This course is ideal for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce.
This course is designed for site workers to help understand the potential hazards faced when working on a construction or civil engineering site. Delegates will gain a practical understanding of health and safety, welfare and environmental issues whilst identifying individual responsibilities for looking after themselves and others, what the employer’s duties are and what should be done if they think anyone’s health and safety is being put at risk.
This course is ideal for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce.
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MG Scotland are a respected provider of construction-related plant operator and health and safety training in Scotland. We bring together 26 years of industry training experience to our clients who operate in a wide variety of sectors including construction, civil engineering, facilities management, utilities, local authorities and oil and gas. We pride ourselves in delivering quality training at competitive prices.
We deliver construction plant operator training, accredited by CPCS or NPORS, from our fully-equipped training centre in Bathgate using equipment from some of the industry’s leading manufacturers such as Volvo, Terex, Manitou and Hyundai.
Our head office and admin centre is based in Bargeddie, Glasgow where candidates can attend to sit their computer-based CITB ConstructionSkills Health, Safety and Environment Test (required for applying for a CSCS/CPCS card). Both our training centre and head office are ideally located between Glasgow and Edinburgh and are easily accessible from across Scotland and the South.
MG Scotland offer further training in the areas of Driving Skills (4×4 off road vehicles, all-terrain vehicles – ATVs – and Search & Rescue), Groundcare (ride-on mowers, hedge trimmers and pesticides) and Forestry and Arboriculture (chainsaw maintenance, tree felling, pruning and thinning), accredited by NPORS.
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