Who Should Attend?
The Health and Safety Management for Construction qualification (NC) is aimed at anyone (managers, supervisors, and workers) in the construction sector. It’s ideal for anyone who needs a broad understanding of construction health and safety issues to be able to manage day-to-day risks effectively. Many people take this qualification as a first step in a career in construction health and safety. It gives a valuable overview and is a sound basis for further professional study.
Please note there will be approximately 40 hours of private study required
Duration
10 days training followed by an open book exam
Location
Ipswich / Essex / In-house Availability
Certifications
Provided on completion
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The purpose of the course is to give delegates an understanding of how to manage Health & Safety in the workplace to create a safer working environment for everybody in the Construction industry.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Advise on duties and manage construction risk
- Justify the need for health and safety improvements
- Produce or contribute to a construction phase plan
- Help their organisation to manage contractors
- Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour
- Carry out a risk assessment of a construction site and manage a range of construction hazards
- Recognise workplace changes and their impacts and understand how to minimise these impacts
- Develop basic safe systems of work that include emergency arrangements and know when to use a permit-to-work system
- Take part in incident investigations.
Course Outline
- The foundations of construction health and safety management
- Improving health and safety culture and assessing risk
- Managing change and procedures
- Excavation
- Demolition
- Mobile plant and vehicles
- Working at height
- Musculoskeletal health and load handling
- Work equipment
- Electricity
- Fire
- Chemical and biological agents
- Physical and psychological health
