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Contents Page
1. Introduction 2
3. Course delivery 2
4. Course attendance 3
6. Suggested timetables 5
8. Programme notes 6
3. Course delivery
In order to maintain continuity and flow, and to maximise a delegate’s comprehension and participation,
the favoured method of delivery is to hold the course over five consecutive days. However, day release,
comprising one or two days per week for up to a maximum of five weeks, is an acceptable alternative.
Where courses are interrupted, for example by Bank Holidays, this time period may be extended to
seven weeks.
Should a training provider wish to deliver the course over half-days or as an evening course, the
required contact hours are 40 and 42 hours respectively. Half-day courses will require an attendance of
a minimum of four hours and evening classes for a minimum of three and a half hours at any one time.
These extended hours take into account the stop-start nature of the delivery.
Only in extenuating circumstances should courses be run any differently to the above alternatives and
permission must be granted by the Site Safety Plus department at the registration stage.
If this is not possible the delegate must enrol on a new course and retake the full five-day course.
However, if this is not possible due to extenuating circumstances (for example bereavement or certified
illness), the delegate may enrol on a new course to complete the missing days ensuring that they
maintain the correct sequence of days, training and exercises. This must be authorised by The Site
Safety Plus department prior to confirmation with the delegate. Extenuating circumstances do not
include work-based issues such as workload or holidays. This should be made clear to the
delegates prior to booking places on the course.
Delegates unable to complete the course due to certified sickness or extenuating circumstances must
complete the course within 90 days of the last day of attendance.
Under no circumstances may a delegate be allowed to sit the compulsory objective examination unless
all days have been attended and no delegate is allowed to attend more than two courses of split
attendance.
Delegates will be charged an attendance fee, as shown in the scheme fees Schedule 1.8, for each
course attended. The training provider may also have additional costs to be recovered from the
delegate and these should be agreed in advance.
Where any doubt exists the training provider should seek advice from the Site Safety Plus department;
however, the Scheme Rules will be adhered to in these circumstances.
The four core and case study exercises are carried out to assess the performance and interaction
of each participant within the group exercises.
The 12 x 3½ hour tuition evening style delivery has an extra time allocation; this should include
additional work to link the sessions to allow for the probability of working in a classroom situation
after a long day at work.
Session 2 Health and safety: facts and Outline of statistics, the legal and enforcing
figures, accident prevention. authorities, an overview of the legal system
Health and safety system in in use in the UK and introduce behavioural
the UK safety
Session 3 The Health and Safety at Work This provides the framework of the legal
etc. Act 1974 system and the context for health and safety
The Management of Health responsibilities of employer and employee
and Safety at Work
Regulations
Day 1 PM Health and safety and the The health and safety policy, principles of
Session 4 manager protection, the manager’s responsibilities
and skills in policy implementation within the
context of their management roles
Session 8 Health and safety To provide lifting appliances, lifting gear and
management for plant, personal protective equipment
equipment and systems of
work
Day 3 PM Monitoring health and safety Inspections, surveys, tours and health and
Session 10 safety auditing
Accident reporting and investigation
Examination
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
Aim
To enable delegates to develop ideas on ways of defining and implementing the principles of
health, safety and welfare, and how such principles will affect the duty-holders (client, principal
contractors, contractors, self-employed, manufacturers and suppliers).
Learning objectives
By participating in this exercise, delegates should be better able to recognise and understand
the need to have an adequate knowledge of the general duties placed on duty-holders under
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Exercise method
Briefing
1. Small groups should be formed, of perhaps 5 or 6 delegates, with the appointment of a
leader or secretary for each group.
Task 1
Each group should consider, and answer as fully as possible, the following questions
concerning their category:
2. Identify their general health and safety duties under the relevant legislation (policy
statement).
3. Establish where and with whom the responsibility lies for ensuring that those duties are
carried out (arrangements).
The tutor should check group answers and correct any faulty information or misunderstandings.
It is recommended that findings are shared generally at this stage to clarify basic information
which is important for Task 2.
Uncritical brainstorming is suggested at the initial stage, followed by careful analysis of the
ideas contributed, to establish the measures that the group considers valid and realistic
for the monitoring of health and safety performance.
2. Group leaders should then present their findings to the course. Discussion generated at
this stage should produce useful modifications for some groups to apply to their own
proposals.
The tutor then summarises the findings of all groups, and discusses areas where difficulties or
misunderstandings may have arisen. It may be useful here for delegates to receive copies of
the proposals of the other groups, to provide them with a record of the wider picture.
Information to be provided
A project brief for each of the designated categories
A summary of the different duties (monitoring and control measures) – see task 2 (2) above
A copy of Construction Site Safety (GE700) and the course notes (XA6).
Assessment
This is a group exercise, though such an arrangement can also provide for the assessment of
delegates if the tutor wishes. A group mark should be given and that mark awarded also to each
group member, unless the tutor decides that particular delegates deserve weightings based on
their contributions to the overall result.
The mark should be based on the accuracy and extent of understanding of the general duties
involved, and the quality and feasibility of the monitoring methods proposed.
Recommended weighting
Information 10% of the marks to be awarded
Aim
To enable delegates to consider the general responsibilities of operatives, supervisors, general
foremen and managers on sites, and to develop these into specific responsibilities for given site
operations and conditions.
Learning objectives
Having completed the exercise, delegates should be better able to understand and distinguish
between the different organisational levels of responsibility for health and safety on site, with
particular reference to operatives, supervisors, general foremen and managers.
Exercise method
Briefing
Small groups of three or four should be formed. The tutor should provide copies of the case
study and drawing and the questionnaire, and deal with any questions of interpretation.
