What is the definition of Contractor?
A Contractor means any employer whose employees carry out construction work and includes both main contractor and sub-contractor. Contractor may also include a self-employed person where such a person supplies materials and labour or labour only. In addition, a body such as a local authority may also be a contractor, if the construction work is carried out directly by employees of that body.
Some feedback on CIF’s Power of Diversity Programme delivered on September 27th
Full details of course below
https://ciftraining.ie/product/the-power-of-diversity/#1664372941679-0316041c-5d38
Irish Water has partnered with the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) to call on sustainability representatives in industry to enroll in their upcoming Water Conservation Clinic on 12th October. The free clinic will offer training and guidance in terms of how businesses can implement sustainable and circular processes at their sites to conserve water.
https://www.leanskillnet.com/training/water-conservation-clinic/
For those who work in the field of health and safety, especially health and safety in the workplace, staying up to date with developments within construction safety is a vital part of delivering an effective service, both to employers and the workforce. Health and safety legislation often changes as we learn from real life incidents in the workplace and making sure your knowledge is current is an essential part of remaining compliant always. This is the reason that health and safety professionals, especially within the construction industry, are required to regularly update their training with Safety Management Renewal courses for CPD purposes.
For your reference CIF Learning & Development Training Programme Schedule for September:
Tuesday, September 13th: 09.00 – 17.00
City & Guilds Site Supervisor Safety Programme
Day 1: Tuesday, September 13th
Day 2: Wednesday, September 14th
https://ciftraining.ie/product/site-supervisor-safety-training/
Wednesday, September 14th: 09.30 – 16.30
CIF Access to Conservation & Heritage Sites
Day 1: Wednesday, September 14th
https://ciftraining.ie/product/cif-access-to-conservation-and-heritage-sites/
Thursday, September 15th: 09.00 – 17.00
City & Guilds Project Supervisor for Construction Stage
Day 1: Thursday, September 15th
Day 2: Thursday, September 22nd
Day 3: Thursday, September 29th
https://ciftraining.ie/product/project-supervisor-construction-stage/
CIF Learning & Development Course Timetable October -December 2022
The CIF course time table for October to December 2022 is now available to download.
All course may be booked via www.ciftraining.ie or contact Conor Greham on 01 4066031 [email protected] .
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations, 2013 interprets ‘client’ as a person for whom a project is carried out, in the course or furtherance of a trade, business or undertaking, or who undertakes a project directly in the course or furtherance of such trade, business or undertaking and since 2013 construction work done on your own domestic dwelling e.g. an extension on to your kitchen, or you are building your own house.
Contributor: Sinead Gaines, P.J. Hegarty & Sons
“Temporary Works is an area of construction that workers are not always aware of unless they are directly involved in it. It is important that everyone working on a construction site understands what Temporary Works is and report any elements of Temporary Work changes or defects to Site Management.”
(Sinead Gaines, EHS Manager, P.J. Hegarty & Sons)
Contributor’s Shared Advice:
Simplest Way to Describe Temporary Works?
Temporary works (TW) are the parts of a construction project that are needed to enable the permanent works (PW) to be built. Usually, the TW are removed after use some examples of
TW include access scaffolds or stairs, props, shoring, excavation support, falsework, and formwork, traffic management, hoarding, site gates and even sometimes the erection of signage can be considered TW.
It is very important that the same degree of care and attention is given to the design and construction of temporary works as for permanent works. As TW may be in place for a short time, there may be a tendency to assume they are less important; this would be an incorrect assumption. Lack of care with regards to design, selection and assembly may result in the risk
of an incident or injury.
For your reference August Training Course Schedule
Wednesday, August 3rd: 09.30 – 16.30
IOSH Safety for Construction Managers Programme
Day 1: Wednesday, August 3rd
Day 2: Wednesday, August 10th
Day 3: Wednesday, August 17th
Day 4: Wednesday, August 24th
Day 5: Wednesday, August 31st
https://ciftraining.ie/product/managing-safely-in-construction/
Monday, August 4th: 09.00 – 17.00
City & Guilds Appointed Person’s Lifting Operations Programme
Day 1: Monday, August 4th
Day 2: Monday, August 11th
Day 3: Monday, August 18th
https://ciftraining.ie/product/appointed-person-lifting-operations/
There are a lot of duties that contractors are responsible for, something that can be overwhelming for many. The Safety Health and Welfare at Work Construction Regulations 2013 detail the regulations in a way to ensure safety and good health of all workers or others on a construction site. This article will look at the types of duties contractors must be aware of and capable of providing in order to meet the requirement set by law.