Building a safer construction industry
Over 60,000 people around the world die on construction sites every year, and there are 475 work-related accidents every minute. These are worrying stats but there are lots of things you can do to ensure the safety of everyone within your business. And IOSH are the best place to start.
Improving safety on your construction sites
Carrying out risk assessments and providing PPE are essential measures for reducing workplace accidents and illnesses. However, knowledge is the real key to improving safety on site. With proper training, at all levels, you can make everyone aware of the dangers, and show them how to keep everyone safe.
The benefits of OSH
Prioritising occupational safety and health within your construction business has lots of benefits – beyond satisfying your legal requirement. When you minimise workplace accidents and illnesses, there are fewer disruptions to your working day – making your whole team more productive. Plus building a reputation for good on-site safety says a lot about your business – helping to attract new clients and the best workers. But if you have a reputation for cutting health and safety corners and dangerous working practices, it can have a serious impact on retention and could put new clients off.
Putting safety first
Health and safety in the construction industry should never be an afterthought. It is a shared responsibility that demands commitment from both employers and employees. By creating a culture of safety, and adhering to best practices, the construction industry can protect its most valuable asset: its people.
IOSH can help
As the world’s only Chartered OSH body, IOSH are trusted by thousands of construction companies around the world.
And with specialist qualifications, aimed at both construction workers and site managers, they can help you improve standards on site and ensure everyone’s safety. Plus, all their OSH qualifications are created with policy makers and business leaders to give individuals the skills they need to keep everyone safe and add real value to a business.
Training for construction workers
IOSH’s Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) for Construction Workers course covers the essentials of keeping everyone safe on a building site. This practical, jargon-free, one-day course is available face-to-face or online.
The course is mapped to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) as equivalent to the RQF level 1/SCQF level 4 award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment – aligning it with the Build UK Training Standard.
Training for construction site managers
IOSH’s safety, health and environment for construction site managers training course provides essential knowledge for anyone who oversees construction activities.
It provides a step-by-step guide to understanding and managing the risks. Keeping your business healthy and safe with an effective training programme can reduce the cost of accidents and illness by up to 40%.
IOSH for business
Good occupational safety and health makes good business sense at board, manager and worker levels. IOSH for Business helps construction organisations of every size with occupational safety and health strategies – with an emphasis on putting people and safety at the heart of a business.
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