Bachelor of Science Honours in Construction Health and Safety Management
Physical Planning and Construction - Physical Planning Design and Management
Purpose and Rationale
Purpose
The purpose of the qualification is to develop the necessary knowledge, understanding, abilities, and skills required for practicing as a Construction Health and Safety Agent and a Construction Health and Safety Manager. The qualifying learners will gain high levels of conceptual understanding needed for the challenges and problem-solving skills within the construction industry. Adaptability to new challenges and technologies relies on fundamental conceptual knowledge and critical thinking skills, crucial for managing construction H and S within construction businesses and projects in project management contexts.
Rationale
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) industry report highlighted a significant number of accidents, fatalities, and injuries due to non-compliance with Health and Safety (H and S) legislation. This lack of compliance indicates ineffective management and supervision of H and S on construction sites and projects, emphasizing the need for skilled professionals. The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) mandated the registration of construction H and S professionals through the SACPCMP to address the lack of competencies and formal registration processes.
This qualification aims to improve compliance with H and S legislation, reduce industry fatalities, injuries, and diseases by integrating H&S into Construction Management. Collaborations with government, industry, and professional associations have influenced the development of this qualification. The multi-stakeholder contributions, complex projects, and the PESTEL framework in the construction industry necessitate the need for this qualification to address construction H and S challenges effectively.
Outcomes
- Undertake broadly defined construction Health and Safety (H and S) planning and coordination.
- Manage the function of construction H and S.
- Contribute to the development of the project documentation in terms of H and S in the capacity as a Construction H and S Agent.
- Review project documentation, designs, details, and specifications.
- Conduct a research project and compile a treatise within a related Construction Health and Safety Management discipline area.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Organise, lead, and control to meet desired business and project Health and Safety outcomes
- Use construction business functions and construction resources (Construction H and S Manager)
- Apply project design, procurement, and construction H and S outcomes (Construction H and S Agent)
- Planning and coordination within applicable legislation, regulations, standards, and codes of practice
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Use management functions and activities to meet desired business and project H and S outcomes
- Apply nine business functions within defined parameters, legislation, regulations, and standards
- Interfacing as defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) or the Principal Agent over six stages of projects
- Apply ten project management knowledge areas and five project management processes within applicable legislation, regulations, standards, and codes of practice
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Develop client brief according to standard criteria
- Project viability and feasibility assessment including H and S
- Draft project estimate with financial provision for H and S
- Produce project qualification flagging key H and S issues
- Monitor H and S throughout design delivery
- Develop tender documentation including H and S
- Procure contractors considering H and S
- Develop construction contracts and processes referencing H and S
- Implement project H and S reports
- Address H and S commissioning
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Review design in terms of 'designing for construction H and S' principles
- Review constructability and appropriateness
- Provide alternatives where required and reasonably practicable
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
- Apply knowledge and skills related to the research process
- Formulate motivation for research project need
- Plan research design
- Develop research proposal
- Implement research design, collect and interpret data
- Produce and submit a treatise
Integrated Assessment:
- Assessments involve continuously assessed course work using combinations of unseen examinations, marked reports, skills tests, and presentations
- Feedback given immediately after completion of assessments
- Supplementary and/or re-assessments given to qualifying learners
- Formative assessments include tutorials, assignments, and presentations
- Summative assessments include a combination of 'continuous assessment' assessments and unseen examinations
- Assessment of the CHSM Treatise is conducted by an internal and external examiner according to standard institutional procedures.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Honours Degree
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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