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POWRA Checklist for Telecom Field Operations

by Josh Ramday, from the Community

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This Point of Work Risk Assessment checklist helps telecom field engineers identify hazards and apply controls before and during tasks. It covers surveys, overhead and underground installations and faults, internal faults, working in highways and chambers, manual handling, gas monitoring, lone working, and biohazards. It includes detailed controls for streetworks setup, drilling, loft access, working at height on poles, MEWPs, splicing, sub-duct installation, and cable blowing operations. Weather and lighting considerations, PPE, equipment checks, and team sign-off ensure safe, compliant work.

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Point of Work Risk Assessment for Customer Connections
Use this point of work risk assessment to plan and control aftercare and customer connection tasks for fibre network works. The checklist helps field teams identify hazards such as working at height on poles, MEWP operations, manual handling, chamber entry, hazardous gases, streetworks, traffic management, and public safety. It guides controls including PPE, gas monitoring, ladder checks, LV awareness, splicing hygiene, sub duct installation, blowing operations, and weather related precautions. Includes sections for site setup, vulnerable people, drilling and loft access, rescue planning, and team sign off to confirm safe methods are understood.
by Michael Knight, from the Community
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Installs POWRA Risk Assessment
This Installs POWRA template supports point of work risk assessment for telecom installation tasks. Use it to identify hazards such as working at height, street works, confined spaces, manual handling, and splicing. Record controls, PPE, permits, and weather considerations. Keep the assessment open during the job and add new risks as conditions change, then capture team sign-off on safe methods of work.
by 4 Site Installs, from the Community
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Point of Work Risk Assessment - DH Telecom
This point of work risk assessment helps telecom field teams confirm site readiness and control risks before starting any task. It guides users to check permits, access, tools, and PPE, review RAMS, assess weather and welfare, and identify common hazards such as slips and trips, electrical shock, confined spaces, working at heights, vehicle movement, poor lighting, and adverse weather. It prompts mitigation and isolation steps, emergency preparedness, and team communication. Sign-off fields capture competence and accountability for safe delivery of installations, repairs, and cabinet or chamber work.
by Daniel Hunt, from the Community
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Contractor Health and Safety Performance Inspection
Use this contractor health and safety performance inspection template to assess compliance on active worksites. Sections cover pre-start documentation and permits, streetworks setup to NRSWA requirements, housekeeping and segregation, plant and equipment condition and competence, welfare and first aid, PPE, and work at height controls for ladders and MEWPs with training and LOLER checks. It also includes confined space entry and rescue planning, gas testing, environmental controls, and telecom-specific tasks such as subduct and blowing, rodding and roping, and splicing operations.
by Shaun Jones, from the Community
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POWRA Checklist for Telecom Field Operations

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