IOSH Managing Client Contractor Relationships

The Knowledge Academy IOSH Managing Client-Contractor Relationships 3 day course covers the following topics:

Introduction

Health and safety law imposes strict duties on employers to protect the health, safety and welfare of persons not employed by them whilst on their premises.

Individuals managing contractors working on site, or managing contractors working on construction projects, needs to understand the legislation and its practical implications.

IOSH therefore drew up the syllabus for this three-day training course, which is also updated to reflect the changes to the CDM Regulations introduced in 2007.

Pre-Requisites

• There are no pre-requisites required, prior to attending this course.

Who Should Attend

• Recommended for Clients, Client’s agents, Project Managers, Facilities Managers, Health and Safety Managers and those responsible for managing/controlling contractors or contracting workers.

Course Objectives

This course will give candidates:

• An overview of relevant aspects of the British legal system
• An understanding of the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• A detailed understanding of the CDM Regulations (including the 2007 changes), the main duty holders and the roles they play
• An understanding of the competence requirements for the key duty holders and the principles involved in the selection of competent contractors
• An overview of the key elements of HSG65 (‘Successful health and safety management’ HSE Guidance)
• An understanding of how risk assessment, safe systems of work, method statements and permits to work play a pivotal role in managing safety on site
• The ability to set up control arrangements for contractors arriving and leaving site
• The knowledge to plan for emergencies
• The skills to monitor and audit contractors on site

Course Content

Introduction and course overview

What is health and safety and why manage it?

• Legal considerations
• Moral considerations
• Financial considerations
• Business considerations

UK legislation

• Civil liabilities and law
• Duty of care
• Common law

Syndicate exercise

The CDM Regulations

• Application
• Identification of duty holders
• Competence
• Designers/ architects
• Main contractor
• Planning supervisor
• Health and safety plan
• – General contents
• – Pre-tender
• – Construction phase
• Health and Safety File
• – Format
• – Content
• – Link to contract documents
• – Ongoing use and integration
• Duty holders’ roles and responsibilities
• Information and training
• Competence
• Communication and cooperation
• Exclusion of civil liabilities
• 2006 amendments

Successful health and safety management (HSG65)

• Policy statement
• Organisation
• Arrangements
• Implementation
• Monitoring
• Review
• Audit
• Application to CDM

Individual exercise – How well do you manage contractors?

Mock assessment and feedback

Planning and pre-tender

Risk assessment

• Hazards
• Risk
• Evaluation of risks
• Hierarchy of controls

Syndicate exercise – Identifying hazards, assessing risk and introducing controls

Permit to work

• Introduction
• Description
• Requirements
• Activities requiring a permit to work
• The system principles

Selection of contractors

• Selecting a competent contractor and building a checklist

Syndicate exercise – Producing a reasonable enquiries checklist

Method statements and safe systems of work

• Evaluation

Syndicate exercise – Using risk assessments to produce method statements

Contractors on site

• Induction
• Controls
• Arrangements
• De-briefs

Syndicate exercise – Induction checklist

Emergencies on site

• What can go wrong
• Planning and being prepared
• Carrying out simulated exercises

Syndicate exercise – Considering emergency arrangements and planning

Monitoring

• Purpose
• Strategies

Review of contractors and the job

• Purpose
• Strategies

Syndicate exercise – Reviewing of contractors

Mock assessment two

Auditing

• Purpose
• Strategies

Setting of project

Final assessment

Summary and close