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Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP)

Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP)

A custom SSSP built for your specific site and scope of work. A 20 to 30 page plan covering your hazards, your tasks, your emergency procedures, and your people. Delivered within a few days, done entirely remotely.

Reuben Brooker, Lead Consultant · Last updated: September 2026
An SSSP (Site-Specific Safety Plan) is a document that sets out how health and safety will be managed on a particular site, for a specific scope of work. It covers who is involved, what the hazards are, what controls are in place, how workers are inducted, and what happens in an emergency. Most main contractors, principals, and pre-qualification schemes require one before work can begin.
Custom SSSP for your site, delivered in days
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What You Receive

Your SSSP is a complete, ready-to-use plan of 20 to 30 pages, custom written for your site and your work. It functions as a mini health and safety system for the job.

Section What it covers
Site and project details The specific site, the scope of work, key dates, and the businesses and people involved.
Emergency management Emergency procedures, evacuation plan, nearest hospital, first aiders, and emergency contacts for the site.
Task analysis Each task broken down with the hazards and controls specific to that activity on that site.
Hazard register Every identified hazard, the risk rating, and the controls in place. Specific to the site, not generic.
Training and competency register Who is doing the work and what qualifications, licences, and training they hold.
Site rules and PPE Requirements everyone on site must follow, and the protective equipment required for each activity.
Induction requirements How workers, contractors, and visitors are inducted before starting on site.
Subcontractor management How subcontractors are selected, managed, and coordinated where applicable.

Not Just Construction

SSSPs are most commonly associated with construction, but any business working on a site that is not their own can be asked to provide one. We write SSSPs for trades, services, maintenance, events, and any operation where a principal or main contractor requires a safety plan before work begins.

If someone has asked you for an SSSP and you are not sure whether you need one, get in touch and we will tell you.

How It Works

The entire process is done remotely. You do not need to wait for a site visit.

1
Get in touch
Tell us about the job and we will quote a fixed price. No hourly rates.
2
We send you an information form
A structured form that captures everything we need: site details, scope of work, emergency management information, nearest hospital, first aiders, personnel, and the tasks involved.
3
We build your SSSP
Using your information, we write the full plan: task analysis, hazard register, training and competency register, emergency procedures, site rules, induction requirements, and subcontractor management where applicable.
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Delivered within a few days
You receive a completed SSSP of 20 to 30 pages, ready to present to your principal or main contractor.
Been asked for an SSSP?
We will quote a fixed price and have it done within days.
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What the Law Requires

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 does not name the SSSP as a required document. What it does require, under Section 36, is that every PCBU ensures the health and safety of workers and others so far as is reasonably practicable.

Where multiple businesses share a site, they must consult, cooperate, and coordinate with each other on health and safety matters (sections 34 and 46). The SSSP is the standard way of demonstrating that this has been done. Both PCBUs sign the plan, and sign again at each revision.

In practice, most main contractors and principals will not allow work to begin without one. Government clients such as the Ministry of Education have their own specific SSSP content requirements on top of the standard framework. It is a commercial requirement more than a legal one, but ignoring it means not getting on site.

The plan should be reviewed when the scope, methods, or conditions change, after any incident or near miss, and at agreed intervals through the project. A plan written on day one and never updated stops reflecting the site.

Who Writes Your SSSP

Your SSSP is written by Reuben Brooker, Lead Consultant at Health & Safety Consultants Auckland, with more than 15 years of experience in workplace health and safety.

You deal directly with the consultant doing the work. There is no account manager between you and the person writing your plan.

Related Services

SiteWise Prequalification →
Many businesses that need an SSSP also need SiteWise. The system work overlaps, and doing both together is more efficient.
Risk Assessment →
A standalone risk assessment for your workplace, separate from a site-specific plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

A Site-Specific Safety Plan. It sets out how health and safety will be managed on a particular site, for a specific scope of work. It covers the people involved, the hazards, the controls, the emergency procedures, and how workers are inducted.
If a main contractor, principal, or client has asked for one, yes. There is no general legal requirement to have an SSSP, but most principals will not allow work to begin without one. It is a commercial requirement rather than a legal one.
No. SSSPs are most common in construction, but any business working on a site that is not their own can be asked to provide one. We write them for trades, services, maintenance, events, and other operations.
A few days from when we receive your completed information form. The form captures everything we need, so there is no waiting for a site visit.
We provide a fixed quote based on the scope of work, the site, and the number of tasks involved. Get in touch and we will price it for you.
No. The process is done remotely. We send you a structured information form that captures the site details, tasks, personnel, emergency information, and everything else we need to write the plan.
An SSSP covers the whole site and the overall framework for managing safety. A SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) or JSA (Job Safety Analysis) covers one specific higher-risk task, step by step. On most jobs you have one SSSP and several task analyses sitting under it. The SSSP we deliver includes task analysis for each of your activities.
Typically 20 to 30 pages, depending on the complexity of the work and the number of tasks involved.
Yes. The process is remote, so location makes no difference. We are Auckland-based but work with clients throughout New Zealand.

Sources

  • Site Safe New Zealand: guidance on site-specific safety plans, including standard forms for hazard and risk registers, task analysis, emergency response, training registers, and incident reporting. sitesafe.org.nz
  • Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, section 36: primary duty of care requiring every PCBU to ensure health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable. legislation.govt.nz
  • Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, sections 34 and 46: duty to consult, cooperate, and coordinate where multiple PCBUs share a workplace. Both PCBUs sign the SSSP and sign again at each revision. legislation.govt.nz
  • WorkSafe New Zealand: guidance on contractor management, overlapping duties, and managing risks on shared workplaces. A SWMS that does not reflect how work is actually done offers little protection in an investigation. worksafe.govt.nz
  • Ministry of Education, SSSP requirements: government clients set their own specific SSSP content requirements on top of the standard framework. education.govt.nz
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Last reviewed: September 2026