Effective Construction Risk Assessment

One day course

Overview

An easy to follow explanation of the key elements of risk assessment and what to consider when conducting site risk assessments are the main focus of the day.

Corporate and personal responsibilities under current health and safety law will be covered, as well as how to incorporate a qualitative approach to risk assessment in design.

Who should attend?

Designers
CDM Co-ordinators
Principal Contractors
Contractors

Objectives

Delegates should be better able to understand:

their corporate and personal responsibilities under
current health and safety law
the key elements of risk assessment
what elements to consider in the conduct of a risk assessment
How to incorporate risk assessment principles into
design work

Course content

Breakdown of CDM Prosecutions
New Legislation – what has arrived now!
HSE “Naming and Shaming” list – how to find it
Risk assessment
- linking site and design
- blow away the mystique
- doing it for real
Creating a portfolio of being proactive
Learn to think like an HSE Inspector
Solving the problem before it exists
Keeping it simple
Who should do it
How to do it better