Building Construction Passport : SiteSafe

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Building Construction Passport

The aim of the Building Construction Passport is to ensure everyone on a construction site (both commercial and residential) has a basic understanding of the health and safety hazards they are likely to face, so that no-one is endangering themselves or their workmates.

One of the main benefits of the Passport course is that it gets a wide-range of workers together where they can discuss how they can improve the safety culture on their sites.

The Building Construction Passport covers the key on-site, everyday risks and hazards that you are likely to be exposed to.

(1) Consequences of Injuries. Participants review a real life case study to understand the consequences of an injury and how they could be avoided through the combined efforts of Workers and Employers.

(2) Hazard Identification and Reporting. Discussion focuses on the importance of and how to identify and report hazards, one of the most fundamental responsibilities of Employers and Employees. Employee involvement in hazard identification and reporting has always been a fundamental area in changing the safety culture of an industry, and this section covers activities including basic hazard identification tools (Step Back 5 x 5, Seven Point Analysis and the Control Hierarchy).

(3) Hazard Identification and Reporting. Focussing on how everyone can get involved in safety activities.

(4) Decision-making - Fork in the Road. This concept demonstrates how construction sites are constantly changed and that all day long workers make decisions that affect their own and their mate's safety. Trainees discuss the reasons by why they make decisions to be unsafe even when they know they could be injured.

(5 ) Construction Hazards and Controls. This section exa mines construction activities and the specific hazards and required controls for each activity. Trainees work in groups and animated images are used to assist Trainees identify the hazards and required controls associated with s pecific construction activities.

A selection of videos are played throughout the course to demonstrate decision-making and the consequences of a workplace injury. One story is from Rhett Brown who went to work one day - and has never returned to that home. He became a tetraplegic in 2004 that literally turned his entire life around. If you wish to contact Rhett to have him tell his story to your workforce he can be contacted on 027 316 4772 or eastwing@slingshot.co.nz

At the conclusion of the training each trainee receives:

A Passport signifying they have successfully completed the training. This is wallet sized with the trainees name an d Passport number together with a photograph as evidence of authenticity.
A pocket sized handbook containing helpful health and safety information and advice.

To ensure trainees are kept up to date with developments in health and safety and to ensure their health and safety knowle dge continues to improve Passport holders are required to complete a refresher course every two years.

Many companies have become Site Safe Head of Agreement companies and have made the Site S afe Passport a standard of entry to their sites. The Passport requirement is integrated in the tender process where either specifiers make the Passport system a prerequisite for those submitting a tender.