Creating safe work procedure's on BrightSafe is super simple and can be done in just a few easy to follow steps. 

Creating a new Safe Work Procedure

All you need to do is click the 'Add a new Safe Work Procedure' button to get started and follow each of the interactive steps. Let's look at each section of creating your Add a new safe work procedure in a little more detail.

Step 1

Procedure Details

In this first section, you'll need to enter some basic details for the safe work procedure you're creating including:

• A title for your safe work procedure.
• A reference number if needed.
• The date that this procedure was prepared.
• A description of the activity.
• Your organisation name, country, and the location of the site.
• The Area if needed.

Once filled in just click 'Save and Continue' to move on to the next step.

Step 2

People

In the next section, you'll need to enter some details of the people involved in the safe work procedure including:

• Who prepared the procedure.
• Their job title (if needed.)
• The person in control
• Who the people at risk are.

Once filled in just click 'Save and Continue' to move on to the next step.

Step 3

Hazards

Now that we've got some basic information about the procedure you're creating, you can see and add to the list of hazards associated with the activities that will be carried out.

Once you are happy, you can then head to the bottom and select 'Save and continue' to move on to the next step.

Step 4

Equipment

On this step, you'll need to select what equipment would be used. Just select any equipment that is applicable to the statement.

If the protective personal equipment (PPE) required is not an option, you can add this manually. Just add the name of the PPE into the Equipment box and click the 'Add another' button.

Once you have selected all the equipment needed, you can then head to the bottom and click 'Save and continue'.

Step 5

Activities

You'll now need to add details for any hazards, risks and what follow-up actions you may need to take. To do this you'll need to add;

• The step title (describing the activity.)
• Details of the potential hazard.
• The risks presented from the hazard.
• The control measures required.

Once filled in click 'Save current step' to save and add your action.

You can then click the pink plus button at the top to add any additional steps that may be required. Once you've added all of the steps needed you can click 'Save and continue' to move on to the next step.

Step 6

Review

In this last step, you'll need to fill in some details on when this safe work procedure is due to be reviewed including:

• The date of the review
• Who will be assigned to conduct the review

We'll then automatically create a task for the reviewer so that they know when this is due.

Once completed just click 'Save and complete' to complete and save your safe work procedure. A copy of this will be securely stored in the 'Safe work procedure' section of BrightSafe under 'Risk management' so you can always refer back to it.

If you don't want to create your safe work procedure from scratch or just need a hand on what to include in your safe work procedure we have a generous suite of templates available in your library.

Just head to the 'Library' section on the right, search for a template you want to view and click on the name to open it up to view the details and activities. You can then use the handy 'Copy' button to copy over all the details in the template to a new draft safe work procedure on your safe work procedure section.

Need to leave a safe work procedure partway through? No problem, we'll keep a draft copy for you to continue whenever you're ready in the safe work procedure section of your account.

To copy a safe work procedure you've already started, just click on the three dots in the top right corner of the safe work procedure and select 'Copy' to duplicate it.

If you no longer need a safe work procedure and it's still in the draft stage just click on the three dots in the top right corner of the safe work procedure and select 'Delete' to permanently remove this from your account.