Construction sites carry more health risk per working hour than almost any other workplace — dust, noise, chemicals, heat, heavy loads and constantly shifting conditions all stack up. Get prevention wrong here and the cost shows up as injury, lost productivity and regulatory exposure, not just paperwork.

This programme from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy gives construction professionals the knowledge and skills to build a genuinely safe and healthy site — one that meets national and international standards rather than just referencing them.

The focus stays practical throughout: assessing risk, controlling hazardous materials, preventing occupational disease, and putting in place a work environment that actually complies, alongside a full framework for building institutional health and safety policy on construction projects.

Who Should Attend

• Construction site engineers and project managers.
• Occupational health and safety officers in contracting companies.
• Technical supervisors in major projects and subcontractors.
• Government employees responsible for regulating the construction sector.

Course Objectives

• Identify the principles of preventive health applied in construction environments.
• Determine sources of health hazard on construction sites and how to manage them.
• Apply occupational health standards and regulations relevant to construction.
• Develop effective preventive policies and procedures to protect workers.
• Improve the ability to respond to emergencies and health incidents on site.

• Module 1: Why Prevention Matters on a Construction Site

  • Why occupational health is central to construction work environments.
  • The health hazards most commonly found on construction sites.
  • How health prevention links directly to productivity.

• Module 2: The Regulatory Baseline

  • European and British health and safety standards.
  • National laws governing construction work environments.
  • Company obligations toward workers under health regulations.

• Module 3: Finding and Prioritising Health Risks

  • Methods for identifying sources of hazard on site.
  • Prioritising risks by severity.
  • Documenting and analysing assessment results.

• Module 4: Protecting Workers: PPE and Environmental Controls

  • Selecting, distributing and monitoring the use of personal protective equipment.
  • Controlling dust, noise, vibration, temperature and lighting on site.
  • Managing chemical and biological pollutants.

• Module 5: Preventing Occupational Disease and Managing Air Quality

  • Diseases linked to prolonged exposure to harmful factors, and periodic health screening.
  • Promoting preventive awareness and health education among workers.
  • Ventilation requirements and techniques for monitoring air quality in enclosed sites.

• Module 6: Site Welfare: Food, Water, Hygiene and Temporary Facilities

  • Conditions for safe drinking water, food storage and personal hygiene on site.
  • Specifications for temporary worker accommodation, bathrooms and kitchens.
  • Evaluating cleanliness standards across temporary facilities.

• Module 7: Emergencies, Hazardous Materials and Mental Health

  • Plans for handling fainting, poisoning and other sudden health incidents, and first-aid readiness.
  • Classifying chemicals, and safe storage, transport and spill control of hazardous materials.
  • Recognising psychological stress and fatigue, and initiatives to support workers' mental health.

• Module 8: Monitoring, Training and Keeping Workers Informed

  • Health monitoring mechanisms and periodic reporting on site.
  • Designing health awareness programmes and scheduling regular training sessions.
  • Measuring how well workers understand the health risks they face.

• Module 9: Building and Continuously Improving the Health Plan

  • Steps for building an integrated preventive health plan for a project.
  • Defining roles, responsibilities and monitoring compliance.
  • Performance indicators, periodic review, and strengthening a culture of prevention.