Course aims:
The
course is designed for first line
Managers,
Foremen,
Gangers,
Team
Leaders
and
Site
Supervisors:
Those
who have, or are about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities and
need to
understand their legal duties to better contribute to the instruction,
supervision and monitoring of
tasks and activities to ensure safety on site.
The objectives on
the two-day course are:
To ensure that all those
given supervisory responsibilities understand: Why they are carrying
out their identified duties, What is expected of them and to ensure
that they contribute to the safety of the workplace, at the end of the
course Delegates will be able to: understand the problems of the
industry have an understanding of how health and safety law is
structured and how it applies to supervisors, identify how their
supervisory role fits in with the management structure in controlling
the site safely, carry out risk assessments and understand the need
for method statements, carry out effective site inductions, toolbox
talks and method statement briefings, be able to monitor site
activities, effectively understand the importance of timely
intervention when bad practice is identified, This course is an ideal
foundation for obtaining a basic understanding of health and safety
duties and responsibilities for junior management, and upon successful
completion of this course, a natural progression would be the five-day
Site Management Safety Training Scheme
(SMSTS) course.
Existing site managers, agents, surveyors and persons holding
positions of managerial control should attend the five-day Site
Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course.
