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The NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction qualification (NC) is aimed at managers, supervisors and anybody who manages construction health and safety as part of their duties within their organisation. The NC looks at construction workplace health and safety issues and can be applied in many sectors.
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Duration: 9-10 days plus one 48hr exam
Prices for this course will include all course materials, study days, revision and exam fees.
This NEBOSH accredited qualification is divided into three units, each of which is assessed separately:
Managing Construction Safety (NC1) - Open book exam
The NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety has been designed to cover the key legal requirements for Health and Safety within the UK. This training course looks at the identification and control of construction workplace hazards and addresses the practical application of this knowledge on site.
Certification: On successful completion delegates receive a unit certificate, if both units are passed delegates will receive the full NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate.
National Construction Certificate 1 (NCC1)
Element 1: The foundations of construction health and safety management
Morals and money
Scope and application of the CDM regulations 2015
Scope, definition and particular issues relating to construction activities
Site assessment and control measures
Site order and security
Management of temporary works
Other construction issues including welfare arrangements
Element 2: Improving health and safety culture and assessing risk
Health and safety culture
How human factors influence behaviour positively or negatively
Improving health and safety culture
Assessing risk
Element 3: Managing change and procedures
Managing change
Safe systems of work for general work activities
Permit-to-work systems
Emergency procedures
Learning from incidents
Element 4: Excavation
Excavation work hazards and assessment
Control measures for excavation work
Safe working in confined spaces
Element 5: Demolition
Demolition and deconstruction hazards and risk
Purpose and scope of pre-demolition, deconstruction or refurbishment survey
Element 6: Mobile plant and vehicles
Safe movement of people
Safe use of vehicles and plant
Work-related driving
Element 7: Working at height
Working at height hazards and control
Safe working practices for access equipment and roof work
Protection of others
Element 8: Musculoskeletal health and load handling
Musculoskeletal disorders and work – related upper limb disorders
Load-handling equipment
Element 9: Work equipment
General requirements for work equipment
Hand-held tools
Machinery hazards and control measures
Working near water
Element 10: Electricity
Hazards and risks
Control measures
Control measures for working underneath or near overhead power lines
Control measures for working near underground power cables
Element 11: Fire
Principles of fire initiation, classification and spread and fire risks caused by construction activities
Fire prevention and prevention of fire spread
Fire detection, fire alarm and firefighting equipment
Element 12: Chemical and biological agents
Forms and classification of, and the health risks from exposure to hazardous substances
Assessment of health risks
Specific agents
Safe handling and storage of waste
Element 13: Physical and psychological health
Noise
Vibration
Radiation
Mental ill-health
Violence at work
Substance abuse at work
Delegates need to have a good understanding of spoken and written English.
