Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers
IOSH Safety Health & Environment for Construction Site Workers
Thurrock Training is an approved provider of IOSH’s Safety Health and Environment for Construction Site Workers, which provides essential knowledge for anyone who is involved in construction activities. It’s suitable for any geographical location and for any size of organisation.
The course also provides the core knowledge your workers need to stay safe and embeds the good understanding and techniques needed to keep others safe too.
We have ensured that the practical, jargon-free nature of the course will meet the needs of every learner.
This course has been approved by CITB and Build UK, which means our courses are aligned to the Build UK Training Standard and employers can access the CITB levy.
CSCS approval means that the course will equip delegates with the knowledge and skills required to be eligible to apply for the Green Labourer card – allowing them to work on construction sites in entry-level positions.
Course Information
This course includes:
- Duration: 1 day
- Assessment:Written exam and practical assessment
- IOSH awarded
Upon Completion candidates will have the understanding of:
- 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 and 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
Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers is delivered by IOSH’s network of approved training providers.
Assessment
Learners are required to take one of two standard assessments under examination conditions
Certification
IOSH Safety Health & Environment for Construction Site Workers certificate.
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.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who works on or around a construction site or has cause to visit the site in the course of their work, or anyone looking to move into construction.
Employers are responsible to provide their staff with the training to ensure your site is fully compliant with safety, health, and environmental regulations.
Business Benefits
- Globally-recognised and respected certificated training for their workers
- Peace of mind offered by training that’s designed and quality-assured by the Chartered body for safety and health professionals
- A course that can be delivered in time-slots 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
IOSH Safety Health for Construction Site Managers
Thurrock Training is an approved provider of IOSH’s Safety, Health, and Environment for Construction Site Managers course. Which provides essential knowledge for anyone who oversees or manages safety, health, and environmental risks associated with construction activities.
The course also provides a step-by-step guide to understanding and managing the risks.
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.
This course has been approved by CITB and Build UK, which means our courses are aligned to the Build UK Training Standard and employers can access the CITB levy.
Course Information
This course includes:
- Duration: 3 days
- Assessment: Written exam and practical assessment
- IOSH awarded
Upon Completion candidates will have the understanding of:
- Local law and enforcement
- Preparing for workGeneral management of the site, workers, and contractors including for example:
– the importance of method statements
– the use of permits to work. - The importance of managing environmental aspects and impacts related to construction projects
- Principles underpinning effective construction design and management
- The key issues and control of working at height including for example:
– plans and risk assessments
– roofs and fragile surfaces
– working platforms and ladders
– management, use, and stability of scaffolds
– fall arrest and suspension equipment. - Site requirements for the welfare of construction workers on site
Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers is delivered by IOSH’s network of approved training providers.
Assessment
Written exam and practical assessment Learners are required to take one of two standard assessments under examination conditions
Certification
IOSH Safety Health & Environment for Construction Site Managers certificate 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.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who oversees or manages safety, health, and environmental risks associated with construction activities. 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
Business Benefits
- Globally-recognised and respected certificated training for their managers and supervisors
- Peace of mind offered by training that’s designed and quality-assured by the Chartered body for safety and health professionals
- A course that can be delivered in time-slots 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
Who is Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers for?
It’s very much focused on helping delegates to understand what they need to know, and how they can benefit from working in a healthier and safer way. The course provides workers with the knowledge that they’ll be able to use in their day-to-day roles. The course can be customised to suit either a cohort of workers from a single company or construction workers from a range of organisations. The innovative course is woven around a single scenario and case study which is developed at each stage of the course, giving delegates the opportunity to put their acquired skills into practice in the training room. Understanding legislation, policy and practice in a given territory is crucial forany construction manager. Therefore we have ensured that section on legislation can be tailored to local contexts. It sets out a global standard, with underlying principles on good practice. With this, delegates can be confident they are taught to the same high standards, whatever the location. Unlike other construction courses, completion of Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers means that there is no need to sit any additional environment courses.
Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Workers 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 and 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.
Delegates will be able to demonstrate understanding of the course syllabus by taking an end-of-course exam. On successful completion of the exam, delegates will receive an IOSH certificate.
CRITERIA
To be eligible to deliver the course, trainers must:
- Have two years’ construction experience OR a level 3 sector specific qualification
- Be a Technical member of IOSH
- Have up-to-date CPD
- Have adult training qualification at level 3 on regulated qualifications framework OR have successfully completed IOSH Train the Trainer course
- Have two years’ substantial face-to-face training experience.
What will Employers get?
- Globally-recognised and respected certificated training for their workers
- Peace of mind offered by training that’s designed and quality-assured by the Chartered body for safety and health professionals
- A course that can be delivered in time-slots 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.