Course Aims
The two day Temporary Works General Awareness Training Course is designed to provide training for those in temporary works but who are not undertaking the roles of either Temporary Works Co-ordinator (TWC) or Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) as defined in BS 5975:2008.
The course will:
- raise awareness and impart knowledge of what constitutes temporary works, how they are used, their safety critical importance, common temporary works issues, and the temporary works management process
- raise awareness of the roles and responsibilities involved in the temporary works process
- set a common standard across the industry that can be accepted with confidence
- allow a transferable knowledge base between employers, thus avoiding unnecessary supplementary training.
Who Attends
This course is intended for senior managers and any delegates who work with contractors involved with the planning, procurement and management of temporary works, including those who may undertake a Temporary Works
Coordinator role.
The course is designed for candidates who have limited or no previous knowledge of temporary works which includes a vast target audience, such as:
- Delegates who are not likely to be TWCs or TWSs in the near future (or at all) but may be involved in the temporary works process.
- Directors, contract managers, site foremen, estimators, planners, procurement, commercial managers, project leads.
- Health and safety professionals wishing to gain a better understanding of temporary works.
- Delegates undertaking a graduate development programme.
- Delegates not directly from civil engineering or building sectors who may use temporary works, e.g. mechanical and electrical contractors, local authority building maintenance, nuclear decommissioning, utility companies.
Course Content
- Background, legislation and relevant standards
- Roles, responsibilities, competencies and training
- When do temporary works need to be designed, and who is competent to carry out designs and design checking
- Designers’ risk assessments and residual risks
- Tutorial to identify temporary works and classify risk
- Update on latest industry guidance and sources of further information
- Specific examples of the use and management of temporary works relating to target audience
Knowledge
By the end of the TWGATC course of training delegates will be aware off the intricacies of temporary works as described within the course content and outlines of training provision.
Methods
The TWGATC course is highly interactive with a high proportion of discussions, best practice sharing, syndicate exercises and case studies will be supplemented with classroom based tutorial.
Assessment Methods
Delegates will be continuously assessed during the TWGATC course in preparation for the final multiple choice examination and will need to achieve 72% in the final exam, in order to successfully complete the TWGATC course.
Qualifications Obtained
Issue of the related TWGATC construction Skills Certificate (valid 5 years) will be awarded to those persons who successfully complete the TWGATC course.
Entry Requirements
Pre-Requisites: The minimum entry requirement is a good understanding of spoken and written English
Additional Information
*PLEASE NOTE* all online bookings are provisional until confirmed with you by our training team.
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