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.