Health & Safety Awareness
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Health & Safety Awareness
Who Attends
This Site Safety Plus course is for you if you’re considering, or already working within the construction and civil engineering industry.
Course Length
1 Day
Overview
This course highlights potential hazards when working on site and provides practical advice on keeping yourself and your colleagues safe.
It covers your individual and employer’s responsibilities, including what you can do if you think anyone’s health and safety is being put at risk.
This course provides health and safety awareness and is endorsed by Build UK as standard training for all operatives on site.
Benefits
Upon completion of the course you will have an understanding of:
- The need to prevent accidents
- Health and safety law
- How your role fits into the control and management of the site
- Risk assessments and method statements
- Performing safely and asking for advice
- How to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident
Certification
Certification for this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to retake the course before the expiry date.
Course Content
- Workers’ individual responsibilities for their own safety and the safety of others
- Typical construction hazards and how these are controlled
- How everyone can help achieve better practical standards of safety on site
- Legal requirements and liabilities
- Working at height
- Manual Handling
- Fire prevention
- Work equipment
- Occupational Health