Site Safety Plus

This course is aimed at all those persons who are entering or working within construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce to help them understand the potential hazards that they face at work on site.

The course provides a practical summary of health, safety and welfare and environmental issues identifying individual responsibilities for looking after themselves and others, what the employer duties are and what should be done if they think anyone's health and safety is being put at risk.

The aims and objectives of the course

• To ensure that individual responsibilities are understood:
•  Why they are carrying out their identified duties
•  What is expected of them
•  To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

•  Understand the need to prevent accidents
• Have an understanding of health and safety law
•  Identify how their role fits into the control and management of the site
• Understand the need for risk assessments and method statements
•  Appreciate the need to perform safely and to stop and ask for advice if not sure
•  Feel obliged to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident

Assessment

• The method of assessment is by multiple choice questions at the end of the course as well as being expected to participate during the course.

Course progression

The CITB identify this course as the starting point for obtaining a basic understanding of health and safety duties and responsibilities and becoming aware of hazards and risk on site. Upon successful completion of the course a natural progression would be the Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme Course (SSSTS – 2 days).