The Level 1 Health & Safety in a Construction Environment course is essential training for anyone working within construction. During the course you’ll learn about health and safety legislation, onsite health and safety protocols, health and safety controls, and a range of potential hazards on a construction site.
The course can stand alone or could be used as a stepping stone to complete more in-depth accredited health and safety training or qualifications. The course is suitable for anyone working in construction, whether you’re a permanent worker, on a short-term contract, or a temporary worker.
Working safety should be a priority for everyone in construction, no matter how frequently (or infrequently) you work onsite.
Why complete level 1 Health and Safety?
The construction sector in the UK reports thousands of injuries and over 35 deaths each year. Falls from a height is one of the most common kinds of fatal accident in the UK, but a construction site is full of potential dangers.
While the hazards in construction are unavoidable, up to date health and safety training can help reduce the number of accidents and improve the overall safety of workers onsite. By taking this course, you’re investing in your own continuing professional development (CPD), and creating a safer working environment for those around you. At the end of this course, you’ll feel more confident in identifying and understanding the hazards on a construction site, and you’ll know what tools and systems are in place to keep everyone safe.
Level 1 Health & Safety in a Construction Environment covers a range of useful topics including:
- Health and Safety at Work Act
- Site Induction
- Site Briefings
- Toolbox Talks
- Risk Assessments
- Method Statements
- Permit to Work Schemes
- Health & Safety Controls
- Potential hazards: slips, trips, falls, working at height and manual handling
- Safety measures: site signage, first aid provision, reporting accidents and the use of PPE
- Minimising the effects of site pollution.
All of the topics covered by this course will prove essential for your career in construction.
Who is this health & safety course for?
Everyone within construction will find the information in this course useful, but the course will be of particular benefit to you if you’re starting a career in construction, changing careers to construction, or looking to upskill. A level 1 training course will help pave the way for future study in health and safety and give you a good baseline of knowledge.
The course is online and can be completed as and when it suits you. The flexibility of this course allows you to study around your work and family commitments, giving you the chance to complete CPD training on your own schedule.
Why complete level 1 health & safety through P.I.E.R?
P.I.E.R offer a range of trusted health and safety training courses for construction workers through our training portal. With decades of experience within the construction sector, we’ve handpicked the training courses we know will have the most impact for our workers and clients. By providing quality training opportunities for all construction workers, we are reinforcing our commitment to add value to our sector.
Our approach to training compliments our approach to recruitment: we want to form a workforce with the right skills and experience at every stage of a project. To take a construction project from concept to completion, upskilling workers is essential. We know training in topics such as health and safety is crucial, and is as important as skill based training. At P.I.E.R all workers have the right qualifications and skills for the jobs they are offered, whether that’s for permanent roles or temporary positions.
Browse the rest of our training portal to see the complete range of health and safety training we provide and for more information, please get in touch.