Temporary Works Awareness: Don’t Touch the Props
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Recognise temporary works on site, explain the roles of the temporary works coordinator and supervisor and follow permits to load and strike.
- Assign to
- Anyone who works on or near formwork, falsework, propping, shoring or trench support
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise temporary works on site.
- Explain the roles of the temporary works coordinator and supervisor.
- Follow permits to load and strike.
- Never alter temporary works without authority, and report it if others do.
The course
- 01What temporary works are
- 02Who controls them
- 03Loading and striking
- 04Never alter without authority
The decision they practise
In “Keith and the props”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “How a temporary work is controlled” and “Two Tuesday afternoons”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing 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)
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 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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