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Course Summary
Course Overview
This training is aimed at the civil construction industry, specifically to those who need to maintain employee safety and respond to a wide range of emergency incidents that occur on site. The Civil Construction Industry typically uses an emergency control organisation team as an effective response to emergency incidents. Onsite teams are trained to respond to incidents that threaten both human and physical resources.
Key Topics
Planning and Preparing for emergencies in a civil construction setting (Typical settings are works near farmland / bush vs near water – e.g. Don Irrigation Scheme vs Liapootah Power Station)
Key Risk Mitigation Measures
•Role clarity - R&R - trained personnel – best practice for a civil construction site
• An effective Safety Management Plan and Emergency Response Plan (copies attached) – what good looks like
• Best practice site setup considerations, incl site specific induction considerations
• Effective use of tools such as Weather Meters, accessibility to other key emergency response equipment on site &/or in plant/ vehicles via portable purpose built kits etc. • Hints and tips for Civil Construction PMs/Supervisors
• How to prevent fires within a worksite
• Installing fire breaks – when and where / effective fire breaks
• When carrying out civil works such as rock breaking, plant operations incl excavations, onsite traffic control
• What to do if a fire occurs on your worksite
• Practical experience in extinguishing live fires on a work site near or in the bush with a lot of fuel and flora
• Bushfire Risk Awareness / Working near water Risk Awareness for remote areas
• Hazardous material incidents
• (Typical materials used: fuels, plumbers glue, adhesives, lime, additives to concrete other substances etc.)
• Communicating in emergencies
• key protocols – using UHF radios, known vs unknown - other things to be aware of – impact and possible change to protocols
• Assessing different emergencies e.g. vehicle accidents, spillages, rollovers, crushing, contact with electrical infrastructure, tree falling, drowning, snakes, bomb threat, terrorism
• Liaising with emergency services on the worksite
Scheduled Course Dates
This course is offered 'on demand' or has variable costs and delivery features. Contact the Training Provider for further information and to enrol.
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