed venue guarding exposes workers to assault, intoxicated patrons, and weapons threats.
Mobile patrol and lone static posts operate without immediate assistance during night shift incidents.
SWMS mandatory before commencing; failure breaches WHS Reg 2025 r299.
What you receive
- ✓Editable DOCX SWMS template customisable for venue, patrol, or static guarding scope
- ✓State-specific legislation schedule covering Security Industry Acts and WHS Regulations
- ✓Hazard register covering violence, isolation, fatigue, and manual handling risks
- ✓Worker sign-on register for shift briefings and SWMS acknowledgement
Related legislation
- WHS Act 2011 section 19 (primary duty of care)
- WHS Regulation 2025 r48 (remote/isolated work)
- Security Industry Act (state-specific licensing)