SPA Safety Passport – Day 2 – Construction Sector

Course Aim

The safety passport is a nationally recognised industry accredited scheme; designed to provide candidates with general health and safety awareness to enable them to work safely on site. Candidates must have attended the Core Day training session prior to attending this course. The course provides the necessary training in preparation for undertaking the CITB-Construction Skills Health & Safety Test.

Who Should Attend

The course is designed for managers; supervisors and operatives who need to demonstrate that they have the required competence for working on construction sites.

Content of Course

• Module 1 – Organising for Safety
  Health & safety legislation; responsibilities; lines of communication; risk assessment
• Module 2 – The Workplace
  Principles of safe place of work; safe behaviour; safe access and egress; safety signs; temperature; lighting; housekeeping; welfare facilities; slips, trips and falls; working at height (working with ladders, fragile roosf, scaffolding and mobile scaffold towers); excavations and confined spaces
• Module 3 – Plant and Machinery
  Hand held tools; machinery; electricity; noise; workplace transport
• Module 4 - Health
  Hygiene; personal protective equipment; specific health hazards (asbestos, lead, cement; effects of sun); manual handling; musculoskeletal disorders (hand arm vibration, whole body vibration); health surveillance; stress
• Module 5 – Procedures
  Safe systems of work, including permit to work systems; emergency procedures; fire safety; first aid; reporting accidents and incidents
• Module 7 – Environment
  Key legislation; enforcing organisations; responsibilities of employers and employees; causes of on and off site pollution; how to prevent pollution; emergency planning; emergency procedures; waste minimisation and segregation; safe and secure storage

Objectives

By the end of the programme; the candidate will be able to: -

• Have a basic knowledge of health and safety
• Be able to work in a safe and healthy manner and contribute to improving health and safety on site
• Identify key hazards in their own workplace
• Understand the importance of health and safety rules and working procedures
• Report potential health and safety problems

Candidates will be issued with a safety photocard passport (valid for three years) as proof that they have received training.

Duration of Course

This is a one-day course with a minimum of 6 hours tutor contact time.