NEW COURSE
Price
£110 members
£140 non members
Date
1 December 2011
7 March 2012
21 June 2012
26 September 2012
Designed For
This half-day course is designed for new entrants to the Construction Industry; Self Employed Persons providing support to the industry; Building and Engineering Students about to train on Construction Sites and Building Maintenance Personnel. The course can also be used as a preparation training for the SSSTS (ConstructionSkills).
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, states that suitable training must be provided to ensure that employees are aware of hazards and are competent to undertake their job safely.
This training course is designed to raise general health and safety awareness of the typical health and safety issues presented by the workplace, being suitable for experienced employees, but also ideal for new starters.
Content
- Maintaining a safe workplace and the importance of good housekeeping
- Hazard identification and risk assessment
- Manual Handling
- Slips, trips & falls
- Work at Height
- Noise
- Fire Prevention and emergency actions
- First aid and RIDDOR
- Electrical hazards
- Work Equipment (plant & machinery)
- PPE
- General hazards
- Confined spaces
- Use of display screen equipment
Course Duration
half day