Course overview
What this course covers
Understand common construction site risks and controls including access, plant movement, work at height, housekeeping, lifting and contractor coordination.
This course explains the key workplace risks linked with Construction Safety Training and the controls normally used to manage them. Learners are guided through what to check, what to report and how this subject should be applied through local procedures, supervision and review.
Who Should Attend
Suitable for site workers, supervisors, contractors, managers and visitors who need to understand common construction and industrial site controls before and during work.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain why construction safety training matters in a workplace setting
- Identify common hazards, unsafe conditions and warning signs linked with this topic
- Recognise suitable controls, checks and safe working arrangements
- Understand what should be reported, escalated or stopped when conditions are unsafe
- Know how records, supervision and review support ongoing control
Course Content
- Site rules
- PPE and access
- Plant and pedestrians
- Work at height
- Excavations
- Lifting
- Housekeeping
- Emergency arrangements
- Reporting concerns
Course Application Focus
Learners should be able to apply the course information to everyday workplace checks, follow local procedures, recognise when controls are missing or failing, and raise concerns before harm occurs.
Legal / Regulatory Context
Relevant UK context may include CDM 2015, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management Regulations and activity-specific requirements for work at height, lifting, excavation, temporary works, plant and contractor control.