The financial costs to industry are significant, with an estimated 30 million working days lost to work related ill health or injury. The total cost to employers is estimated to be between £4 billion and £9 billion per year – the equivalent to 5% - 10% of all UK industrial companies’ gross profits.

It is essential that you are up to date with how to identify hazards and control the risks to your employees. Training not only helps you to prevent injuries and ill health but could improve production and save money in your business by reducing days taken off for sickness. But most importantly it is a legal requirement.

RP&P Management believes that training of operatives and supervisory staff remains a key to changes in the accident performance of construction. The CITB five day and two day courses have set a benchmark starting point and we need to build on these courses for the benefit of the whole construction sector.