This training is an overview of zero tolerances. These are in fact the main risks that can affect the health, safety and physical integrity of workers in the construction industry. Whether you are working at heights, near power lines, digging, working with scaffolding, coming into contact with a moving part of a machine or working with asbestos or crystalline silica, you will be able to identify the risks that apply to your projects and train your workers accordingly.

Training Objectives

The 10 Zero-Tolerance Hazards:

• Falls from a height of more than 3 meters
• Falls from a ladder
• Scaffold collapse
• Collapse of the walls of an unshored excavation
• Unstable rocks
• Electrical shock
• Exposure to hazardous areas of machinery
• Exposure to crystalline silica dust
• Exposure to asbestos
• Exposure to carbon monoxide

Duration of the Course

4 hours.

Target Audience

Construction workers, foremen, project managers, administrative staff and company executives.

Topics Addressed

1. Due Diligence
2. Construction Action Plan
3. Fall hazard
4. Danger near power lines
5. Collapse hazard
6. Health hazard
7. Danger of contact with a moving part

Other Relevant Information

Pedagogical approach
Oral presentation by the trainer, interaction with participants, exercises

Materials given to participants
Participant workbook, checklist

Evaluation method
None

Certification given
Attestation card (wallet size) and certificate