Level 3: Health & Safety

• Understand the responsibilities of employees in the construction environment
  • Explain the responsibilities of the staff
  • Describe the employer’s obligation
  • Describe the responsibilities of the leader.
• Know how to reduce risks to ensure a safe construction environment
  • Identify the reasons that health and safety is important
  • Define the terms hazard, risk and competence
  • Explain a simple process
  • Explain the hierarchy of control.
  • Describe how risk assessment reduces accidents and illnesses and reduces the number of jobs
  • Identify when a safe system of work is required
  • Identify when a permit to work is required
• Be able to deliver a safety briefing
  • Prepare to deliver a construction safety briefing
  • Deliver a construction safety briefing

Qualification is assessed:

Practical and knowledge assessment

• Assessed by multiple-choice question (MCQ) examination
• Assessed by practical assessment where a learner must create and deliver a 10-minute safety briefing