COSH SO2 study plan

Map the COSH legislation and regulations syllabus into a one-page outline listing every act, regulation, and code of practice named in your source material, and mark which ones you can already explain.

Explain in writing the employer's general duties and the worker's duties under the core occupational safety and health law, using your own words and one construction-site example for each.

List the statutory reporting duties that follow a serious accident or dangerous occurrence, and state who must report, to whom, and within what time.

Build a personal glossary of 25 legal terms (for example: reasonably practicable, competent person, notifiable, prohibition notice) with a one-line definition each.

Summarise the enforcement powers of the safety inspectorate (inspection, improvement notice, prohibition notice, prosecution) and the appeal route for each, in a comparison table.

Apply a five-step risk assessment to one real construction task you know (for example, edge protection during formwork) and record hazard, likelihood, severity, and residual risk.

Rank the hierarchy of controls from elimination to PPE and give one construction example at each level.

Draft a short method statement for a high-risk task that names the controls and the person accountable for each.

Identify the principal hazards on a typical site (falls from height, plant and vehicle movement, excavation collapse, electricity, manual handling, hazardous substances) and match each to its specific regulation or guidance.

Explain the duties of the principal contractor and the role of the site safety supervisor in coordinating subcontractors, in a written half-page.

Write a permit-to-work outline for one confined-space or hot-work task, listing the preconditions, sign-offs, and cancellation steps.

Produce a 10-item pre-work safety checklist a supervisor could use at the morning briefing.

Design a structured weekly site inspection form covering housekeeping, access and egress, scaffolding, plant, electrical, and PPE, with a pass/fail column.

Describe the steps of an accident investigation from scene preservation to root-cause analysis, and distinguish immediate causes from underlying causes.

Draft a witness statement template and an evidence log for a simulated fall-from-height incident.

Explain the difference between an accident, a near miss, and a dangerous occurrence, with one site example of each.

Complete a written investigation report on your simulated incident, including timeline, findings, root causes, and three corrective actions with owners and dates.

Explain the main routes of occupational exposure (inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion) and give a construction example for each.

Describe the purpose and limits of workplace exposure limits and how monitoring confirms that controls are working.

Outline a health surveillance programme for noise and for hazardous substances, stating what is measured and how often results are reviewed.

Assess a noise, dust, or vibration exposure scenario using the control hierarchy and specify the PPE and monitoring that would follow.

Write learning objectives for three audiences (new workers, supervisors, subcontractors) using action verbs and mapped to the syllabus domains.

Design a 15-minute toolbox talk on one high-risk activity, including an opening question, three key messages, and a check for understanding.

Explain how to verify that training was effective, beyond attendance records.

Draft an emergency response plan for a construction site covering fire, medical emergency, and structural collapse, naming roles, alarm signals, muster points, and drill frequency.

Explain the fire triangle and the classes of fire, and match each class to the appropriate extinguisher and the limits of first-aid firefighting.

List the records a site must keep (training, inspections, incidents, statutory examinations, health surveillance) and state the retention period for each where you know it.

Produce a one-page weekly safety report template that a supervisor could submit to management.

Revisit your week 1 legislation map and correct every entry you could not explain, then re-score your confidence.

Answer 60 mixed practice questions across all eight domains under timed conditions and log your score per domain.

Review every wrong answer and write a one-line reason for each error, grouped by domain, to expose remaining gaps.

Rehearse the two highest-weight domains (legislation and risk control) with a 30-minute recall session with no notes.