A Comprehensive Guide to Construction Safety

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of workers is a legal and ethical requirement of every organisation and business. This course introduces you to the health and safety measures that should be implemented to reduce work-related accidents in the construction industry. We lay out each step taken to carry out a risk assessment to identify and evaluate workplace hazards before the start of construction work. Construction covers a wide array of activities of different kinds, each prone to serious and even fatal injuries to workers. It is therefore important to know the procedures to follow in order to report incidents in a workplace. We outline how to report accidents in the workplace and examine the legal requirements for reporting such incidents.

Working at heights and in confined spaces also poses serious risks to workers, including falls and exposure to toxic fumes. This course describes the necessary precautions that should be taken before anyone works in such environments in order to minimise the risk of accidents. We then discuss injuries caused by manual and mechanical handling and the safety precautions used to prevent them. Chemicals can exist in a variety of states and be solid, liquid, gas or plasma. During construction, workers may be exposed to hazardous chemicals such as carbon monoxide, asbestos, lead, silica and spray paints. They require proper protection to avoid risks to their health. We go over chemical classifications, the health risks these substances pose and the safety precautions to take. We then compare electrical and fire hazards on a construction site and their safety measures you should put in place to protect workers. Finally, we lay out the UK legislation governing health and safety construction to help you comply with regulations designed to prevent workplace accidents.

We designed this course for people who work or intend to work in the construction industry. It is also useful for those who want to pursue a career in the field of health and safety or want to build their knowledge base in the field. This is a basic level course and requires no prerequisite knowledge or experience to join. The instructor explains the processes used to protect health and safety in construction, from hazard identification to implementing appropriate control measures. Every construction organisation requires a dedicated health and safety department to ensure the safety of workers and equipment. The application of occupational health and safety management is vast in the construction industry and offers numerous rewarding career opportunities to people with the right knowledge and expertise in the UK and elsewhere. Join the course to take advantage of such opportunities and master the skills required to legally complete construction jobs.