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Construction Health & Safety Courses

Build Safer Sites. Protect Your People. Ensure Compliance.  

Construction remains one of the UK's most hazardous industries. Workers face daily life-threatening risks while navigating increasingly complex regulations. Without proper training, your sites become liability time bombs threatening lives, licenses, and livelihoods. 

This is why we have created our Construction Health and Safety training, specifically designed to provide those working in the construction industry with the knowledge and information they need to stay safe and compliant.  

Expert-led construction eLearning courses to prevent incidents, ensure regulatory compliance, and save lives.

The construction industry faces unprecedented challenges: 

Safety Crisis

● Working at height remains the biggest single cause of fatal and serious injury 

● Plant equipment stores energy in multiple dangerous forms even when switched off

Over a third (36%) of all non-fatal accidents on construction sites are caused by moving objects or vehicles 

Mental Health Emergency

94% of construction professionals experience stress 

507 construction workers died by suicide in 2021 - almost two every day 

● Nearly 40% of neurodivergent workers haven't disclosed due to stigma 

Compliance Complexity

● HS2 required extensive environmental permits and consent

● Construction errors cost the UK industry £10-25 billion annually, with human error accounting for around 21% of average project costs

Over 60% of UK waste comes from construction, yet most sites lack proper protocols 

Our construction eLearning courses transform these industry-wide crises into systematic, manageable solutions that protect your workers and your business. 

Find out how organisations like yours easily maintain compliance with our Construction training courses

Construction catalogue highlights

These courses are part of our wider eLearning library and available within both our Health and Safety and Construction catalogues. 

Here’s how our construction health and safety courses support the construction industry and workforce – and what’s involved in each course:

Waste Management and Environmental Compliance

Expert-led training on UK construction waste legislation, classification systems, and the Waste Hierarchy. Featuring real-world case studies and practical frameworks, learners will understand their legal responsibilities and master compliant waste management processes to avoid environmental violations. 

Mental Health within Construction

Industry-focused training on construction-specific mental health challenges, warning signs recognition, and practical wellbeing strategies. Featuring tailored frameworks and self-care approaches, learners will identify mental health triggers and develop skills to support colleagues while maintaining personal resilience in demanding site conditions. 

Preventing Suicide in Construction

This course focuses on recognising warning signs and approaching vulnerable colleagues with care. Featuring video content with Andy Bishop, learners will develop confidence in difficult conversations and practical intervention strategies, understanding that direct questions open doors to help rather than causing harm. 

Isolation of Plant Equipment

Comprehensive safety guidance from Lloyd Peckham on hidden dangers from excavators, bulldozers and cranes. Featuring HSE case studies and scenarios on hydraulic accumulators and stored pressure, learners will master isolation procedures and understand requirements under PUWER 1998 and CDM 2015 regulations. 

Environmental Permits and Regulations

Compliance training with Sustainability Expert Derek McGlashan covering eight critical areas from air quality to archaeological heritage. Through practical scenarios and site-based examples, learners will master permit requirements and the 5-minute compliance check framework for construction sites.

Effective Toolbox Talks and Team Briefings

Practical training on structuring briefings using the five-step framework and addressing high-risk topics including working at height and PPE compliance. Learners will master delivering impactful safety communications, creating open reporting cultures, and meeting HSE requirements under CDM 2015 and related legislation.

Construction Site Safety 

Comprehensive safety training covering the HSE's 5-step risk assessment approach, CDM 2015 regulations, and the Building Safety Act 2022. Learners will master practical site safety essentials including inductions, traffic management, PPE requirements, and emergency planning to identify hazards and maintain safe working environments. 

Quality Control and Inspections 

Practical guidance on the quality framework from planning to continuous improvement. Featuring Building Regulations 2010, BSR requirements, and the HSE's "Plan, Do, Check, Act" approach, learners will master six critical inspection stages and develop skills to maintain standards and prevent costly delays. 

