EUSR SHEA Telecoms

The EUSR SHEA Telecoms Course covers a blend of core SHEA health, safety, and environmental modules, along with telecommunications-specific content to ensure delegates are fully prepared for working safely in this specialist field.

Core SHEA Modules

1. Understanding Our Workplace Responsibilities
   – Legal duties of employees and employers
   – Safety management and workplace expectations
2. Understanding the Effects of Our Work on the Environment
   – Environmental protection
   – Minimising pollution and ecological impact in telecom projects
3. Identifying and Controlling Risks
   – Hazard recognition, risk assessment, and risk control hierarchy
   – Promoting proactive and positive safety behaviours
4. Common Hazards in the Workplace
   – Typical physical hazards encountered on telecom worksites
   – Controls aligned with CSCS safety requirements
5. Occupational Health Hazards
   – Noise, vibration, manual handling, hazardous substances
   – Understanding and minimising long-term health risks
6. Responding to Emergencies
   – Emergency planning, incident response, and reporting
   – Roles of inspection bodies and enforcement authorities

Telecoms-Specific Module

Highway Working and Excavations

• Safe systems of work in public and private highways
• Streetworks hazards, barriers, signing and guarding requirements
• Working around underground telecoms ducts and overhead assets
• Emergency procedures related to street and highway environments