Course
Principal Contractor Competence and Legal Duties
Commercial and Contractual Knowledge
£513.00
Summary
Attendees will be able to demonstrate a clear knowledge relating to governing legislation for principal contractors. Gain a deeper understanding of best practice project management process. Each attendee will complete, review, record and analyse a personal competency assessment.
Overview
With the ascendancy of the Building Safety Act it’s more important than ever to understand our legal obligations as a principal contractor and how that relates to competence and best practice project management procedures.
As principal contractors we need to objectively evaluate our roles and responsibilities, processes and procedures. Are they compliant? Do they mitigate risk? Do they align with competency requirements?
Candidates will only be certified as a Principal Contractor after successfully completing the CIOB Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme (PCCCS). To become an approved member of the scheme, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria and successfully complete the full application process. Click here to find out more about PCCCS .
For any UK enquiries, please contact Luke Beardall, Academy Solutions Consultant – [email protected]
For any international enquiries, please contact Justin Hall, Global Training Manager – [email protected]
Event Details
Next Available Dates
15th February 2025
22nd April 2025
10th July 2025
9th October 2025
Structure
Accordion Closed
Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.
Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Develop a working knowledge of the Building Safety Act.
- Understand our, and others obligations as duty holders.
- Understand how the Building Safety Act impacts the role of principal contractor.
- Identify how HRB’s place greater emphasis on principal contractor responsibilities.
- Appreciate the concept of competence and its relevance to our roles and responsibilities.
- Analyse the principal contractor’s duties, role and responsibilities.
- Objectively review the best practice approach to project management process and procedures.
- Review your current skills, knowledge and experience.
- Review, record and analyse your current competency against the criteria.
- Understand the relevance of your experience against competency requirements.
- Reflect on your personal development plan (areas to consolidate and areas to develop).
- Relate your current working experience to competency requirements.
- Review next steps to evidencing competence.
- Competence including skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours.
- PCCCS course expectations.
Contents
To understand our compliance obligations, we need to benchmark the legislation that defines those requirements. Day 1 explores the Building Safety Act, generating a wide appreciation of key topics in relation to the PC role (key legislation, duty holder obligations, new bodies, the gateway process, change control, golden thread and safety critical elements) linking up associated legislation – CDM, HSWA, BRAE, Fire Safety Act 2021.
On reflection we then appraise our awareness of current competence in relation to day 1 topics.
Day 2 focuses on principal contractor obligations and competency evaluation. Having reviewed the competency framework and context we outline the key principles of best practice project management, considering best practice procedures, phases of contract management and project management qualities.
With particular emphasis on best practice project management procedures, we evaluate how our interaction with procedures contributes to meeting our legal obligations and supports our personal evaluation of competence. Each section is fully interactive with guided workshops to review, record and appraise your competency standing relative to your roles and responsibilities.
Suitability
Principal contractors, project managers, site managers and site supervisors looking for the next level of legal compliance understanding and a clear evaluation of personal competence.
Skills Development
Our courses, CPD and publications are guaranteed to meet your development needs and help you gain and maintain industry qualifications and CIOB membership.
We offer on-demand, in-person training, as well as dedicated training solutions to meet your company's needs.