Nebosh National Certificate in Construction Safety

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

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In Birmingham

£ 2,250 + VAT

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  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    15 Days

Covering 19 units, the NEBOSH National Construction Certificate covers key construction issues in more technical detail and is designed to cover general health and safety issues within the construction environment, as well as placing emphasis on specific construction issues that make the industry amongst the most dangerous in which to work. Suitable for: This is a qualification for those with construction management responsibilities, and for those who are required to provide routine, day-to-day advice on health, safety and welfare in construction work.

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Birmingham (West Midlands)
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12 Hagley Road, Five Ways, B16 8TL

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Course programme

The NEBOSH Construction Certificate is a qualification both for those with construction management resonsibilities, and for those who are required to provide routine, day-to-day advice on health, safety and welfare in construction work.

Covering nineteen units, the course covers key construction issues in more technical detail and is designed to cover general health and safety issues within the construction environment as well as placing emphasis on specific construction issues that make the industry amongst the most danger in which to work.

The NEBOSH Construction Certificate also forms part of the key competencies of several duty holders and particularly the CDM Co-ordinator as advised in the Approved Code of Practice to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.

Course outline:

Day 1

  • Introductions and objectives: To introduce delegates to the course aims and objectives and administrative details.
  • Principles: A look at some definitions and the reasons for preventing accidents in the construction industry.
  • Scope and definition of construction: Consideration of the types of work, range of activities, and the problems associated with temporary works.
  • Reasons for health and safety: Consideration of the moral and financial benefits of good health and safety performance.
  • Health and safety law: To discuss the main differences between common law and statute law and their relationship to civil law. A look at the procedure for civil claims for compensation and defences against such claims.
  • Health and safety legislation: To give an appreciation of the main differences between Acts, Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and HSE Guidance Notes, looking at the legal status of each. To understand the requirements of significant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The role of the EU will also be discussed.
  • Health and safety enforcement and tribunals: To give an appreciation of the role of the Health and Safety Enforcement Authorities and the powers of inspectors including the purpose of Improvement and Prohibition Notices. A look at the structure and role of Employment Tribunals with regard to health and safety issues is included. Day 2
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Video exercise: Confirmation of legal sessions by use of a video syndicate exercise.
  • Sources of information: A look at the sources of information available to the construction industry.
  • Health and safety management: To outline the main principles of health and safety management, including numerous references to HSE Guidance ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’.
  • Legal and organisational roles and responsibilities: A session giving delegates understanding of the roles and responsibilities throughout organisations within the construction industry. This session will also cover role and responsibilities of the self-employed and the “supply chain”. Day 3
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Client/contractor relationship: To discuss the importance of clearly defining the responsibilities of all parties when contractors are working on work premises, and to review the relevant legal obligations.
  • CDM Regulations: This session will include an overview of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and consideration of the roles of the key duty holders under the regulations. The requirements of the construction phase plan and the health and safety file will be discussed.
  • Consultation: An introduction to the legislation related to co-operation with trade unions and consultation with employees.
  • Health and safety culture: Consideration of health and safety culture and performance will be discussed, leading to discussion surrounding the factors (both positive and negative as well as internal and external) which affect the culture of an organisation.
  • Human Factors and Effecting Cultural Change: This session will concentrate on human factors and risk perception in relation to the individual, the job and the organisation. The session will conclude through focusing on the methods available in assisting cultural change. Day 4
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Legal requirements: An overview of the legal requirements for risk assessment including HSE guidance, criteria for a ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessment, special case applications to young persons, expectant mothers, disabled workers and lone workers.
  • Objectives of risk assessment: Outcomes of incidents in terms of human harm, and legal and economic effects on the organisation. Distinction between different types of incident and accident categories as causes of injury.
  • The stages of risk assessment: The risk assessment process, identifying hazards, identifying population at risk, evaluating risk and adequacy of current controls, recording significant findings and reviewing. This session will include a series of practical exercises. Day 5
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • General principles of prevention: Avoiding risks, controlling at source, adapting work, replacing, developing prevention policies, engineering controls, personal protection, training information and supervision.
  • General hierarchy of control: Elimination/substitution, changing work methods/patterns, isolation/segregation, engineering control and personal protection.
  • Safe systems of work: Employer’s duties and role competent persons in the development of safe systems. The importance of employee involvement and written procedures. The distinction between technical, procedural, and behavioural controls. Development of a safe system of work. Specific examples – confined spaces and lone working.
