The UK Contractors Group (UKCG) has launched a revised Health and Safety training standard that focuses on the level of health and safety training required by those who direct, manage, supervise or undertake construction related activities on UKCG sites.

This standard is designed to support UKCG’s work in increasing competency and improving leadership in health and safety by developing knowledge and skill.

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The standard requires employers to establish a programme for ensuring their employees are working towards the training standard. UKCG intends to monitor the uptake of this training and, over time, will require everyone working on UKCG sites in a leadership role to have undertaken training to meet the standard.

John Morgan, Safety Director at Kier Group and Chair of the UKCG Competency Working Group, said: "This standard has been put together with support from contractors and their supply chain. It offers employers robust guidance for identifying the most appropriate training for employees at all levels. The challenge is now to cement this training into common industry practice."

(CD/GK)