Start date: 04/02/2026
Duration: 7pm - 10pm for 12 weeks
Location: Online
Certificate: Certificate in Health and Safety in Construction (level 9)
Cost: €650
Programme overview
The Certificate offers a re-entry point to education or a qualification to someone who has an interest in working within the legislative context of health and safety in the construction sector. It also meets a legislative and industry need in order for participants to acquire the knowledge, attributes and Skills required to understand the importance of health and safety in the workplace.
The curriculum is formulated to fulfil these aims and produce graduates who are self-reliant and who leave the programme with experience of real-world legislative and practice requirements within the field of construction related Health & Safety.
The course has an overall aim of introducing the learner to the need for proactive health and safety management within construction. It provides a breadth of underpinning knowledge to enable health and safety professionals to discharge their duties by identifying hazards and advising on in risk management processes in a construction setting.
Learners will gain the knowledge and understanding necessary to create content regarding Health & Safety requirements in construction. The content of the module will examine the following subject areas:
✨Legislation and Statutory appointments specific to construction
✨Hazard Identification in Construction
✨Controls: Management, Technologies and Application
✨The function of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in its role of inspection, enforcement and education
✨International Approaches to Health and Safety in Construction to broaden the skills and knowledge of the learner to develop a practical insight into safe design and construction of all types of infrastructure
The programme learning outcomes were developed in line with the Awards Standards – Generic Higher Education and Training and are mapped to the learning outcomes below.
| PLO1 | Demonstrate the ability to plan the preparation and completion of regular reviews of a construction organisation’s health and safety systems and advise on and provide for suitable management practices and policy amendments required in such reviews |
| PLO2 | Demonstrate the ability to think critically, independently, and creatively in the implementation of suitable actions to manage health and safety in construction. |
| PLO3 | Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of how to identify, interpret and describe the main requirements of Health and Safety legislation pertaining to construction. |
| PLO4 | Lead and initiate in the planning, preparation, development and delivery of effective communication and training programmes on health and safety in construction. |
| PLO5 | Recognise how human factors affect health and safety in construction, identifying the nature and extent of occupational illness and accidents impacting on absenteeism and employ measures to manage the human factor risk resulting in such illnesses and accidents |
| PLO6 | Employ a range of transferable skills including that ensure a systematic approach to decision making, auditing and problem solving in analysing and managing health and safety in construction, preparing reports and making cost effective proposals for health and safety management in the construction environment. |
| PL07 | Display a knowledge of how health and safety in construction is cost effective for an organisation in complying with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation. |
For full details, contact Laura at 087 368 8491 or cpskillnet@cif.ie