  • Permits to work: Operation and application. Typical permits and circumstances in which they may be appropriate.
  • Emergency procedures: Importance of developing emergency procedures. First aid requirements, arrangements for contacting emergency and rescue services. Coverage relating to shift work and location. Day 6
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • General construction hazards: As construction work includes building, maintenance and demolition, an overview of the hazards associated will be given.
  • Initial assessment of the site: The considerations of the factors relevant to construction work through initial site assessment.
  • Setting up and organising a site: Following on from initial assessment identification of the general controls needed in setting a site up.
  • Construction welfare facilities: Identification of the welfare facilities required on site.
  • Demolition hazards: The hazards presented by demolition work will be identified.
  • Precautions for demolition work: A session covering demolition method statements, demolition types and sequences, and protection of the public.
  • Specific demolition issues: An overview of the high-risk issues associated with demolition work. Further discussion concerning competency will also be included. Day 7
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Work at height - the scope of the problem: An overview of work activities involving risk of injury from working at height and the significance of such injuries.
  • Legal responsibilities: An overview of the Working at Height Regulations.
  • Hazards and risk factors: Basic hazards and factors affecting risk from working above ground level, including vertical distance, fragile roofs, deterioration of materials, unprotected edges, unstable/poorly maintained access equipment, weather and falling materials.
  • Risk controls and precautions: The main precautions necessary to prevent falls and falling materials, including the use of guardrails, fencing, toe boards, platforms, ladder loops, access boards and fall arrest harnesses. This session will also cover the requirements for head protection.
  • Safe working practices: An overview of common form of access equipment, including scaffolds (independent, tied, and mobile tower), mobile elevating work platforms, and ladders. This session will also include inspection requirements for scaffolds and the precautions required for work over water. Day 8
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Excavation hazards and precautions: A session covering the hazards of working in and around excavations. The factors to consider during risk assessment will also be covered. Identification of the precautions required to control excavation work.
  • Confined spaces - scope of the problem: Facts and figures regarding confined spaces accidents. The consequences of failure.
  • Health and safety law: Overview of Common and Statutory obligations, discussion of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated regulations, paying particular attention to the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and their relationship to other regulations.
  • Confined Spaces Regulation 1997: A look at the requirements of the Confined Space Regulations 1997 including definitions, risk assessment, and preventing the need for entry as well as emergency procedure.
  • Movement of people: Consideration of the hazards associated with pedestrians in a construction site environment. Control strategies for safeguarding pedestrian movement will be identified.
  • Movement of vehicles: Consideration of the hazards associated with vehicular movement in a construction site environment. Control strategies for safeguarding vehicular movement will be identified. Day 9
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • General work equipment: Scope of work equipment, suitability, requirement for CE marking and specific risks. Requirements for the provision of information, instruction and training, maintenance, inspection, and statutory requirements. Importance of operation and emergency controls, stability, lighting, markings and warnings, and clear unobstructed workspace. Responsibilities of users.
  • Hand held tools: Hazards and mis-use, requirements for safe use. Hazards of portable power tools and the means of control.
  • Machinery: Main mechanical and non-mechanical hazards and how harm may result from them. Hazards presented by a range of equipment including office machinery, manufacturing/maintenance machinery, retail machinery and construction machinery. The principles, merits and limitations of methods of protection and application to a range of equipment. Basic requirements for guards and safety devices. Day 10
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Principles of accident prevention: An introduction to the principles of accident causation, investigation, and prevention.
  • Benefits of accident prevention: A look at the reasons for preventing accidents and the benefits of thorough accident investigation.
  • Accident reporting and scope of investigation: A review of accident reporting and initial investigation procedures and reports. This session will include a study of the requirements of RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations).
  • Accident investigation techniques: The loss causation model as a basis for accident investigation and an introduction to associated tools and methods for analysis and identification of causal factors.
  • Stages of accident investigation: A detailed guide to the steps to take following an accident.
  • Case study: A practical exercise which will provide delegates with the opportunity to complete an accident investigation. Day 11
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Causative factors and types of musculo-skeletal injuries: An overview of the causative factors and the types of musculo-skeletal injuries, particularly back injuries, and the impact on the individual, the employer, and society.
  • Avoiding musculo-skeletal injuries: This session will describe the basic structure and function of the spine and identify everyday 24/7 back-saving tips and other measures to prevent musculo-skeletal disorders.
  • Legislation: An awareness-raising session on relevant health and safety legislation and its impact on the employer and employees.
  • Ergonomics and risk assessment: An introduction to ergonomics and its application in the workplace and an overview of risk assessment, covering key areas of task, individual, load, and environment.
  • Principles of good posture and efficient movement principles: This session will enable delegates to identify and apply good posture and efficient movement principles and how to identify how these principles can be applied to various handling situations.
  • Team handling and communication: An overview of the factors to be considered before team handling, including the importance of good communication.
