General Training Programme for construction companies (‘contractors’)
A systematic programme for improving procedures and practices for the benefit of all who participate in this major and socially important industry
Overall aim
The overall aim of this programme is to provide a comprehensive review of the duties of construction companies and the construction processes they use, which will provide a safe and healthy working environment for all involved in their construction projects, and to persuade those who participate in the programme to implement what they have learned when they return to their organizations.
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
Give a persuasive presentation to major sub-contractors employed by construction companies for their projects to persuade them to adopt good occupational safety and health practices and procedures
Propose a project management organization for a given project to ensure that all those involved in the project will be in a safe and healthy environment
Draft an Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) Policy for a specific organization
Draft an outline for a comprehensive OS&H management system for a specific organization
Identify the main hazards and risks for a specific project
List the main items for an OS&H Policy for a specific construction project
List the main items for an OS&H Plan for a specific project
Write an outline specification for an OS&H management system for a specific project
Make a general plan for the layout and welfare facilities for a specific project
Identify the personal protective equipment that would be needed for a specific workplace and construction process
Identify the main hazards that may arise from the use of a specific commonly used item of plant or equipment and explain how to minimize the risks that may arise
Identify the main hazards that may arise from the use of a specific commonly construction process and explain how to minimize the risks
This is a comprehensive, modular programme. It will be series of half-day four-hour sessions, scheduled once a week. Generally, each weekly session will cover one module.
During these sessions you will receive lectures, participate in discussions and exercises and, at the end, you will apply your knowledge to a real construction project.
You will be given a Handbook at the end of the programme, which summarizes the programme content, to help you to apply the knowledge in this programme in your own organization.
Fundamental modules: fundamental issues and principles of project occupational safety and health required by todays construction industry
Week Module MODULE SETS & TITLES Duration (Hours)
1 A Fundamental principles 2
2 B General duties 4
3 C Safe and healthy working environment 4
4 D Workers perspectives 4
Project management modules: OS&H managerial processes and procedures, and how these should be
applied to the practical running of a safe and healthy project
Week Module MODULE SETS & TITLES Duration (Hours)
5 E Principles of safe project management 4
6 F Planning and control for OS&H 4
7 G Processes and systems 4
8 H Welfare and project site 4
Technical modules: technical descriptions of the way in which the physical construction processes must be conducted in a safe and healthy manner
Week Module MODULE SETS & TITLES Duration (Hours)
9 I Personal protective clothing and equipment 4
10 J General plant and equipment 4
11 K Vertical movement 4
12 L Horizontal movement 4
13 M Working at or below ground level 4
14 N Working at height 4
Integration and concluding modules: A major assignment, in which the knowledge gained through modules 1-14 is applied to a realistic construction project
Week Module MODULE SETS & TITLES Duration (Hours)
15 O Project: Introduction and start work 4
16 O Project: complete, present & discuss 4
Course evaluation, final discussion and a concluding case study
17 P Concluding 2