Task
1. Delegates should individually prepare schedules of general health and safety
responsibilities for the operatives, supervisors, general foremen and managers.
2. The groups should write specific health and safety responsibilities for the above
duty-holders for selected site operations that are specific to the requirements of whichever
case study is being used.
Information to be provided
An exercise brief, case study drawing and questionnaire
Any supporting notes thought necessary related to the chosen operations to be used in
part 2 of the task
Construction Site Safety (GE700)
Course notes (XA6, Section 3)
Recommended weighting
Information 15% of the marks to be awarded
Question 1
What do you consider to be the essential differences in health and safety responsibilities
between the supervisor (general foreman) and the manager?
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Question 2
Look again at your list, prepared in Exercise 1, general health and safety responsibilities,
(arrangements) and decide if you would like to change it, for example, add to, or take away,
responsibilities from duty-holders. If you would like to make changes list them below and
explain why.
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Question 4
In what way has this case study exercise given you any additional knowledge and
understanding of health and safety responsibilities?
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Aim
To enable delegates to combine their knowledge and experience of the construction site, with
their skills in writing and analysing specific health and safety instructions for a construction
operation on site.
Learning objectives
Having completed this exercise, delegates should be better able to understand the need to
provide suitable information and instructions to help protect employees, and others, from
hazards on site.
Exercise method
Briefing
Small groups of 3 or 4 should be formed. Groups should either be able to select for themselves,
or be allocated, a construction process for which they must write health and safety instructions
for the operatives concerned. The construction process may be taken from a real situation, or
based on the drawings of the case study. To broaden learning generated by the exercise no two
groups should work on the same process.
The tutor should assist delegates in selecting a suitable process for this exercise.
Task
1. Working individually, delegates should write a set of instructions to enable operatives to
perform the process safely. They should describe, and justify, the means of communication
intended to convey the information, and include follow-up procedures to be used to ensure
observance of the instructions.
2. Groups should re-form, where delegates’ contributions should be pooled and analysed to
enable each group to produce a single master safety instruction for their process. This
should include explanatory notes of the means of communication and the follow-up
proposed.
3. Groups should then present their finished sets of instructions to the whole class.
In preparing their material for presentation, groups should ensure that, at the very least, the
following points have been fully covered and that they have produced:
a sufficiently clear and detailed description of the chosen process, including the location of
the site and its precise position on the site
specific health and safety information and instructions for the chosen process
general safety instructions for the whole area, such as fences, barriers, gates, roadways,
mobile plant, lay-down areas, noise, dust, fumes and PPE
Information to be provided
An exercise brief for each candidate.
Support material, such as drawings and, in the case of a real situation, photographs,
sketches or other available material:
GE700
XA6.
Assessment
This is an exercise in communicating health and safety information and instructions to those
potentially at risk. The accurate choice of the information and instructions to be conveyed must
be combined with effective use of the communication process itself.
It may be used for an assessment of both individuals and groups, using at least the following
criteria:
accuracy, suitability and adequacy of the content from a health and safety viewpoint ,
bearing in mind the nature of the process
clarity, precision, accuracy, style, tone, etc, of the written communication and its suitability
for its intended readership
evidence of the candidates’ appreciation of the suitability of the chosen means of
communication, and the reasons for rejecting other means
effectiveness of the proposed monitoring procedures.
Recommended weighting
Information 30% of the marks to be awarded
Aim
To enable delegates to use their knowledge, experience and planning skills to plan a
construction site layout that will:
provide a safe working environment where the risk of injury or health hazard has been
eliminated or reduced as far as is reasonably practicable
be organisationally sound.
Learning objectives
recognise potentially hazardous situations on site in order to plan effectively for, as far
as possible, a risk-free environment within the requirements of the Health and Safety
at Work Act 1974 the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and
other relevant health and safety legislation
employ forward planning as an essential means of contributing to site health and safety
in an economical way.
Exercise method
Briefing
(a) Small groups of three or four should be formed, and a leader or secretary should be
appointed for each group.
(b) Groups should examine all documents and drawings provided, and raise any queries about
their content or the tasks themselves.
Tasks
(a) Each group must use the case study drawing to prepare a proposal for site set-up that
would consider as many of the following issues as possible:
(b) Each group should provide a written statement outlining the economic and organisational
reasons for the decisions taken.
(c) Each group should prepare a list of the potential health and safety hazards which are
eliminated or controlled by their proposals.
(d) Groups should present and explain their proposals to the whole class.
(e) Delegates should analyse all presentations to determine their effectiveness in meeting the
aims and objectives of the exercise.
De-briefing
(a) Each delegate completes the questionnaire to assess the value of the exercise in meeting
its objectives.
(b) After analysing the completed questionnaires, the lecturer will provide feedback about the
results to the whole class (without identifying individual responses). This feedback session
will enable the candidates to suggest ways of developing or changing the emphasis of
significant aspects of the exercise.
Assessment
The judgment as to whether the solution provided by the group is suitable from an economical
and organisational view will only be possible in the case of obvious faults, e.g. excessive
movement of personnel and materials, lack of space for storage and the movement of vehicles
on, around and off the site. Groups should only lose up to 25% of their marks if there are
economic or organisational failings, provided that discussion of their solution addresses the
issues and problems can be resolved
A number of marks should be allocated or withdrawn where persons are observed to have
made relatively good or poor contributions either during the group work or discussions. The
tutor should observe the groups at work and assess individual contributions in terms of interest,
knowledge, understanding and ability to apply and develop basic knowledge on safety and
health.
Recommended weighting