CMA483: QUALITY SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

About This Course

The course increases understanding of the critical relevance of quality, health & safety, and environmental protection in construction. It includes information on how construction quality, safety, and environmental strategy, plan, and procedures are developed. The training covers risk assessment and control, as well as recognising environmental and health hazards.

Topics In This Course

1. Safety & Health Management

1.1) Introduction to Health and Safety: Definition, brief history, importance of health and safety in construction, agencies & parties involved (DOSH, NIOSH, CIDB etc)

1.2) Legal Requirements; Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994: Factories and Machinery Act 1967, CIDB Act 520 etc.

1.3) Safety and Health Management: What is an OSH Management System?, Global OSH Management System., Overview of an OSH Management System, Developing an OSH Management System, Reviewing an OSH Management System on Site

1.4) Hazard, Risk & Accident in Construction : Definition, Types of Hazards, Hazard identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Analysis, HIRARC, Types of Accident , Causes of Accident , Accident control & prevention etc.

1.5) Pre-Construction OSH Planning: Introduction, Safety Plan, Site Planning/Implementation, OSH Budgeting, Statutory Notification, Temporary Traffic Management, PPE Management/ Safety Signages etc.

1.6) Monitoring Workplace OSH : Site Management: Site Safety, Health, Welfare Provision & Housekeeping, Earthwork/Excavation, Piling, Underground Services, Marine Work, Concrete Work, Steel & Pre-Cast Structure, Working at Height, Confined Spaces, Chemical Hazards, Hand & Power Tools, Mechanical & Electrical Works, Post Construction, Emergency Preparedness

1.7) Workplace OSH Inspections: Introduction, Types of Workplace Inspection, Objectives of In-House Inspections, Steps of Workplace Inspection, Sample of Inspection Checklist Guidance, Sample of Workplace Inspection Report

1.8) Accident Notification & Investigation: Introduction, Causes of Accident

1.9) Statutory Notification, In-House Reporting, Accident investigation and audit, Evaluation; performance monitoring , Actions for improvement, Preventive and corrective actions

1.10) Safety and health audit – Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Safety & Health Assessment System in Construction (SHASSIC).

2. Quality Management

2.1) Introduction: Definition of Quality, Importance of Quality

2.2) Evolution of Quality Management

2.3) Quality Management System (QMS); ISO 9001, Total Quality Management (TQM), KAIZEN etc.

2.4) Project Quality Management (PQM) : Quality Planning, Quality Assurance & Quality Control

2.5) Project Quality Plan (PQP)

2.6) Quality audit : QLASSIC & CONQUAS system

2.7) Quality of materials and workmanship at site: monitoring, checking, testing and control of quality

2.8) Testing, commissioning & handover

3. Environmental Management

3.1) Introduction : Definition, importance of environmental, agencies and parties involved ( DOE, CIDB etc.), etc.

3.2) Sustainable development

3.3) Environmental Legislation: Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127) & regulations

3.4) Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) : requirements, reports and approval

3.5) Environmental Management System : ISO 14000 etc.

3.6) Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

3.7) Environmental Compliance Audit

3.8) Environmental protection and enhancement works : JKR guidelines

3.9) Environmental monitoring, checking, testing & testing at construction sites.