Task analysis

Complete the top left fields with your company name, site name, and task date. Complete (your) subcontractor details, your name and the date the task analysis was written. Complete all details, including personal protective equipment required e.g. safety boots and administrative controls e.g. traffic management plan, pre-start meetings, hazard boards.

Complete the top left fields with your company name, site name, and task date. Complete (your) subcontractor details, your name and the date the task analysis was written.

Complete all details, including personal protective equipment required e.g. safety boots and administrative controls e.g. traffic management plan, pre-start meetings, hazard boards.

Record the names of all workers involved in the task to show they understand the requirements. Workers should sign beside their names to show they have been involved in the task analysis and understand it.

Break down the task into the major steps from first to last and record them on the TA. There will normally be at least three to four steps but there may be more if it is a complex task e.g. step 1 = prestart inspection, step 2 = set up site, step 3 = complete task, step 4 = clean up site etc.

Record all the hazards you might encounter during each step e.g. 1a = other traffic/plant entering site. Complete an initial risk assessment using the risk matrix and record the risk level e.g. Critical, high, moderate, low, very low etc.

Check out our blog post on risk assessment if you need help with this step.

Record the controls used for each hazard and the level of control using the hierarchy of controls.

Check out our blog post on risk assessment if you need help with this step.

Go back to the risk matrix and work out the new/residual level of risk that you could expect with the above controls, e.g., critical, high, moderate, low, very low. If you still get a “critical” level or risk, review your controls. Record the new level of risk for each hazard under each step.

Repeat the above steps until you have recorded the hazards, controls and risk levels for each step of the task.

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