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PAMPHLET
Reference No: IP026
Date : January 2015
Originator: Leighton Bennett
THE SAFETY PRACTITIONER & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The recently gazetted Dept of Labour requirement is that safety practitioners performing any
construction health & safety work for or in the Construction industry must be professionally registered
with the SACPCMP (SA Construction Project Management and Construction Management
Professions) and apparently before the 7 August 2014 should you wish to be a safety officer appointed
under Construction Regulation 8(5), while Construction H&S Agents (PrCHSA) must be registered by 7
August 2015 when the 2014 Construction Regulations section 5(7)(b) will apply.
This professional registration involves being examined & assessed to be considered as a competent
person in relation to the safety & health aspects of construction work, but how many safety
professionals have any significant appreciation of the project management stages & the processes
involved within each stage. Construction Health & Safety Agents will need to be conversant with all of
the six project management stages, while Construction Health & Safety Managers (CHSM) & Officers
(CHSO) will need to work within the last three project management stages, as shown below:
Project
Stage
Description
Stage 1
Initiation and Briefing
Stage 2
Concept and Feasibility
Stage 3
Design Development
Stage 4
Tender Documentation and
Procurement
Stage 5
Construction Documentation
and Management
Stage 6
Project Close Out
Pr.CHS
Agent
CHS
Manager
CHS
Officer
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These 6 project management stages that the SACPCMP uses is well described in 2013 PMBOK, 5th
edition, namely the “Project Management Body of Knowledge” practice guide or textbook. At the May
IOSM Wits Branch meeting I shared the contents of PMBOK with none of the members present being
aware of the PMBOK & its contents. Are you aware of PMBOK? Other than the PMBOK itself there are
various PMBOK Extension sections documents (like for construction) that include the following
sections, for example:
PMBoK Extension Sections:
1
Introduction
2
Project life cycle & organisation
3
Project management process
4
Project integration management
5
Project scope management
6
Project time management
7
Project cost management
8
Project quality management
9
Project human resources management
10
Project communications management
11
Project risk management
12
Project procurement management
Glossary
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PAMPHLET
Reference No: IP026
Date : January 2015
Originator: Leighton Bennett
To this content, additional aspects like this extract from the Construction PMBOK extension document can be added:
13
14.
15.
16
Project
Project
Project
Project
safety management
environmental management
financial management
claims management
Looking closer at the project safety management section one finds the following:
“Safety management includes the processes required to assure that the construction project is
executed with appropriate care to prevent accidents that cause or have the potential to cause personal
injury or property damage. Safety management is essentially a subset or risk management, but
because it is functionally so specialised (traditionally unique) and important on every construction site it
deserves an individual chapter. Furthermore, studies have shown that for every dollar spent on a good
safety programme it can result in a four to eight dollar reduction in losses from accidents”
To manage construction work safety the following major processes are required:
13.1.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Safety planning: develop an approach manage the various hazards to safety inherent in
the project
The various inputs, tools & outputs of safety planning are summarised as:
INPUTS
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
OUTPUTS
Laws & regulations
Contract requirements
Safety policy
Site location
Management commitment
13.2
1.
2.
3.
13.3
Project safety plan
Contract requirements
Project safety plan
Authority
Budget
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
OUTPUTS
PPE
Safety equipment
Construction equipment review
Safety communication
Training & education
Safety inspection
Accident investigation
Medical facilities
Drug testing
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reduced injuries
Lower insurance costs
Enhanced reputation
Improved productivity
Administration & reporting: maintenance of safety records & reporting safety activities.
The various inputs, tools & outputs of admin & reporting are summarised as:
INPUTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
Safety plan execution: carry out the safety plan by performing the activities included
therein.
The various inputs, tools & outputs of safety plan are summarised as
INPUTS
1.
2.
Hazard analysis
Subcontractor selection
Incentives
Legal reporting requirements
Insurance reporting requirements
Contract requirements
Safety plan requirements
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Inspection logs & reports
Training & meeting records
Injury & illness logs
Accident investigations
Photos & video recordings
OUTPUTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Government logs & reports
Accident reports
Achievement of safety achievement goals
Documented safety performance
All the various project management sections (i.e. 4 to 12, plus the extension sections) are developed as
reflected in the Project Safety Management section above, with each of the summary sections further
described & explained.
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DISCERNING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PRACTITIONER
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PAMPHLET
Reference No: IP026
Date : January 2015
Originator: Leighton Bennett
A further aspect is being warned that this SACPCMP professional registration process places one in a
situation that should the safety person default in the scope or performance of the safety person’s duties
& this leads to a project or construction stoppage, that safety person better ensure they have
Professional Indemnity insurance cover in place, as they could be sued for the project or construction
delay costs &/or for project or construction programme or process errors they may have caused.
(References: 2013 PMBOK 5th edition & the PMBOK Construction extension guide, 2000 edition)
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