Bitumen - Managing the Risks
Other Engineering
A course by
WITT
An essential risk awareness course for managers, engineers, and supervisors involved in bituminous materials operations, road surfacing, storage, production, or transport. Covers legal, safety, and practical requirements for safe management.
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Core skills this course teaches
Identify hazards in bitumen operations
Recognise basic hazards associated with bitumen and hot-mix asphalt activities, and understand due diligence requirements for managing these hazards.
Understand specific hazards and procedures
Identify specific hazards and appropriate safety procedures for handling, blending, transporting, and spraying bitumen and emulsion, and producing and laying hot-mix asphalt.
About This Course
This one-day course provides risk awareness and management training specifically tailored for those responsible for the storage, production, and transport of bituminous materials, and for overseeing road surfacing works. It equips managers and supervisors with in-depth understanding of the significant hazards, legislative requirements, and due diligence procedures for managing risk in bitumen operations. Topics include hazards in plant and field operations, legislative compliance, hazard management, and emergency response related to bituminous materials.
Course Content
- The CCNZ Best Practice Guideline BPG01
- Summary of Health and Safety risks
- Safety legislation and personal responsibility of managers
- Importance of appropriate training
- Hazards of bitumen plants and hot-mix plants
- Hazards associated with field operations
- Dangers of water in bitumen operations
- Managing bitumen and chemical burns incidents
- Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances management responsibilities
- Explosion hazards and empty tank hazards
- Plant maintenance hazards and spillage precautions
- Managing fire risk
- Miscellaneous hazards in road surfacing industry
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