Course Aims:
This course is aimed at team leaders, foremen, gangers, first line managers and supervisors with supervisory responsibilities and a need to understand their legal duties.
This Course Covers:
- An introduction into health and safety on site, as well as welfare and environmental issues that those in a supervisory role must be aware of.
- This also includes the legal responsibilities that are relevant to supervisors whilst safely managing a construction site.
- What is expected of site supervisors, including occupational health issues that arise within the construction sector.
- An understanding of how health and safety law is structured, and how the role of a supervisor links in with the role of a site manager when controlling site safety.
- Risk assessments – how to carry these out and why method statements are a legal requirement.
- Fire prevention and control, control of hazardous substances, CDM (Construction Design Management) Regulations, Working at Height, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), manual handling, accidents and first aid.
- How to carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings.
- Understanding the need for proactive and reactive monitoring.
Assessment: Multiple-choice test
Online Training
Please note that for online training, candidates will require:
- A valid form of photo ID
- A laptop/computer with webcam, microphone, speakers and fast internet connection (tablets/smartphones are not suitable)
- A quiet room, free from distractions, to complete the course in