NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate

Billions of pounds are lost each year to workplace injuries and ill health, much of it preventable with the right risk management strategies in place, and the NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate exists to build exactly those skills. Previously known as the NEBOSH Certificate in Construction, this renowned ten-day qualification gives delegates the practical knowledge to run a safe site, spot common hazards, challenge dangerous behaviour and manage risk with genuine confidence. Health and safety professionals wanting a broader, non-construction-specific grounding should instead consider the NEBOSH National General Certificate, which covers similar core principles across any sector.

Guided by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 throughout, the course builds a thorough understanding of that legislation alongside site management, human behaviour, and the specific hazards construction work carries, from working at height and excavation through to demolition and confined spaces. Site managers already holding the CITB SMSTS Course often add this qualification for a deeper, more technical grounding in construction health and safety management.

Anyone with fire-specific responsibility on a construction site may also want to look at the NEBOSH Fire Safety Certificate alongside this qualification, since fire risk is only touched on briefly within the wider construction syllabus.

There are no formal prerequisites for booking this training course, though a good understanding of written and spoken English is recommended, and candidates will need Wi-Fi access to download the open-book exam paper.

By the end of the NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate, delegates will have the knowledge and confidence to:

• Understand and implement the requirements of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Manage health and safety on a construction site
• Improve standards to create a safe working environment
• Explain the legal obligations of working on construction sites
• Recognise common health and safety hazards
• Understand the various health and safety responsibilities of key construction workers, contractors and designers
• Educate co-workers in safety legislation and manage contractors
• Carry out an effective risk assessment
• Investigate a range of workplace incidents
  Understand the dangers of working at height, transporting materials, excavation and demolition
• Further their career through leadership, effective site management, sharp decision making and inspiring safe working practices

Guided by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, the NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate will cover the following subject areas:

• The foundations of construction health and safety
• Health and safety culture
• Construction-related safety issues
• Site management and security
• Assessing a construction site and implementing control measures
• Human behaviour and influence
• Roles and responsibilities
• Managing change
• Emergency procedures
• Working safely in confined spaces
• Excavation and its hazards
• The dangers of working at height
• Demolition risks and assessment
• Site vehicles and plant
• Protecting others
• Physical health issues, musculoskeletal and limb disorders
• Working near water
• Safety measures for work equipment
• Power cables, fire-fighting and hazardous substances
• Psychological health issues including noise, vibration and radiation
• Looking after your own and co-workers' mental health
• Violence at work

Gaining the NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate requires an open-book exam, completed at home or another quiet space. Candidates answer questions based on a real-life workplace scenario alongside a risk assessment task, drawing on both the scenario evidence and course knowledge. Candidates have 48 hours to submit their paper to the NEBOSH-appointed external examiner, though it typically takes around five hours to complete. After the exam, a 15-minute video call interview follows, allowing the examiner to talk through the submitted work, verify it as the candidate's own, and confirm identity via photo ID. NEBOSH's external examiners mark the assessments, with results announced 10 to 12 weeks later and certification issued shortly after.

The NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate is for anyone responsible for health and safety on a construction site, helping them recognise workplace hazards and minimise the risk of injury and ill health, while building a thorough understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. It's suitable, but not limited to, site managers and supervisors, health and safety advisors, contract managers, and site workers responsible for health and safety across construction, civil engineering, utilities and broadcasting.