Online course
Managing contractors
How to choose, plan, induct, control and review contractors safely, including permits and isolations, sharing a workplace, and your duties as a client under CDM 2015.
- 3units
- 9lessons
- 1.5 hoursto complete
- 3 yearssuggested refresher
Included with every paid plan, from £79 a year.
What the course covers
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Before the work starts
Your legal duties when using contractors, how to choose competent ones, and how to plan the work together.
- Your duties when using contractors
- Choosing a competent contractor
- Planning the work together
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Contractors on site
Inducting contractors, controlling high-risk work with permits and isolations, and monitoring and stopping unsafe work.
- Induction and site rules
- Controlling high-risk work
- Monitoring and stopping unsafe work
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CDM, completion and review
Client duties under CDM 2015 for construction work, finishing and handing over safely, and reviewing contractor performance.
- Construction work: client duties under CDM
- Completion, handover and review
- Worked example: a school roof repair
Assessment and certificate
- A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
- A final assessment of 15 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
- Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.
This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task.