Designing with health and safety in mind
Designing safer buildings for all
- Date
- 31 October 2024
A key element of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) is the need to understand and minimise health and safety risks during building design.
The IOSH ‘Designing with health and safety in mind’ course covers the main requirements of current legislation and guidance, analysis of risks and how to reduce them at design stage.
Practical guidance about necessary health and safety documentation will also be discussed, particularly given changes 'post-Grenfell' contained in the ‘Building a Safer Future’ report.
- Understanding the practical application of designing with health and safety in mind.
- If you are an IOSH member, this course is worth 7.5 hours to add to your CPD record.
- Understand current safety legislation’s key requirements.
- Analyse the building designer’s role in health and safety.
- Apply the principles of risk analysis at initial design stage.
- Create a package of information for the pre-construction phase documentation.
- Apply practical examples of design risk management.
- Analyse and create the health and safety information that should be included in the Health and Safety File.
- Understand the implications for failing to design with health and safety in mind.
Health and safety professionals and advisers involved in building design, clients involved in selecting design teams.
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Type
Online
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Dates
31 October 2024
05 December 2024
04 February 2025
£225 for IOSH members (excluding VAT)
£275 for non-members (excluding VAT)