Upcoming Safe Pass Galway Courses:
There will be Safe Pass Galway courses on the following dates:
02/04/2016, 16/04/2016, 23/04/2016 (Polish Course)
Safe Pass Galway Flannery’s Hotel
Safe Pass Galway:
The Solas Safe Pass Health and Safety Awareness Training Programme is to ensure that, over the course of time, all workers in construction will have a basic knowledge of health and safety, and be able to work on-site without being a risk to themselves or others who might be affected by their acts or omissions. From a health and safety perspective, construction workers are bound by law to hold a valid Safe Pass card. With this Background in mind the programme was developed in consultation with interested parties.
The Need For Safe Pass Galway:
Essentially any worker who alters, interferes or changes a building must have a Safe Pass card. The requirement applied to all workers in the construction sector from the 01/06/03. Cards must be refreshed every four years. The Safe Pass Galway Programme is necessary to make workers aware of the dangers on construction sites so that they will not be a danger to themselves or their co-workers.
Aims Of Safe Pass Galway:
- To raise the standard of safety awareness in the construction industry;
- To ensure that all site personnel undergo basic health and safety awareness training with a view to making a positive contribution to the prevention of accidents and avoidance of health hazards;
- To maintain a register of personnel who have received such training;
- To provide all participants with a SOLAS Safe Pass registration card which will indicate that the holder has attended a formal course in health and safety awareness.
Course Programme:
- Promoting a Safety Culture
- Duties & Responsibilities at work
- Accident Reporting & Prevention
- Working at Heights
- Evacuations & Confined Spaces
- Working with Electricity and overhead services
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Use of hand held equipment, tools and machinery
- Safe use of vehicles
- Noise & Vibration
- Manual Handling
- Health & Hygiene
Safe Pass Galway General:
- All participants of training must arrive at 8.00 am sharp for course registration.
- Delegates who arrive late will unfortunately not be permitted to complete the programme.
- All participants must bring a passport photo of themselves for their Safe Pass Galway Registration card
