Hazard Detection & Mitigation in Construction
Course Info
Code IND13-104
Duration 5 Days
Format Online
Course Summary
Maintaining health and safety within any industry should be a priority for an employer, but particularly for those within construction. Construction projects come with immense physical risks and a variety of hazards that could pose harm to business operations, and to the individuals working.
To effectively manage risks and hazards, it is crucial to accurately identify hazards. Utilising methods like HAZOP is ideal, so these will allow for full comprehension and understanding from every relevant individual. Furthermore, using hazard identification methods will make establishing risk management much easier. Hazards can scale from minor to major incidents, so it is absolutely essential that all potential risks are identified to ensure the correct preventatives are being implemented.
Detecting hazards is not the only task. Implementing effective measures to prevent them from occurring should be a high priority. The goal of risk management is ensuring all hazards and risks are completely minimised, and there are direct methods for certain aspects, and more broad options for overall risks.
- To understand the importance of hazard detection within construction.
- To identify what factors of construction processes are deemed as hazardous.
- To assess the essential controls and safeguard steps to minimise risks for each hazardous activity.
- To conduct risk audits and assessments to identify hazardous.
- To establish effective risk management.
- To prioritise risk management depending on the most impactful to least impactful risks and create solutions and preventatives for them.
- To utilise various methods of risk and hazard identification.
- To create an aware workplace culture surrounding and preventing risk.
- To comprehend the consequences of poor risk management.
This course is designed for anyone with the responsibility of maintaining health and safety within a construction organisation. It would be most beneficial for:
- Construction Managers
- Site Managers
- HSE Officers
- Engineering Personnel
- Contractors and Subcontractors
- Operations Managers
- Project Managers
- Construction Directors
- Site and Construction Inspectors
- Risk Analysts
This course uses a variety of adult learning styles to aid full understanding and comprehension. Participants will review risk assessments and hazard identification documents for established construction projects to highlight prioritised hazards and their control methods.
Participants will be able to partake in various learning exercises and training methodologies including presentations, video materials, practical demonstrations and group activities. The combination of these activities will grant the participants ample opportunities to develop the knowledge and practical skills acquired within this course and be able to demonstrate them to one another through their group activity.
Course Content & Outline
- Defining health and safety.
- Understanding the role health and safety plays within the construction industry.
- Identifying the driving factors for maintaining health and safety.
- The concept and principles of risk assessments.
- The importance of conducting regular and thorough risk assessments.
- Comprehending accident causation.
- Techniques and methods to effective risk management.
- The various types of hazards and risks within a construction environment –
- Hot work
- Rigging and lifting
- Power tools and heavy machinery
- Working at heights
- Prioritising risks and creating preventative measures to minimise them.
- Understanding methods of hazard identification – HAZOP, LOPA and FMEA.
- External and internal influences on hazards.
- The human influence on major and minor incidents.
- The vitality of utilising and maintaining various hazard control methods.
- Ensuring all employees and construction site visitors wear and the correct PPE.
- The concepts, principles and procedures relating to various control methods –
- Confined space entry
- Mobile equipment
- Pressure testing
- Energy isolation
- Communicating effectively with all relative personnel the health and safety regulations.
- Conducting a job safety analysis (JSA).
- How a JSA is beneficial within the construction industry.
- Utilising risk assessment results to delegate permits to work.
- Meeting the legal requirements of permits to work.
- Carrying out the necessary inspections following strict guidelines to ensure all healthy and safety procedures are being followed.
- Establishing an emergency response all employees are aware of.
- Openly discussing hazards and risks and encouraging all employees to strictly follow safety guidelines.
- Observing and implementing interventions when necessary.
- Campaigns and initiatives to raise hazard awareness.
- Toolbox talks and management walkabouts.
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