NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK) Online (Instructor-led)

Construction health and safety management, aligned to CDM 2015

The NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate (UK) is ideal for site managers, contracts managers, health and safety advisers and any site worker with health and safety responsibilities in the construction industry. There are no entry requirements for the course.

Learners will be better able to influence their on-site colleagues to work more safely, because they gain the confidence and technical know-how to challenge unsafe behaviours and offer practical solutions. Aligned to the CDM Regulations, the qualification is guided by legislation but focused on best practice.

CSCS accept the NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK) for the Academically Qualified Person card. All applicants must also pass the CITB Managers and Professionals Health, Safety and Environment Test.

Upon completion of this course learners should be able to:

• Advise on duties and manage construction risks under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Justify the need for health and safety improvements
• Produce or contribute to a construction phase plan
• Help their organisation to manage contractors
• Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour
• Carry out a risk assessment of a construction site and manage a range of construction hazards
• Develop basic safe systems of work, including emergency arrangements, and know when to use a permit-to-work system
• Take part in incident investigations

Requirements

• There are no prior qualification requirements for this course.
• An English language standard of IELTS 6.0 is recommended.

NEBOSH Exams Included

The course fee includes the NEBOSH exam fees.

Delivery Method

Delivered live in ACT Associates' online virtual classroom over four blocks of teaching. A tutor teaches in real time, so you can ask questions and take part in discussions without travelling to a venue.

Course Duration

9 days + exam

Course Content

The course covers the main legal requirements for health and safety practice on construction sites across the UK, with a focus on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. Unit CN1 has 13 elements:

• Element 1: The foundations of construction health and safety management
• Element 2: Improving health and safety culture and assessing risk
• Element 3: Managing change and procedures
• Element 4: Excavation
• Element 5: Demolition
• Element 6: Mobile plant and vehicles
• Element 7: Working at height
• Element 8: Musculoskeletal health and load handling
• Element 9: Work equipment
• Element 10: Electricity
• Element 11: Fire
• Element 12: Chemical and biological agents
• Element 13: Physical and psychological health

NEBOSH recommend that learners undertake 40 hours of self-study in addition to the taught hours of this course.

Assessment

This qualification is assessed with an Open Book Exam (OBE) for Unit CN1. The OBE covers all 13 elements and provides a workplace-based scenario to refer to as you work through your exam questions. During the OBE, learners can use their own materials such as course notes, study books and the HSE website. The OBE is conducted over a period of 48 hours, giving time to research, plan and fully answer the questions while still taking breaks.

Frequently asked questions

Related Content

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate dates
• NEBOSH courses
• Construction & Engineering courses
• ACT Associates courses

For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.

For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.

Ottis Learning Management System (LSM) requirements:

Desktop Operating Systems

• Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11

Mobile Operating Systems

• Android
• Apple iOS

Internet/web browser

One of the following:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+
• Mozilla Firefox 10+
• Google Chrome
• Opera 9+
• Safari 5+
• Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
• Adobe Acrobat 8+

Other Requirements

• May be blocked on business networks or by special toolbars, popup blockers or other third-party software.
• Cookie support
• JavaScript support
• Popup support

Compatibility Considerations

The following platforms have not been tested and therefore cannot confirm full compatibility, but it is likely that with any modern browser they will work.

• Mac OS+

All of our e-learning courses are hosted on our learner platform.

Support

We have support access built into our learner platform, to allow you to contact our technical team or expert tutor depending on what you need.

Online Assessments

Where permitted by awarding and certificating bodies, we have included assessments within the learning platform. This means that selected qualifications from our range of IOSH e-learning, iAS, NEBOSH e-learning, and Approved Asbestos Awareness e-learning courses are able to be completed fully online.

Technical Support

Our technical support team are based in the UK and can be contacted via telephone and email during UK office hours for any issues or questions about our in-house developed software.

Tutor Support

Our NEBOSH and IOSH courses have expert tutor support available, should you have any issues developing your understanding of part of the course you are able to contact one of our tutors for assistance. Our tutors have been providing NEBOSH and IOSH training courses for over 28 years and are well equipped to help you if you get stuck at any point during your course.

Progress Tracking

All of our health and safety e-learning courses come with inbuilt progress tracking. For short courses like awareness courses, this may be in the form of a percentage bar that shows how far through the course you are, and for longer courses like NEBOSH certificates each unit will have its own progress bar. This allows you to see how much of the learning material you have covered, whether it’s for a 15 minute course, or a 110 hour course.

You will instantly receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

Since 1991 we have been delivering our services to the health and safety industry, and in this time, we have continually developed what we have to offer as an organisation.

At ACT, we are fully committed to helping our customers instil a positive health and safety culture within their organisation, and to help individuals and teams progress their professional development.

We offer a robust variety of training courses that are quality assured and accredited by organisations that we believe make a difference to the world of occupational health and safety.

Our training courses are accredited by City & Guilds, IOSH, iAS, CITB, ECITB, UKATA and we are a NEBOSH Gold Standard Learning Partner.

We deliver our training though a variety of different methods including e-learning, virtual training, classroom courses and in-house training.

Envico is working in association with ACT Associates offering NEBOSH training and is not accredited by or associated with NEBOSH, IOSH or any other examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.