  • Practical: This session will facilitate the application of risk assessment, including the safer handling of inanimate loads and the application of ergonomic principles. Delegates will practice a range of techniques including the application of good posture (e.g. whilst driving and at an office desk), the moving of large/awkward loads, pushing and pulling, lifting, carrying. Day 12
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Electrical hazards: Principles of electricity - basic circuitry; the relationship between voltage, current and resistance. Hazards of electricity including electric shock and its effect on the body, electrical burns, electrical fires, portable electrical equipment, and secondary hazards.
  • Electrical controls: Selection and suitability of equipment. Advantages and limitations of protective systems: fuses earthing, isolation, reduced low voltage systems, residual current devices, double installation. Inspection and maintenance strategies including the advantages and limitations of portable appliance testing.
  • Basic principles of fire: The fire triangle, sources of ignition, fuel and oxygen in a typical workplace. Classification of fires, basic principles of heat transmission and fire spread, common causes and consequences of fires in workplaces.
  • Legislation: An overview of fire safety legislation including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order. This session will also cover the requirement for a fire risk assessment and matters to be addressed in carrying out the assessment.
  • Control measures to minimise risk of fire: Elimination or reduction in the use and storage of flammable combustible materials. Control of ignition sources, systems of work, good housekeeping, and requirements for storage of small quantities of highly flammable liquids.
  • Structural measures to prevent the spread of fire: Properties of common building materials. Protection of openings and voids.
  • Fire detection, fire warning and fire fighting equipment: Common fire detection and alarm systems. Portable fire fighting equipment, siting maintenance and training requirements. Extinguishing media: water, foam, dry powder, vaporising liquids, and gases; advantages and limitations.
  • Requirements for fire plans and emergency evacuation procedures: Means of escape, travel distances, stairs, passageways, doors, emergency lighting, exit and directional signs, assembly points. Appointment of fire marshals, fire drills, roll call, provisions for the infirm and disabled. Day 13
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Forms of chemical and biological agents: An introduction to forms of chemical agent: dusts, fumes, gases, mists, vapours, and liquids; and biological agents: fungi, bacteria, moulds, and viruses.
  • Classification of substances: Main classification of substances hazardous to health: irritant, corrosive, harmful, toxic, and carcinogenic. The role of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP). The difference between acute and chronic health effects.
  • Routes of entry: Routes of entry of hazardous substances in to the body and body reactions.
  • Health hazards of specific agents: The health hazards of specific agents and the circumstances in which they might be present.
  • The role of COSHH: An overview of the COSHH Regulations.
  • Workplace exposure limits: An introduction to WELs, HSE Guidance Note EH40 and other sources of information.
  • Control measures: An overview of measures to prevent or adequately control exposure as far as is reasonably practicable, using the hierarchy of controls. This session includes detailed reference to LEV and PPE.
  • Surveys for health risks: Basic surveys for health risks, use and limitations of basic monitoring equipment.
  • Control of asbestos: Identification and assessment of asbestos and an overview of removal and control measures required for those involved in the process.
  • Environmental issues: Basic environmental issues relating to waste, effluent, and atmospheric pollution control. An overview of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Day 14
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Task and workstation design: Ergonomic principles and the ill-health effects of poorly designed tasks and workstations, including musculo-skeletal problems and hand/arm vibration syndrome. Factors giving rise to ill-health conditions: task, environment, and equipment. Examples of risk activities will be given and preventative and precautionary measures discussed.
  • Welfare and work environment issues: Requirements for supply of drinking water, washing facilities, sanitary conveniences, accommodation for clothing, rest and eating facilities, seating, ventilation, eating, and lighting.
  • Noise: The effects on hearing of exposure to noise. The meaning of commonly used terms. Action levels and simple noise measurement techniques. Basic noise control techniques and the purpose, application, and limitations of personal hearing protection.
  • Heat and radiation: The effects of exposure to extremes of temperature and preventative measures. Sources of and the distinction between ionising and non-ionising radiation and their health effects. Basic control measures and radiation protection strategies.
  • Stress: Causes, effects, and prevention strategies for stress at work.
  • Violence and drugs at work: Risk factors and prevention strategies for violence at work. The effects of alcohol and drugs in the workplace and control strategies. Day 15
  • Review of previous day’s activities.
  • Measuring performance: An overview of the importance of measuring health and safety performance.
  • Proactive monitoring measures: This session will include the monitoring of performance standards and the systematic inspection of plant and premises.
  • Reactive monitoring measures: This session will include data on accidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses, ill health, complaints by workforce, and enforcement action.
  • Workplace inspections: The role of inspections, use of checklists, and effective report writing.
    This session includes practical exercises.
  • Auditing and review: Scope and purpose of auditing health and safety management systems. Pre-audit preparations, responsibility for audits and advantages and disadvantages of external and internal audits. Aims of performance review and relevance of results of monitoring activity to review progress.
  • Practical exercise: An exercise to carry out a workplace inspection and to draft a report for management.
  • Course conclusion and close.

    • Additional information

    Payment options: RoSPA members receive a discount, paying £2025 + VAT.
    Comments: Week 1: 25.01.10 - 29.01.10 Week 2: 15.02.10 - 19.02.10 Week 3: 08.03.10 - 12.03.10

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