Site Safety Manager Course

Lesson 1 • Safety Culture and Leadership

Examines how management commitment and worker engagement shape safety outcomes. Introduces behavioural safety concepts applied in later chapters.

Lesson 2 • Regulatory Framework Overview

Surveys the hierarchy of safety regulations, standards, and enforcement bodies applicable to construction. Provides context for compliance decisions throughout the course.

Lesson 3 • Site Safety Documentation Basics

Introduces mandatory records, permits, and logs required before work begins. Establishes documentation habits essential for audits and incident investigations.

Lesson 4 • Hazard Categories on Construction Sites

Classifies physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic hazards common to construction. Builds the vocabulary used in risk assessment chapters.

Lesson 1 • Risk Assessment Principles

Explains likelihood-consequence matrices and qualitative versus quantitative approaches. Provides the analytical foundation for selecting controls.

Lesson 2 • Method Statements and Safe Work Procedures

Guides students through drafting task-specific safe work procedures linked to risk assessments. Reinforces documentation skills introduced in Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • Hierarchy of Controls

Applies elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to site hazards. Teaches prioritisation logic used in method statements.

Lesson 4 • Hazard Identification Methods

Covers walkthroughs, job safety analyses, and toolbox talks as identification tools. Connects hazard vocabulary from Chapter 1 to structured field techniques.

Lesson 1 • Enforcing PPE Compliance

Provides behavioural and disciplinary strategies to achieve consistent PPE use on site. Builds on safety culture concepts introduced in Chapter 1.

Lesson 2 • PPE Programme Administration

Addresses procurement, issuance records, and cost management for a site PPE programme. Connects equipment management to the documentation systems in Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • PPE Standards and Selection Criteria

Links hazard types from Chapter 2 to certified PPE categories and performance standards. Ensures selection decisions are evidence-based and compliant.

Lesson 4 • Fit Testing and Proper Use

Covers qualitative and quantitative fit-test procedures for respiratory and face protection. Reduces protection gaps caused by improper fit or misuse.

Lesson 1 • Personal Fall Arrest Systems

Explains harness components, anchor point engineering, and deceleration distance calculations. Ensures students can specify and inspect compliant arrest systems.

Lesson 2 • Scaffolding Safety Management

Addresses erection, inspection, and tagging of supported and suspended scaffolds. Integrates permit-to-work documentation from Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • Fall Hazard Recognition

Identifies leading-edge, floor-opening, and elevated-surface hazards using Chapter 2 methods. Quantifies fall risk by height thresholds and surface conditions.

Lesson 4 • Guardrail and Barrier Systems

Covers load requirements, installation standards, and inspection of passive fall barriers. Prioritises engineering controls per the hierarchy established in Chapter 2.

Lesson 1 • Underground Utility Management

Establishes locate-before-dig procedures and safe excavation distances from buried utilities. Prevents electrocution, gas release, and service disruption.

Lesson 2 • Confined Space Entry in Excavations

Applies permit-required confined space procedures to deep excavations and manholes. Builds on permit-to-work systems introduced in Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • Protective Systems for Excavations

Covers sloping, benching, shoring, and trench box selection based on soil class and depth. Applies hierarchy-of-controls logic from Chapter 2.

Lesson 4 • Soil Classification and Testing

Teaches visual and manual soil tests to classify Type A, B, and C soils on site. Soil class directly determines the protective system required.

Lesson 1 • Electrical Hazard Recognition

Identifies shock, electrocution, arc flash, and fire hazards from temporary power systems. Builds on hazard classification skills from Chapter 2.

Lesson 2 • Temporary Power and GFCI Requirements

Covers assured equipment grounding programmes and ground fault circuit interrupter deployment. Establishes baseline electrical safety for all site operations.

Lesson 3 • Safe Work Near Overhead Power Lines

Establishes minimum approach distances and spotter requirements for equipment near energised lines. Addresses one of the leading causes of construction fatalities.

Lesson 4 • Electrical Incident Response

Prepares managers to direct first response to electrical shock and arc flash events. Integrates emergency action planning covered in Chapter 1.

Lesson 1 • Investigation Report Writing

Structures a compliant investigation report with findings, analysis, and recommendations. Prepares managers to present findings to leadership and regulators.

Lesson 2 • Scene Preservation and Evidence Collection

Covers immediate scene control, photography, and physical evidence preservation techniques. Ensures investigation integrity before conditions change.

Lesson 3 • Root Cause Analysis Methods

Applies fault tree analysis, the five-whys technique, and causal factor charting to incident data. Moves investigation beyond immediate causes to systemic failures.

Lesson 4 • Incident Classification and Reporting

Defines recordable injuries, near misses, and dangerous occurrences with reporting timelines. Establishes the classification framework used throughout the investigation process.

Lesson 1 • Safety Training Programme Design

Covers training needs analysis, delivery methods, and competency verification for site workers. Ensures training addresses hazards identified in Chapters 2 through 6.

Lesson 2 • Contractor and Subcontractor Safety Management

Establishes prequalification, orientation, and ongoing oversight of contractor safety performance. Extends the safety programme to all parties on site.

Lesson 3 • Safety Inspections and Audits

Differentiates routine inspections from formal audits and establishes frequency and scope for each. Provides the systematic oversight mechanism for the entire safety programme.

Lesson 4 • Performance Review and Continuous Improvement

Uses incident data, audit findings, and leading indicators to drive programme improvement cycles. Applies plan-do-check-act methodology to the full safety management system.