Achieving Behavioural Change Course
This 1 Day course provides training on the benefits of adopting behavioural change, for all contractors who work on construction and civil engineering projects.
This course is designed to provide delegates with an understanding of how attitude, behaviour, communication and worker engagement at all levels can help prevent the chances of accidents occurring.
The course can be applied to any construction situation. It features the use of the point of work assessment STAARR (Stop, Think, Assess, Act, Report and Review) and the TASK (Think first, Act safe, Stop if hazardous, and Keep safe) card. This is a simple dynamic risk assessment system used where contractors or suppliers through the life of a programme have not adopted their own system.
Course Structure
At the end of the day delegates will be able to:
- Understand basic legal duties of employers and employees identify hazards and understand risk and control measures identify the possible causes of accidents
- Appreciate the link between attitude and behaviour appreciate the cost of poor safety performance
- Appreciate the benefits of good safety performance understand the use of STAARR and TASK card systems
- Understand basic legal duties of employers and employees
- Identify hazards and understand need for risk assessment
- Understand causes of accidents and the costs associated with poor safety performance identify the benefits of good safety performance
- Understand and use the STAARR and TASK card systems.
Who Should Attend?
The course is aimed at any banks-man responsible for assisting in the manoeuvring and loading and uploading of vehicles.
Course Content
Knowing and understanding the roles of the vehicle driver and the banksman in reversing operations
- Identification of areas of danger within sites
- Understanding the key issues arising from reversing and manoeuvring
- Identification of the areas of danger from reversing vehicles
- Demonstration of recommended HSE codes of signals and reversing procedures
Entry Requirements
Delegates must be competent in English at operative level. The course content is suited for all ability levels.