Course Description
Construction Occupational Safety & Health (COSH)
Construction Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) is the 40-hour mandatory course for designated safety officers, safety representatives of various contractors, sustaining technical employees (STEs) of construction firms and others whose work revolves around work safety and health in construction sites.
It is also a requirement for accreditation as safety practitioners in the construction industry in the Philippines. It tackles key OSH concepts, principles and practices that are foundational knowledge requirements in the construction industry. Specifically, it facilitates learning on the importance of OSH in the construction industry.
Intended Audience
This five-day course is mandatory for those who are seeking accreditation as safety practitioners in the construction industry in the Philippines such as safety officers/engineers; members of safety and health committees; supervisors; HR personnel; workers and union members/officers in the construction industry
Course Format
By the end of the training, the participants would have been able to: discuss why COSH is important in the construction industry; and COSH in such areas as construction machineries, site premises, excavation and demolition safety; safety in the use of temporary structures, hand and power tools, and the use of interventions as tool box meetings, and job hazards analysis
Course Content
- Introductory Activities
- Why OSH in Construction?
- Principles of Safety – a Review
- Construction Machinery Safety
- Construction Site Premises
- Excavation Safety
- Temporary Structures
- Fall Protection
- Demolition Safety
- Safety in the Use of Hand and Power Tools
- Tool Box Meeting
- Job Hazards Analysis
- OH Hazards in Construction Work
- Case Studies
- OSH Programming
- Course Evaluation
- Closing Activities
Phone
+639177734986
Location
2nd Floor Jomafer Bldg. Mac Arthur Highway, Dolores San Fernando, Pampanga 2000
heartincph@gmail.com
Office Hours
Walk In Transactions
Strictly by Appointment Only