Equip workers to meet legal duties and reduce risks on-site
Ensure workers understand construction risks and legal requirements. Prevent incidents on-site and maintain safety and compliance across projects.
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Every Human Focus course is independently reviewed and certified to ensure accuracy, legal compliance and relevance to industry standards. You get training that helps build capability, supports compliance and delivers credentials your workforce and regulators can trust.
Why Choose Human Focus
Human Focus is a leading health and safety training provider, offering a wide range of online courses that provide guidance for both general and specific work areas. Online training offers benefits such as:
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Our online construction safety training courses cover a wide range of trades. Whether you’re looking to improve basic site safety or take on a specific role, our courses will provide the knowledge and skills your people need. Develop competency, keep projects on track and ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards.
Why are Construction Safety Training Courses Important?
Construction is the most dangerous industry in the UK. Over the past five years, there has been an average of 42 annual fatalities in the sector, more than any other. In the most recent reporting year, this number increased to 51 fatalities, marking a 21% rise from the five-year average.
Training is key for reducing these numbers. It helps workers to develop competency, recognise risks and comply with essential regulations.
We offer safety training courses on wide-ranging construction hazards, including risks to both physical and mental health. Our construction safety courses cover how these risks must be managed to ensure construction projects run safely and wrap up without incident.
Note: These are theory-based training courses. Theory-based training alone does not make an individual a ‘competent person’ under UK law. Competence requires the practical application of learning and must be assessed by the employer in line with HSE guidance. This knowledge training, combined with hands-on skills practice and real-world job experience, plays a vital role in your competence development pathway.
Are You Aware of Your Responsibilities?
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employers must protect the safety and wellbeing of their workers. Providing adequate training is part of this duty.
You must also:
- Establish a safe working environment.
- Conduct risk assessments for all work activities.
- Implement control measures to prevent accidents, injuries and ill-health.
- Appoint competent contractors able to work safely.
- Provide safe and suitable tools and personal protective equipment.
- Share information needed to ensure workers’ safety.
Because of the range of on-site hazards, employers and contractors must also ensure compliance with the following regulations:
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015)
- The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA)
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR)
- The Working at Height Regulations 2005
- The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
- The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992
- The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
Non-compliance risks contractors’ safety and health and is punishable by fines or even imprisonment. Equipping your workforce with the necessary safety training is always essential to meet your duties.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. All Human Focus courses are approved, assured or certified by notable bodies such as IIRSM, RoSPA, IOSH and CPD.
Yes. Every construction safety course awards a certificate as proof of training. Certificates are automatically visible in the Training Matrix and added to Training Passports after a course has been completed. They can also be downloaded and printed.
The certificates offered by our construction safety courses are generally valid for three years. After this time, it’s necessary to retake the training to refresh your knowledge and renew your certification.
Training for high-risk tasks or workplaces may need to be repeated before the three-year period ends. It’s up to you and your employer to determine how often training is needed to ensure safety.
The level of training you need depends on your role, tasks and work environment. If you’re carrying out complex or high-risk activities, extensive training is one of the competency requirements. For more general site safety, basic awareness courses might be suitable. To determine the training you need, it’s best to refer to your risk assessment and the relevant regulations and industry guidelines.
Health and safety training is vital in construction. With the highest rates of both fatal and non-fatal accidents, it’s critical that everyone on site understands how to work safely. Training is essential for this. It equips contractors and duty holders with the knowledge needed to ensure compliance and manage the risks of their work, helping them avoid the accidents and incidents that cause harm, derail projects and increase costs.
Online construction safety training provides flexible access to training and certification whenever you need it. Courses can be completed on-site, so contractors can be trained at the point of work. Or training can be scheduled during downtime.
Certificates are instantly recorded in individual Training Passports, giving contractors immediate proof of their competencies, no matter which site they are working on.
Yes. Employers are legally required to provide safety training in the UK. Workers must be given the necessary awareness and instruction to do their jobs safely. Training should include the hazards and risks they face, as well as vital control measures and safe ways of working.
Our online construction safety courses are designed to help UK employers meet their duties and ensure workers understand how to work safely.
We offer a range of construction site safety training courses designed to support workers at all levels, from entry-level roles to management and duty holder positions. Courses cover key topics such as site safety, working at height, manual handling, equipment safety, risk assessment and more.
These online construction safety training courses provide essential knowledge for various roles, such as construction worker, site manager or supervisor, but completing them can’t guarantee a job. They do boost your employability, though. Our courses help you develop professional skills, learn safety best practices and earn industry-recognised certifications to jumpstart your career in construction.
No prior experience is needed for our awareness-level construction safety training courses. They’re designed for both new starters and experienced workers, covering essential skills and safety knowledge needed to work in the construction industry. For more advanced courses, you need existing knowledge and experience of the subject to fully grasp the content.
