Diploma in Construction Site Safety at Level 5 Course teaches you everything on the topic thoroughly from scratch so you can achieve a professional certificate for free to showcase your achievement in professional life. This Diploma in Construction Site Safety at Level 5 Course is a comprehensive, instructor-guided course, designed to provide a detailed understanding of the nature of the related sector and your key roles within it.
To become successful in your profession, you must have a specific set of skills to succeed in today’s competitive world. In this in-depth training course, you will develop the most in-demand skills to kickstart your career, as well as upgrade your existing knowledge & skills.
The training materials of this course are available online for you to learn at your own pace and fast-track your career with ease.
- Accredited by CPD
- Instant e-certificate
- Fully online, interactive course with audio voiceover
- Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone-friendly
- 24/7 Learning Assistance
- Discounts on bulk purchases
Who should take the course
Anyone with a knack for learning new skills can take this Diploma in Construction Site Safety at Level 5. While this comprehensive training is popular for preparing people for job opportunities in the relevant fields, it also helps to advance your career for promotions.
Certification
Once you’ve completed your course, you will immediately be sent a CPD Accredited FREE Digital Certificate.
Course Curriculum
The detailed curriculum outline of our Construction Site Safety Training course is as follows:
Module 01: Health and Safety at Work and the Laws
- Costs/dangers of poor health and safety
- Benefits of good health and safety
- Health and safety law (criminal law)
- Civil law – compensation claims
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA)
- Overlap of duties of some legislation
- Penalties and Enforcement
- Improvement and Prohibition Notices
- The Employer’s Responsibilities (Provide just the List of the duties)
- The Employee’s responsibilities and duties (Provide just the List of the duties)
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 02: Site Management
- Site Boundaries
- Access Roads
- Design Planning and Locating Access Roads
- Water Services
- Electricity
- Accommodation for Staffs
- Disposal of Waste
- Site Logistics
- Hoardings
- Site Security
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 03: Risk and Value Management
- Risk and Value Imperatives
- Approaches to Risk and Value Management
- Integrating Risk and Value
- Sustainable Value and The Whole Life Cycle
- The Process of Value Management
- Definition and Evaluation of Risk
- The Risk Management Process
- Risk Attitude
- Risk Response and Management
- Risk Management Techniques
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 04: Communications, Information and Documentation of Construction
- Communications On-Site
- Daily Logs, Reports and Construction Diary
- Meetings
- Photographs and Videos On-Site
- Information and Communications Technologies
- Building Information Modelling
- Electronic Business and Project Administration
- Importance of Communications, Information and Documentation
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 05: Health and Safety in Construction Management
- Financial Costs of an Accident
- Moral Obligations & Self-Preservation
- The Impact of an Accident On Others
- Important Rules and Regulations for the Construction Industry
- Health and Safety File
- Welfare Requirements
- Sanitary facilities
- Washing Facilities
- Drinking-Water
- Changing Facilities
- Rest Rooms
- Managing Safety Within the Construction Industry
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 06: Managing for Health and Safety
- Core elements of managing for health and safety
- Legal duties
- Risk profiling
- Health and safety management systems
- Documentation
- Attitudes and behaviours
- Are you doing what you need to do?
- Leading and managing for health and safety
- Competence
- Worker consultation and involvement
- Delivering Effective Arrangements
- Plan
- Do
- Check
- Act
- Summary
Module 07: Introduction and Basics
- Structure of Atoms
- Electrons
- Electric Current
- Resistance
- Electric Power
Module 08: Safety Precautions
- General Safety Rules
- Effects of Electric Current on the Body
- On the Job
- Protective Clothing
- Ladders and Scaffolds
- Fires
- Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters
- Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs)
- Grounding
- Electrical Maintenance
- Identifying and preventing electrical hazards
- Personal protective equipment
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 09: Electrical Incidents
- Caution
- Breaking contact with electricity
- High voltage current
- Low-voltage current
- Lightning
- Shocks
- Summary
Module 10: Reducing and Controlling Risks
- The choice and different kinds of equipment
- Inspecting equipment
- General things to look for during a visual inspection
- Inspecting the equipment
- Reducing risks: fire safety
- What must you do to ensure fire safety?
- Performing the fire safety risk assessment
- Itemised process of fire safety risk assessment
- Emergency procedures
- Call for an Emergency
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 11: Introduction, Regulations and Duties
- What Is Working at Height
- Examples of Working at Height
- Risks from working at height (Should start with some statistics of the UK and then mention some risks using bullet points)
- What are the most common causes of working at height?
- What do you need to consider when planning work at height?
- How do you comply with these Regulations?
- How do you decide if someone is ‘competent’ to work at height?
- Duties
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- Employer Duties
- Employee Duties
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 12: Assessment and Prevention of the Risks
- What Is Risk Assessment?
- Who May Be Harmed?
- What Are the Five Steps of Risk Assessment?
- How to Identify Hazards and Evaluate the Risks?
- How to Record, Review and Update the Findings?
- How to Reduce the Risks
- Things to consider when trying to reduce risks
- Safety Control Measures
- Control Measures for Fragile Surfaces
- Control Measures for Vehicles
- Control Measures for Roof Work
- Training
- Emergency Procedures
Module 13: Work at Height Equipment
- Selecting Work Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Safe Uses of the Common Equipment
- Mobile Scaffold
- MEWP Scissors
- MEWP Boom
- Podium Steps
- Ladder/ Step Ladder (Inspection checklist, how to secure safely)
- Hop Up
- Trestle
- Tubular Scaffold
- Inspection of Work Equipment
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 14: Working in Confined Spaces and the Laws
- Why Do You Need Training?
- What Are Confined Spaces?
- Confined Space Legislation in England and Wales
- Other Legislation and Guidance
- Ireland Legislation
- Roles & Responsibilities of the Employers and Others
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- Commanding Officers (COs)/Heads of Establishment (HoEs)
- Managers
- All Personnel
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 15: Risk Assessment
- The Complete Procedure for Working in Confined Spaces (Flow Chart)
- What is Risk Assessment?
- Identifying the Considerable Hazards before Entering Confined Spaces
- Reduced physical dimensions
- Lack of oxygen
- Excess of oxygen
- Flammable substances
- The possible presence of toxic gases fumes and vapours
- The unintended ingress of materials
- Excessive heat
- Other hazards
- Who Might Be Exposed to the Hazards?
- What Precautions to Take
- Recording Key Findings of Risk Assessment
- Reviewing Risk Assessment Regularly
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 16: Control Measures
- Preventing the Need for Entry
- The Role of Designers, Manufacturers and Suppliers
- Safe Systems of Work in Confined Spaces
- Suitability of Persons to do the Work
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Provision of Special Tools and Lighting
- Communications
- Accessibility
- Testing the Air
- Provision of Ventilation
- Provision of Breathing Apparatus
- Isolation of Equipment and Services
- Cleaning Confined Spaces before Entry
- Provision of Rescue Harnesses
- Summary
- Assessment
Module 17: Emergency Procedures
- Arrangements for emergency rescue
- Rescue and resuscitation equipment
- Raising the alarm and rescue
- Safeguarding the rescuers
- Fire safety
- Control of plant
- First aid
- Public emergency services
- Training
- Additional Emergency Arrangements
- Summary
- Assessment
