Acquire the essential skills that can prevent injury and save lives in construction work with this free online course. The growing demand for buildings is driving an increase in the demand for professionals skilled in construction and safety. This free online course covers the general guidelines that can preserve safety on worksites and then delves into the major sources of danger, including fall hazards, cave-ins and other perils peculiar to trenches and tunnels. We explain the standard safety practices that minimize these hazards in this diploma course.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 187678 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 10-15 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Discuss the concept of safety in the construction industry • Define the terms ‘incident’, ‘accidents’, ‘hazards’ and ‘injury’ • State the requirements for safety signs and signals required on a construction site • Analyze the cost of injury compared to the cost of investment in safety • Explain the guidelines for an accident investigation • Define ‘personal protective equipment’ (PPE) and provide examples for different body parts • Discuss ‘fall restraint systems’ and ‘fall arrest systems’ • Outline the safety requirements for concreting operations • Describe the techniques used to minimize and prevent cave-ins • List the procedures required for safety in tunnel construction |
| Course Code | 3788 |
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