Learn the rules and safety practices crucial to construction design and management (CDM) in this free online course.

Construction design and management (CDM) is a set of health and safety guidelines applicable to all construction projects in the United Kingdom. This course teaches you the basics, origin and history of CDM regulations and explains how these regulations were altered to meet the requirements of the construction industry. CDM assigns certain roles and responsibilities to those involved in a construction project and we show you how each stakeholder promotes health and safety on a construction site. We then compare the responsibilities of clients and those of the construction company’s employees. Just like any management system, the field of construction health and safety requires certain documents. We identify the necessary CDM documents and outline who is responsible for maintaining them and how they should do so.

A construction project can be divided into multiple stages with each stage requiring its own flow of information to communicate health and safety risks. This course identifies the information required at every step of a project and the personnel responsible for obtaining and sharing it. The ‘health and safety file' is a record document that must be revised from time to time and shared with the relevant people on a construction site. We explore the key contents of a ‘health and safety file’ and identify commercially available software products that support specific CDM standards or guidelines before demonstrating how they can be tailored to your needs. The course then covers health and safety rules, traffic regulations, emergency procedures and how to prevent accidents from occurring on construction sites.

We designed this course for people who work or intend to work in the field of construction safety. This course is also useful for learners who studied occupational health and safety and now want to specialise in this field. This course also suits anyone considering a construction project who wants to meet their legal and safety obligations as clients. It covers the relevant legal guidelines governing construction design and management (CDM) in the UK. The instructor provides a case study related to site safety to provide a practical understanding of construction safety concepts. All construction organisations need to hire construction safety professionals to create and apply cost-effective safety protocols and meet their legal requirements. Career opportunities are thus available for people trained in CDM practices who possess expertise in construction safety. Sign up to build and improve your knowledge of construction design and management and learn how to maintain safety on building sites and meet your legal obligations.