You will gain an understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues on construction sites.
Course Content:
- The Health and Safety at Work Act
- Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations
- Risk assessments/method statements
- Recent changes in accepted working practices
- Behavioural safety
- Management of occupational health
- Electricity
- Excavations
- Working at height
- Scaffolding
- Demolition
- Confined spaces
Teaching and Assessment:
This is a highly interactive course taught through case studies, classroom discussion, group work and individual or group presentations. You will need to do some self-study outside of the course.
Continuous assessment will take place, with a multiple-choice test to complete the course.
Certification: Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will receive a CITB accredited certificate which is valid for five years.