Electrical Safety

This Electrical Safety awareness course gives UK construction workers a clear, practical understanding of how electricity is used on site and how quickly things can go wrong when it is not properly controlled. It covers key hazards, legal duties and simple, job-ready controls to prevent shocks, burns, fires and fatal injuries.
• Explores main electrical hazards on construction sites: live parts, damaged tools, wet conditions, overloaded circuits and trailing leads
• Explains risks from unsafe or poorly managed temporary electrical supplies
• Shows how electrical hazards lead to shocks, burns, fires and fatal injuries
• Highlights why construction sites need extra vigilance as conditions change constantly
• Sets out legal duties under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and related UK safety law
• Clarifies what employers must provide and what workers must do to stay safe
• Guides safe use of electrical tools and equipment, including pre-use checks
• Emphasises the use of RCD protection for tools and temporary supplies
• Covers temporary electrical installations in line with BS 7671 standards
• Explains PAT inspection, labelling systems and when equipment must be taken out of use
• Details safe working near overhead and buried services, including exclusion zones
• Describes correct isolation and lock-off procedures before work starts
• Includes emergency response and basic first aid actions for electrical incidents
• Stresses the importance of competence, training and reporting defects immediately