Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Introduction to CDM Regulations
- Why manage health and safety?
- The costs of accidents.
- Construction industry statistics.
- Why CDM?
- Health and safety culture in the construction industry.
Overview of health and safety law and liabilities
- Criminal and civil law.
- Liability.
- Enforcement and prosecution.
- Compliance – how far do we go?
- Statutory duties.
Health and safety law in construction – The current framework
- Framework of relevant legislation.
- Health and Safety at Work etc Act .
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
- Work at Height Regulations 2005.
- Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work?
- Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities.
- Control of contractors – importance of contract law.
CDM 2015 – the principles and current best practice
- Scope – what is construction?
- Application – when do they apply?
- The CDM management system.
- Duty holders (client, designer, CDM Co-ordinator, principal contractor, contractor).
- Documents (HSE Notification, H&S Plan, H&S File).
- Management process.
- The 2015 Approved Code of Practice.
- Clarification of roles and responsibilities.
Risk assessment and the role of the designer
- Principles of risk assessment.
- Loss prevention/hazard management.
- What is a suitable risk assessment?
- Design v construction risk assessment
- The client is a designer?
- Whose risk is it?
Risk assessment exercise
- Understanding the principles of design risk assessment.
- Identifying hazards under the control of clients and designers.
- Quantifying the risk.
Key documentation:
- Notification,
- Pre-construction information,
- Construction phase plan,
- Health and safety file
