Construction Health and Safety: The Big Risks
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Recognise the main causes of death and ill health in construction; and control the big safety risks: height, falling objects, vehicles, collapse.
- Assign to
- Everyone working in construction
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise the main causes of death and ill health in construction.
- Control the big safety risks: height, falling objects, vehicles, collapse.
- Protect health from asbestos, silica, noise and vibration.
- Apply CDM and welfare duties, even on small jobs.
The course
- 01What kills and harms
- 02The big safety risks
- 03The big health risks
- 04Your duties
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Fix Baz’s job sheet”, learners fix a realistic form and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “How Baz’s two days could go” and “Two versions of Baz’s week”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice and matching questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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