IOSH Managing Safely in Construction |
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| description: | IOSH Managing Safely in Construction |
| duration: | 4 days |
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| target groups: | Managers and supervisors with responsibility for the health and safety of others in the construction industry. |
| course aims: | Provides construction managers and supervisors with a practical health and safety knowledge. Enables them to handle actions they need to take in relation to employees and contractors in a construction environment. |
| objectives: | At the end of the instruction the candidates will be able to: Understand relevant current legislation relating to health and safety in construction. Understand codes of practice and guidance notes on compliance. Able to use appropriate methods to ascertain the competence of contractors and sub-contractors. Decide upon suitable precautions in relation to identified hazards. Understand the need for communication with employees and contractors and identification of training needs. Able to demonstrate an understanding of risk assessments and identify hazards relative to the construction industry. Know the differences in responsibly according to role of employer, employee, contractor, client and sub-contractor. |
| content: | Introduction to managing safely in construction. Understanding your responsibilities. Assessing risks. Controlling risks. Identifying hazards. Investigating accidents and incidents. Measuring performance. Protecting our environment. Multiple-choice and short answer assessment paper (45 mins). A practical work based report. |
| certification: | Successful participants will be awarded an IOSH Managing Safely in Construction certificate. |
