Construction Safety Readiness Checklist

Safety isn’t built on site. It’s built into the project from the start — in the design, in who you engage, and in what was agreed before the first crew arrived. This checklist walks you through 20 questions across the five areas where projects are most often caught short, with a simple scoring guide at the end so you know where your next job actually stands.
Citation Certification logo Guides 14 October, 2026
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Construction Safety Readiness Checklist

What’s inside? 

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Planning and design

Whether risks were identified early, high-risk activities documented, and responsibilities clearly allocated before anything was drawn up.

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Contractor and subcontractor readiness

How contractors were prequalified, whether licences and competencies were verified, and how compliance is monitored once work starts.

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Risk management and documentation

Project-specific risk assessments, SWMS, emergency procedures, permits and the systems that track when any of it expires.

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Site mobilisation

Inductions, incident and near-miss reporting, and the performance measures that need to exist before work begins.

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Your score, explained

Three bands with what each one means for your project.

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