Construction Pre-Task Planning Kit

01 / Walk, discuss and check readiness

Use with the people doing the work: walk the area, discuss the prompts, record actual controls and verify them before exposure. Rebrief when conditions change. If a safeguard is missing or uncertain, pause affected work and contact the responsible person.

Task and sequence

Walk through the actual task steps, materials, equipment and access. Ask the crew what will be different from the last time this task was done.

Trade interfaces

Which other trades, deliveries, lifting operations or public activities overlap? Agree sequencing, boundaries and the coordinating contact.

High-consequence exposures

Discuss potential falls, moving equipment, collapse, electrical contact and other serious exposures relevant to this task. Identify the applicable specialist review.

Controls in the work area

Compare planned controls with what is actually installed or available. Identify who checks them and what observation demonstrates they are working.

Roles and readiness

Confirm required task instruction, equipment authorization, permits and competent or qualified roles where applicable. Record gaps for resolution.

Change and emergency arrangements

Agree access, emergency communication and the conditions requiring a pause and new briefing. Check that everyone can raise a concern.

Readiness gaps / questions to resolve

02 / Record the task and verify controls

Task, site / work area and date / shiftCrew, coordinating person and other affected peopleApplicable procedures / permits and required authorized rolesTask steps and serious exposure: who could be harmed, and how?Planned controls: what will prevent or reduce that exposure?Site verification: actual condition / evidence, checker and timeUnresolved gaps, responsible person and action due before exposure

03 / Hold, rebrief and hand over

Pause when a trade interface, work method, access route or protective measure differs from the agreed plan.

Follow employer correction and authorized restart arrangements. Keep affected work on hold while readiness is unresolved.

Hold / change: what happened, when, and which work is affected?Immediate protection and person notified / timeRequired correction or revised method and responsible personRecheck evidence, checker / time and applicable restart authorityWho was rebriefed, what changed and any remaining restrictions?Handover: receiving person, open actions and next reviewCrew learning: what helped the work, what made it difficult?