NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction

Element 1 : The foundations of construction health and safety management :

• Morals and money
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Types, range and issues relating to construction activities
• Site assessment and control measures
• Site order and security
• Management of temporary works
• Other construction issues including welfare arrangements

Element 2 : Improving health and safety culture and assessing risk :

• Health and safety culture
• How human factors influence behaviour positively or negatively
• Improving health and safety culture
• Assessing risk

Element 3: Managing change and procedures :

• Managing change
• Safe systems of work for general work activities
• Permit-to-work systems
• Emergency procedures
• Learning from incidents

Element 4: Excavation :

• Excavation work hazards and assessments
• Control measures for excavation work
• Safe working in confined spaces

Element 5: Demolition :

• Demolition and dismantling hazards
• Purpose and scope of pre-demolition, deconstruction or refurbishment survey

Element 6 : Mobile plant and vehicles :

• Safe movement of people
• Safe us of vehicles and plant
• Work-related driving

Element 7 : Working at height :

• Working at height hazards and controls
• Safe working practices for access equipment and rood work
• Protection of others

Element 8 : Musculoskeletal health and load handling :

• Musculoskeletal disorders and work related upper limb disorders
• Manual handling hazards and control measures
• Load-handling equipment

Element 9: Work equipment :

• General requirements for work equipment
• Hand-held tools
• Machinery hazards and control measures
• Working near water

Element 10 : Electricity :

• Hazards and risks
• Control measures
• Control measures for working underneath or near overhead power lines
• Control measures for working near underground power cables

Element 11 : Fire :

• Fire principles
• Preventing fire and spread
• Fire alarms and fire-fighting

Element 12 : Chemical and biological agents :

• Hazardous substances
• Assessment of health risks
• Control measures
• Specific agents

Element 13 : Physical and psychological health :

• Noise
• Vibration  
• Radiation
• Mental ill-health
• Violence at work
• Substance abuse at work

Assesment :

The NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction is assessed with an online Open Book Exam (OBE) designed to test your technical knowledge and ability to practically apply your learning to the workplace. The exam paper will consist of a construction site case study and a set of task-based questions. Each task will have a mark to indicate the amount of detail required in your answer. Your answers should be relevant to the given situation and, when appropriate, reference evidence from it directly. The final task will consist of a risk assessment where you must identify the hazards and current control measures within the scenario and present actionable control measures 
for improvement.