Introduction:
Because the bulk of workers there are inexperienced or semi-skilled, construction sites continue to be the top workplaces where a high number of injuries occur internationally. According to recent estimates published by the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are at least 60,000 fatal workplace accidents in the construction industry each year, or almost one death every 10 minutes.
This number of fatalities is much outnumbered by construction injuries. The collapse of under-construction buildings, scaffolding, structures, cranes, construction equipment, worker falls, contact with falling objects, electrocution, fire burn-out, and contact with rotating, flying, pressurized, or energized tools and equipment are some of the causes of injuries and fatalities at construction sites.
One of the most important factors, and one that safety professionals emphasize greatly, is construction safety. Construction safety training includes instructing employees on how to use tools and equipment safely, taking extra safety precautions while working in dangerous construction zones, handling energized equipment, and using personal protective equipment properly and consistently while engaged in construction activities.
Course Objectives
 This crucial and comprehensive Construction Safety Course will equip the participants to:
- Understand the hazards at the construction workplace
- Learn to implement controls to manage the construction hazards/risk
- Comprehend safe ways of working for all major construction activities
- Appreciate the responsibilities of construction safety officers, construction supervisors and workers
- Comprehend the importance of Job Safety Analysis / Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) at the construction site
- Educate construction supervisors on the importance of Toolbox Talks, Job briefing in languages which workers can understand
- Understand the importance of construction site audit
- Note the importance of construction hygiene, housekeeping, welfare amenities, healthy food and adequate rest time
- Understand avenues for specialized certified construction safety courses
- Heed professional affiliations for specialized construction safety
Who Should Attend?
 This Construction Safety course would be suitable for:
- Construction Trainees/intern/fresh employees who want to take up construction profession as their career
- All construction workers, supervisors and managers who want to promote health & safety in their projects
- All employees/workers who have been on rotation from their existing departments to the construction department
Organizational Benefits
 Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this Construction Safety course can benefit in the following ways:
- Develop an efficient and confident team of construction supervisors and workers who are well trained in safety
- A safety-trained construction workforce executes a safe project without significant incidents which forms a good reference credential for future contracts
- All major clients prefer to have a construction contractor who are well trained in safety so that their project is not delayed due to major incidents, and the project gets smooth clearance from governmental regulatory authorities for commissioning and commercialization
Personal Benefits
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Individuals who participate in this Construction Safety course can gain from it in the following ways:
- Confident to identify and control hazards/risks associated with construction activities
- It will ensure that the participant lives an injury and illness-free life not only for himself but also for his company and his family
- This training and experience prepares construction supervisors to discharge their functions efficiently and safely
- The knowledge and skill provided in this course are useful for all workers to grow in their respective specialized trade and careers because of their safety training, compared to those who are not safety-trained
Course Outline
 MODULE 1: WHAT IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE?
- Concepts and definitions
- Types of construction sites
- Activities at construction site
- Greenfield and brownfield construction
- Safety organization at construction site
- Importance of construction hygiene, housekeeping, welfare amenities, healthy food and adequate rest time
MODULE 2: COMMON HAZARDS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE AND PROTECTION
- Harsh ambient/environmental conditions
- Noise
- Dust
- Vehicle movements and the associated risk
- Simultaneous jobs
- Communication gaps and language barriers
MODULE 3: EXCAVATION HAZARDS AND CONTROLS
- Damage to underground services
- Workers getting buried under the capsizing excavation
- Asphyxiation to workers in the confined spaces made by excavation
- Release of possible toxic gases from soil/faulty underground gas pipelines
- Release and flooding of water from soil or faulty utility services
MODULE 4: WORKING AT HEIGHT
- Falling hazards
- Fall arrest equipment and lanyards
- Safe scaffolding
- Personnel carrying baskets and equipment
- Miscellaneous controls and precautions
MODULE 5: GRINDING, GAS-CUTTING AND WELDING
- Hazards of high energy hit, cuts and burning
- Ignition, gas explosion and electrocution hazards
- Training, procedures and job safety analysis
- Miscellaneous controls and precautions
MODULE 6: HEAVY LIFTS
- Hazards of failures of lifting equipment resulting in the collapse of the lifting equipment
- Visual and Physical (proof load) inspection and examination
- Lift planning and Risk Assessment
- Lift supervision
- Environmental conditions and supporting conditions affecting the safe lift
- Specialized training on lifting
MODULE 7: MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION WORK IN SPECIAL LOCATIONS/SITUATIONS
- Working in confined spaces during construction/erection
- Working on communication tower
- Working over water
- Pressure testing
- Working on electrically charged equipment or with electrically powered equipment
- Lone working
MODULE 8: RADIOGRAPHY WITH IONIZING RADIATION HAZARDS
- Hazards of ionization radiation and lethal health effects
- Control on the movement of radiography equipment
- Controls of radiography operations so as to eliminate hazards to unclassified personnel
- Storage of radiography equipment
- Health monitoring of radiography workers
MODULE 9: RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
- Implementation of construction safety policy and procedures
- Role of health & safety officer at construction site
- Shift-wise site inspection
- Observation, praising of safe acts and stoppage of unsafe acts
- Regular training and Job safety talks with workers before start of work shift and on the job
- Maintenance of Safety culture at site
MODULE 10: CONSTRUCTION SELF-INSPECTIONS AND SAFETY AUDITS
- Construction site self-safety inspection plan
- Construction site internal audit plan
- Management Surveys/Tours
- Construction site external audits for compliances (regulatory, management system certification etc)
MODULE 11: PROMOTING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
- Safety Slogans
- Safety Improvement suggestions
- Safety awards and recognitions
- Townhall meetings
- Others
MODULE 12: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
- Mandatory PPEs at construction site
- Special PPEs as per risks
- Storage and maintenance of PPEs
- Discarding of PPEs
MODULE 13: SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- CITB
- HSE
- OSHA
- EUOSH
Method of Instruction:
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Online
Course Duration:
5 days
Type of Certificate Issued:
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Certificate in Construction SafetyÂ
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You can choose any of the three below:
- Digital Certificate(Downloadable PDF)
- Physical Certificate with security marking shipped to your location with a price
- Framed Certificate with security markings shipped to your location with a price.
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