Sustainable Construction Materials and Techniques 

Essential training featuring Derek McGlashan, Steve Rodgers, and Joe Eccleston on sustainable practices and waste transformation. Covering BREEAM certification, materials like hempcrete, and Passivhaus techniques achieving 90% energy reduction, learners will master applications that deliver environmental benefits and cost savings.

Understanding Neurodiversity in Construction

Practical training featuring Sonny Bains of The Wired Differently Group on building inclusive cultures. Covering ADHD, autism, dyslexia and legal duties under the Equality Act 2010, learners will understand reasonable adjustments and strategies for creating neuro-inclusive teams that benefit from diverse thinking styles.

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Three critical differentiators that save lives and money 

Construction-native expertise - Content developed by industry professionals with decades of site experience, not generic safety trainers. Real HSE case studies, actual permit examples, and procedures tested on working construction sites. 

Regulation-ready compliance - Every module built around current UK legislation with updates when laws change. No more scrambling to understand new requirements. 

Short and digestible - 10–15-minute eLearning construction modules designed for site schedules Critical safety knowledge delivered during toolbox talks, tea breaks, or shift changeovers without disrupting productivity – also available on mobile for ease of access. 

Construction course catalogue build from industry insights

Safety 

● Reduce on-site incidents - Master hazard recognition techniques and safety communication that prevent the accidents causing most construction fatalities 

Wellbeing 

● Support worker wellbeing - Address the mental health crisis affecting 94% of professionals with practical intervention techniques and peer support strategies 

● Enable life-saving conversations - Equip supervisors with suicide prevention skills that could save the two workers lost daily 

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Compliance & Quality 

● Meet regulatory compliance - Navigate CDM 2015, environmental permits, and Building Safety Act 2022 with confidence, avoiding prosecution and unlimited fines 

● Prevent environmental violations - Master permit requirements and waste protocols to avoid £50,000+ fines and project shutdowns 

● Eliminate quality failures - Implement systematic inspection procedures addressing the cost of preventable quality issues 

Team Development 

● Upskill your workforce efficiently - Deliver critical knowledge in 15-20 minute modules that fit busy construction schedules without productivity loss 

● Build inclusive teams - Support the 25% of neurodivergent workers with practical accommodation strategies that improve retention and performance 

Frequently Asked Questions about Construction Training

How quickly can our teams complete essential safety training without disrupting site productivity?

Each module takes 10-15 minutes - less time than a standard toolbox talk. Teams can complete critical safety training during tea breaks, and supervisors can deliver key content during existing safety briefings. 

Will this training prevent incidents on our construction sites?

Our content directly addresses root causes. For example, our toolbox talk training shows how a 5-minute safety conversation could have prevented the Manchester scaffold collapse that injured three workers. 

How do we stay compliant with constantly changing construction regulations?

Our content is updated regularly to ensure compliance with any amends in relevant regulation. 

What's the real financial cost of inadequate construction training?

Quality failures alone cost the industry £7 billion annually. Single environmental violations average £50,000+ in fines. Workplace deaths result in unlimited fines plus potential directors' prosecution. Proper training is the most cost-effective insurance available. 

What is the 20 20 20 rule in construction safety?

The 20-20-20 rule helps prevent eye strain for workers using screens or doing detailed work: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This simple practice reduces fatigue and maintains focus, particularly important for crane operators, plant machinery users, and those reviewing digital plans on site. 

What are 5 types of hazards that exist on a construction site?

The five main hazard types affecting health and safety in a construction environment are: falls from height (scaffolding, ladders), struck-by hazards (falling objects, moving vehicles), electrical hazards (overhead lines, faulty equipment), caught-in/between hazards (excavations, machinery), and hazardous substances (dust, chemicals, asbestos). Each requires specific control measures and protective equipment to manage safely. 

What does HSE mean in construction?

HSE stands for the Health and Safety Executive, the UK's national regulator for workplace health and safety that enforces construction safety laws and investigates accidents. They set the standards all construction sites must follow, from CDM regulations to risk assessment requirements. 

Interested in more compliance eLearning?

See our other eLearning catalogues and our health & safety compliance software.