ConstructionSkills Site Safety Plus
Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) course

The Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) course was originally developed to provide training on the benefits of adopting behavioural change for all contractors who worked on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus (JCP) refurbishment programme. This project’s primary aim was for contractors to undertake their designated tasks in a safe and proactive manner. This was defined as the ‘determination and belief that no-one should be injured or suffer ill-health in the course of work activities’. Everyone wishing to work on these sites was expected to attend the one-day ABC course. The course is in line with the existing ACoP and Guidance for the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, which links to other legislation in requiring cooperation and co-ordination is carried out.

As with the ‘4 Cs’ from HSE’s ‘Working Well Together’ Campaign, this course encourages participants to capture and apply the ‘9Cs’ (Communication and Consultation enables Cooperation, Co-ordination, Collaboration, Control and Competence, establishing a Culture and Commitment at all levels).

Aims & Objectives

The objective of the course is to enable Delegates to, by the end of the course:

List the basic legal duties of employers and employees
Define hazards, risks and control measures
List possible causes of accidents
Appreciate the link between attitude and behaviour
Appreciate the costs of poor safety performance
Appreciate the benefits of good safety performance
Putting ABC into practice using the STAARR and TASK card
Successfully complete the course assessment.

The course is designed to provide Delegates with an understanding of how attitude, behaviour, communication and worker engagement at all levels can help prevent the chances of accidents occurring.

Course duration

This course is delivered over 1 day at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a convenient location for you.

Assessment and certification

An examination paper is compulsory and consists of nine questions incorporating a maximum of 25 answers, covering all aspects of the course.

Assured Safety Solutions provide CITB Achieving Behavioural Change Courses locally in Lincoln & Lincolnshire, Newark, Grantham, regionally in Nottinghamshire & East Midlands and nationally throughout the UK – Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) CCITB Achieving Behavioural Change Course Lincoln | CITB Achieving Behavioural Change Course Lincolnshire | CITB Achieving Behavioural Change Course East Midlands