Start Date
15/10/2024
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15/10/2024
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5
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09:00 - 17:00
Course Aims
This course will provide candidates with the knowledge of the CDM roles, the appointment process for the principal contractor and considerations when accepting an appointment as principal contractor, the relationship of the principal contractor to the Principal Designer and client, the principal contractor duties to liaise with the principal designer, the contents and purpose of the construction phase plan (CPP) and health and safety file, the principal contractor duties in respect to planning and coordination on site and the duties to consult and engage the workforce.
Who Attends
This course is intended for those who are currently working as contractors and wishing to take on principal contractor roles and those already engaged as principal contractors.
Course Content
- Accidents in Construction
- Powers of Inspectors
- Penalties
- Which roles does CDM define, why, and what’s the broad reason for a principal contractor?
- Difference between Regulation and Guidance in L153
- When does CDM apply? And when is a project notifiable
- Who makes appointments?
- When appointments are made
- Competency considerations when accepting an appointment as PC
- Introduce the concept of absolute practical, SFARP and reasonable duties in the Regs and xxplore specific examples within the Regs
- CDM manages relationships between parties.
- Be able to explain SFARP
- Relationship between PC and PD – Introduce Reg 8, 11(7), 12(3), 13(5)
- Explain how a PC can act in other roles
- Requirements and limitations of duties towards one another.
- PC and PD have reciprocal duties to liaises, share information, and communicate with one another throughout their appointments
- When acting as ECI the role is in support of a design and not therefore a PC function.
- The CPP is the management system for the construction phase of the project.
- Understand how the CPP is developed with the assistance of preconstruction information.
- Understand the key features of a CPP.
- Understand which risks (if present) must be included in CPP
- Explain how the CPP forms the basis of Induction and worker engagement.
- Duties of the PC to the construction Phase – Consider the nature of the legal duty under Reg and how it differs from that of a contractor
- The duty of each contractor to manage monitor and revives their own work arrangements.
- CDM Part 4: General requirements for all construction sites – To understand the types of duty imposed by Regs 16-35. – Other Relevant Regulations
- Understand the nature of part 4 of the Regs
- Understand how technical matters not contained in Part 4 may also the responsibility of the PC
- Asbestos, Lead, Silica, Work at Height, Plant.
- Health and safety file – Introduce Regs 12(8)-(10) and Appendix 4
PC responsibilities towards the H&S file including the situation where the PD is not retained beyond the design phase.
Course Duration
This is a 1 day course.
Qualifications Obtained
Maximum attendees: 12 candidates
Additional Information
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