TRAINING · LEGAL & MANAGEMENT · 2 DAYS
Construction Regulations 2014 training
A two-day course on the Construction Regulations 2014 that covers every party on a project, from the client and agent to the principal contractor and subcontractors. Delegates learn what the regulations require at each stage, from tender to project close-out. We present this Construction Regulations 2014 training in Cape Town, at your office or site.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Prerequisites
- Literate
- Delivery
- On-site at your workplace
Who should attendClients, agents, principal contractors, contractors, site managers, supervisors and health and safety staff on construction projects
Download course outline (PDF)Compliance starts before the first brick
On a construction project, health and safety duties begin long before anyone arrives on site. The client must prepare a health and safety specification at tender stage. Designers have duties. The principal contractor must answer the specification with a site-specific health and safety plan, and keep it current as the work changes.
When one party gets their part wrong, the whole project is exposed: delayed approvals, stopped work, or an incident that could have been prevented. This course gives each party a clear picture of their own duties and how they connect to everyone else's.
What delegates will be able to do
- Plan health and safety requirements into a tender
- Develop a health and safety specification (for clients and agents)
- Implement and maintain a construction site health and safety plan (for contractors)
- Identify high-risk construction activities and the controls the regulations require
- Measure and maintain compliance throughout the project
Course modules
- Definitions used in the regulations
- Construction work permits and notification of construction work
- Duties of clients and agents
- Duties of designers
- Duties of principal contractors and contractors
- Maintaining compliance: management and supervision on site
- Construction risk management and high-risk activities
- Fall protection
- Construction equipment, high-risk work and technical compliance: electrical installations, mobile plant, vehicles, stacking, use and storage of flammable liquids, and the technical regulations from regulation 10 to regulation 22
- Construction site housekeeping
- Emergency response planning on construction sites
Who should attend
- Clients and their appointed agents, including government departments and municipalities
- Principal contractors and subcontractors
- Consulting engineers and other designers
- Construction managers, site managers and supervisors
- Health and safety representatives, officers, managers and coordinators on construction projects
What delegates get
A BMS Holdings certificate of attendance and a set of course notes structured by regulation, which delegates can use as a reference on site.
The law behind the courseThe Acts and regulations behind this service
| Law | Section | What it requires |
|---|---|---|
| Construction Regulations 2014 | Regulations 3 and 4 | Construction work permits for higher-risk projects, and notification of construction work to the Department of Employment and Labour |
| Construction Regulations 2014 | Regulation 5 | The client's duties, including a health and safety specification and approving the principal contractor's health and safety plan |
| Construction Regulations 2014 | Regulation 7 | Principal contractor and contractor duties, including a site-specific health and safety plan and a health and safety file |
| Construction Regulations 2014 | Regulation 10 | A fall protection plan where work at height is done |
Who needs Construction Regulations 2014 training?
Anyone with a legal role on a construction project benefits from this training: clients, agents, designers, principal contractors, contractors and their site management. Each of these parties has specific duties under the Construction Regulations 2014, and the course explains how those duties fit together from tender to handover.
Does this course teach us how to compile a safety file?
The course covers what a health and safety file and a site health and safety plan must contain, and why. If you need the file itself prepared for a project, our construction safety files service does that for you.
Is this course only for large projects?
No. The Construction Regulations 2014 apply to all construction work, from small renovations to major civil projects, although some duties, such as construction work permits, apply only above certain thresholds. The course explains which duties apply at which scale.
Do you cover fall protection plans?
Yes. Module 8 covers fall protection, including what the regulations require in a fall protection plan and who must prepare and approve it.
Get in touch
Book this course
Let us know the number of delegates and preferred dates. For a project team, we can run the course at your offices or site camp and use your current project as the worked example.
- Phone064 549 5312
- Emailinfo@bmsholdings.co.za
- AddressThe Colosseum, First Floor, Century Way, Century City, Cape Town, 7441