The source of most British health and safety law is the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other.
Details of how the Health and Safety at Work Act applies in specific situations are laid out in The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (the Regulations). CPQ works in partnership with its clients to help them comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law.
Details of how the Health and Safety at Work Act applies in specific situations are laid out in The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (the Regulations). CPQ works in partnership with its clients to help them comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law.
Making use of the lastest trench support systems, alongside more traditional methods, CPQ offers deep trench excavation courses at its approved training and test centre in West Sussex. These two day courses include classroom based learning and practical training involving the use of excavation plant, and trench support materials and equipment.
Training and assessment will cover all aspects of trench excavation and safety included in the following categories:
- Risk assessment and management of work
- Adjacent structures, identifying and preventing risk from underground cables and other services
- Use of construction plant
- Ground conditions and risks from surcharging and other risks that could lead to collapse
- Methods of ground support, trench battering and stepping
- Excavation inspections and reports
- Access and egress from excavations, falls into excavations
- Reduction of equpment damage
Candidates will be expected to attend all class room lectures and take an active role in practical on-site trench excavation and support training.
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- Risk assessment and management of work
- Adjacent structures, identifying and preventing risk from underground cables and other services
- Use of construction plant
- Ground conditions and risks from surcharging and other risks that could lead to collapse
- Methods of ground support, trench battering and stepping
- Excavation inspections and reports
- Access and egress from excavations, falls into excavations
- Reduction of equpment damage
Candidates will be expected to attend all class room lectures and take an active role in practical on-site trench excavation and support training.
To view course availability
please click here
Excavation is defined as: “any earthwork, trench, well, shaft, tunnel or underground working”
Most construction projects will involve some form of earthwork trenching, these excavations can include a degree of risk to personnel working on or around the site. Understanding the risks and having the correct procedures, safety equipment and the knowledge to use them will determine the best and safest way to approach and undertake the work.
More detailed information can be found in the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996.
Most construction projects will involve some form of earthwork trenching, these excavations can include a degree of risk to personnel working on or around the site. Understanding the risks and having the correct procedures, safety equipment and the knowledge to use them will determine the best and safest way to approach and undertake the work.
More detailed information can be found in the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996.
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