Toolbox talk template
A toolbox talk template with an empty box for "topic" is the easy part. The hard part is having something worth saying for ten minutes that the gang will listen to at half past seven. These are sixty talks already written for construction: why the subject matters on this site, the points to make in the order to make them, questions to check they landed, and the signed record that the talk happened — a record that information and instruction were given.
60 documents, one price each. Helmet colours vary from site to site. This is a common convention, not a legal standard.
Written for this
60 toolbox talks — written, not just headed.
Manual handling, working at height, PPE, hot work, silica, stress and fatigue, near misses and the rest: each talk is a single sheet the supervisor reads from and the attendees sign.
What comes with every document
The same six things come with a single document or the whole library.
Fill it your way
Guided PDFs with a tooltip on every field, or complete it online. Type your site once and every document in the pack opens with it filled in.
Your logo on every page
Upload it once. It prints at the top of every page of every document you download, included with any purchase.
The law, cited
Each document shows the regulation it rests on. Check our working.
Yours to keep
No subscription, no login, no expiry. Revisions included.
Written from the approving side
By a contractor who reviews subcontractor submissions, and sends them back.
Kept current, free
Every source is re-checked monthly. A change that matters raises a revision, and you get it free.
How it works
Four steps, in this order.
- 1
Choose
A single document, a bundle for one hazard, or a pack for your trade or sector. Pay once.
- 2
Enter your site once
Site, reference, address, client, principal contractor. Every document in the pack opens with them filled in.
- 3
Add your logo
Upload it once. It prints at the top of every page of every document you download.
- 4
Download it finished
Filled, flattened, licensed to your business. When the law moves, the revision is free.
Legal basis
What these documents are built on.
Printed on the forms themselves, so you and whoever reviews your submission are reading the same references. Law and guidance are kept apart, because they are not the same thing.
Statutory provisions
- PUWER 1998 regs 9 and 11
- HSWA 1974 s.2(2)(c)
- PUWER 1998 regs 8 and 9
- CDM 2015 reg 25
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 regs 4 and 6
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 12 and Schedule 5
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 regs 6 and 7
- MHSWR 1999 reg 3
- HSWA 1974 s.7
- CDM 2015 regs 27 and 28
- CDM 2015 reg 19
- CDM 2015 reg 27
- DSEAR 2002 regs 5 and 6
- Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001
- COSHH 2002 regs 6, 7 and 11
- DSEAR 2002 regs 5, 6 and 7
- MHSWR 1999 regs 3(4), 13 and 19
- CDM 2015 regs 13(4) and 15(7)
- CDM 2015 reg 30
- CDM 2015 reg 26
- Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 regs 3, 4 and 5
- CDM 2015 reg 29
- PUWER 1998 regs 4, 5 and 8
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 regs 4, 6 and 10
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 regs 7 and 8
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 reg 10
- COSHH 2002 regs 7 and 9
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 regs 6 and 10
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 reg 4
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 4(3)
- PUWER 1998 reg 4
- LOLER 1998 reg 8
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 8 and Schedule 3
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 12 and Schedule 7
- PASMA
- Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 regs 4, 8 and 16
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 9
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- COSHH 2002 regs 6 and 7
- CDM 2015 reg 13(4)(c) and Schedule 2
- Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 regs 10 and 15
- COSHH 2002 reg 7
- Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 regs 3 and 4
- RIDDOR
- Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979
- COSHH 2002 reg 13
- Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- MHSWR 1999 regs 3 and 13
- CDM 2015 reg 18
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Work at Height Regulations 2005 reg 6(3) and Schedule 6
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 regs 5, 6 and 7
- Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 regs 5 and 6
- Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 regs 4 and 16
- PUWER 1998 regs 5 and 6
- LOLER 1998 regs 8 and 9
- CDM 2015 regs 22 and 24
- HSWA 1974 s.2(2)(a) and c
- MHSWR 1999 regs 3 and 5
- MHSWR 1999 reg 5
Guidance and standards relied on — not law
- HSG47 3rd edition, 2014
- BS 8460:2025
- BS EN 365:2004
- HSG144 2nd edition, 2009
- BS 5975-1:2024
- HSG250
- HSG253 2nd edition, 2006
- HSG168 3rd edition, 2022
- HSG150 3rd edition, 2006
- GS6 4th edition, 2013
- HSG141 2nd edition, 2023
- HSG33 5th edition, 2020
- EH40/2005 Workplace exposure limits 4th edition, 2020
- ACOP L143 2nd edition, 2013
- HSG151 2nd edition, 2009
- Joint Code of Practice, 10th edition 2022
HSE guidance, British Standards and industry codes are not statute and carry no force in themselves — they are the standard the document is built to. And citing an instrument is not the same as satisfying it: what discharges the duty is a competent person in your business assessing this job and completing the document properly.
Our one rule
We will not tell you this makes you compliant.
No template can. HSE says it of its own examples: “Do not just copy an example and put your company name to it as that would not satisfy the law and would not protect your employees.” SSIP assessors want risk assessments written for a specific project within the last twelve months, and a generic document with your logo on it is unlikely to pass, whoever sold it to you.
What you are buying is the structure and the prompts — every section the law and HSE guidance expect the document to address, with the reference beside it. The judgement stays yours.
Why we don’t say “compliant”Before you buy
Will the main contractor accept it?
No template can promise that, and we won’t. It is written from the approving side of the desk, but your competent person adapts it to the job and signs it off. That step is what makes it yours.
Is VAT included in the price?
No. Prices are ex VAT; VAT is added at checkout.
What format is it?
A fillable PDF with a tooltip on every field. Or complete it online: type your site once and it downloads finished, with your logo on every page.
What happens when the law changes?
Every source is re-checked monthly. A change that matters raises a revision, and you get it free.
Is it a subscription?
No. Pay once. No subscription, no login, no expiry.