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IOSH in Construction

4 days

 

This four day intensive course is a specialist IOSH accredited course and covers all the fundamentals of safety management within the construction sector covering all the above subject matter.  An exam and project is part of the structure of the course and candidates receive on passing, the IOSH Managing Safely in Construction Certificate.

It is suitable for managers / supervisors involved in construction, maintenance, allied industries who want a nationally recognised safety qualification giving the attendee a high level of knowledge and competence in terms of construction 

Key subject matter:-

  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
  • civil and criminal law/common and statute law
  • reasonable care, negligence, vicarious liability end levels of duty
  • enforcement and notices

Introduction to the Construction Regulations including:

  • Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations
  • Construction (Head Protection) Regulations
  • Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

Plus:

Other relevant legislation applicable 10 managing safety in construction, e.g.:

  • Asbestos; personal protective equipment, first aid, manual handling, COSHH

Introduction to safety management systems

  • ISO 9001; ISO 14001, DHSAS 18001/2

The main elements in HSG65

  • policy; organising; planning; monitoring; review; co-operation; communication; control; competence

Risk assessment

Introduction to risk assessment and control; the principles of risk management; hazard and risk; risk control; the risk assessment process (both general and the specific in-house process); haz­ard identification; observations and interview techniques; risk rating and severity; risk control hierarchy: risk control systems/risk reduction; recording requirements; review end monitoring; source documentation / reference material

 Reactive monitoring

The main managerial activities of reactive monitoring; measuring performance; events and out­comes; reporting and recording (legislative compliance and company specific), RIDDOR; reportable outcomes; non-reportable outcomes; dangerous occurrences (construction specific) relating to:

  • excavation
  • scaffolding
  • working at heights
  • steel erection
  • lifting operations
  • use of mobile cranes
  • working in confined spaces
  • noise and vibration
  • recording

 

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