Bitumen - Managing the Risks
Construction
A course by
WITT
An essential risk awareness course for managers, engineers, and supervisors overseeing bitumen-related operations, focusing on health, safety, legislation, and risk management in the road surfacing industry.
In-person study
Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting
Core skills this course teaches
Identify hazards in bitumen and asphalt activities
Recognise basic and specific hazards linked to bitumen and hotmix asphalt operations, understanding the requirements for due diligence in managing these.
Apply safety procedures in handling bitumen
Identify and apply safety procedures in handling, blending, transporting and spraying bitumen and emulsion, and managing hot-mix asphalt production.
Understand maintenance risks of bitumen equipment
What You're Signing Up For
This one-day course is designed to equip managers, engineers, and supervisors involved in bitumen storage, production, and road surfacing with vital risk awareness skills. It emphasises understanding hazards, legal requirements, and due diligence for safely managing bitumen-related operations. The programme helps participants comply with health and safety responsibilities and improve their management of risks across various bitumen activities.
Course Content
- The CCNZ Best Practice Guideline BPG01
- Health and Safety: Summary of risks
- Safety legislation: Personal responsibility of managers
- Importance of appropriate training
- Hazards of bitumen plants and hot-mix plants
- Hazards associated with field operations
- Dangers of water
- Managing bitumen burns and chemical burns incidents
- Dangerous goods: Management responsibilities
- Explosion hazards, empty tank hazards
- Plant maintenance hazards, spillage precautions
- Managing fire risk
- Miscellaneous associated hazards in the road surfacing industry
What you need to know first
Recommended for managers, engineers, and supervisors in bitumen or road surfacing operations
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Construction
Roading
Civil Engineering
Health & Safety Management
Future employment opportunities might be
Enhanced competency for management and supervisory roles in road surfacing and bitumen operations
Improved compliance with health and safety legislation for managers in construction and related industries