Consider the shocking fact that 60,000 people worldwide die on construction sites every year and there are 475 work-related accidents a minute. Hardly surprising, then, that accidents, illness, and deaths cost businesses over £2 trillion annually.
IOSH’s globally delivered, Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Site Managers course provides essential knowledge for anyone who is involved in construction activities. It is suitable for any geographical location and for any size of organisation.
The course provides the core knowledge your workers need to stay safe and works to embed a good understanding of the techniques needed to keep others safe too. Keeping your business healthy and safe with an effective training programme will enable you to reduce the cost of accidents and illness by up to 40 per cent.
We have ensured that the practical, jargon-free nature of the course will meet the needs of every learner.
Who the course is for
Anyone who works on or around a construction site or has cause to visit the site in the course of their work.
Remember, it is your responsibility to provide your staff with the training to ensure your site is fully compliant with safety, health and environmental regulations.
What the course covers
· Health and safety issues to be managed in the construction industry to protect employees, contractors, neighbours, and others
· The basics of local law
· The importance of risk assessments, method statements and the development process
· Site requirements for the welfare of construction workers on site
· Hazards and controls associated with construction sites and activities including working at height and confined spaces
· Site environmental management including management of waste and ecology
What employers will get
· Globally recognised and respected certificated training for their workers
· Peace of mind offered by training that is designed and quality-assured by the Chartered body for safety and health professionals
· A course that can be delivered in timeslots that suit the business
· Fewer hours lost due to sickness and accidents, resulting in greater productivity
· Improved, company-wide safety awareness culture and appreciation for safety measures
· Proactive staff involvement to improve the workplace
· Enhanced reputation within the supply chain
- Trainer: Brian Lambert
Welcome to the IOSH Managing Safely course - distance learning option
The course is designed and created specifically for Line managers, Supervisors, team leaders, and anyone who has to some degree day to day control over other workers in the workplace.
This is a delegate workbook lead course with everything you need already contained in your workbook.
There are a total of 7 modules these are as follows:
Module 1- Introducing Managing safely
Module 2- Assessing risk
Module 3- Controlling Risk
Module 4-Understanding your responsibilities
Module 5-Understanding hazards
Module 6- Investigating Incidents
Module 7- Measuring performance
You will work through each module at your own pace using the workbook and the distance learning exercise book, and in agreement with the course tutor, submit your exercises for each module for assessment.
Once you have successfully completed each module to the assessors satisfaction you will be instructed to move onto the next, and so on until all modules have been completed.
On completion of the workbook, you will be required to carry out a multiform test, this consists of 30 questions, most of which are multiple choice and all you have to do is select the correct answer from the list, some questions are knowledge-based.
There is a total of 60 marks available you must score a minimum of 36 to achieve a pass
In addition to the test, there is a simple risk assessment exercise that you will complete.
This comes with full instructions. There is a total of 38 marks for this assessment, you must achieve a minimum of 23 marks for a pass.
- Trainer: Brian Lambert