Managing Contractors Safely
This course explains the legal duties organisations have towards contractors and others who are not their employees, and follows the practical stages in HSE guidance on using contractors. You will learn how to choose competent contractors, plan the work, use risk assessments and method statements, and control work through inductions, permits to work and monitoring. You will also learn the basics of client duties under CDM 2015 and how to review performance and report incidents.
- Modules
- 4
- Duration
- About 45 minutes
- Pass mark
- 80%
- Assessment
- 10 questions from a bank of 16
Learning outcomes
- ✓Explain the duties owed to contractors and other non-employees under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
- ✓Select contractors by checking competence in proportion to the risks of the work.
- ✓Plan contracted work using risk assessments, method statements and clear arrangements for cooperation.
- ✓Control work on site through communication, induction, permits to work, supervision and monitoring.
- ✓Outline the main duties of a client for construction work under CDM 2015.
- ✓Review contractor performance and report accidents and incidents correctly.
Course contents
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Module 1: Duties and the HSE approach
Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 3 practice questions
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Module 2: Selecting and planning
Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions
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Module 3: Controlling work on site
Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions
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Module 4: Construction work, review and reporting
Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 3 practice questions
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Final assessment & certificate