SACPCMP CHS Officer study plan

Map the hierarchy of the OHS Act and the Construction Regulations into a one-page structure diagram showing how duties flow from client to contractor to employee

Tabulate the statutory duties of the client, designer, principal contractor, contractor, construction supervisor and construction health and safety officer side by side

Distinguish the general duty provisions from the specific construction-site duties and note which carry criminal liability on the accounting officer

Identify the appointment, competency and registration requirements that apply to a CHS officer on a construction site

Explain the notification-of-construction-work requirements and list the triggers that make a project notifiable

Apply the hierarchy of control to five common construction activities and justify why each chosen control outranks the alternatives

Define hazard, risk, and residual risk using construction examples so the three terms are never conflated

Build a 5x5 risk matrix and calibrate its likelihood and severity bands against three real site scenarios

Conduct a full baseline hazard identification and risk assessment covering at least twelve construction activities across excavation, working at height, lifting, electrical, plant and hazardous substances

Assign initial and residual risk ratings to every identified hazard and record the responsible person and target date for each control

Draft a permit-to-work style control set for two high-risk activities and state the preconditions that must be verified before work starts

Critique two method statements for adequacy of hazard coverage and record the specific gaps found

Draft the table of contents and core sections of a site-specific health and safety plan and state what makes it site-specific rather than generic

Assemble a legal register for a simulated construction project listing applicable legislation and the evidence that would prove compliance

Define the roles, reporting lines, and appointment documents required to make the plan operational on site

Set measurable health and safety objectives and the leading and lagging indicators that will track them

Construct a scored inspection checklist covering housekeeping, fall protection, excavations, scaffolding, plant, electrical and welfare

Conduct a mock walk-through inspection of a workplace you have access to and record findings against your checklist

Classify each finding by risk rating and write corrective actions with owners and deadlines

Distinguish between an inspection, an audit and a legal compliance evaluation and state when each is appropriate

Apply a structured root-cause technique to a simulated incident and separate immediate causes from underlying and root causes

Write an incident investigation report containing the sequence of events, evidence gathered, causal analysis and recommendations

Determine which incidents trigger statutory reporting and state what must be reported, to whom and within what timeframe

Compile the documentation pack that must accompany an incident file and identify the common evidentiary gaps

Write and rehearse a ten-minute toolbox talk on a high-frequency construction hazard, then evaluate the delivery against engagement criteria

Build a training needs matrix that maps job categories to required competencies and refresher intervals

Resolve three professional-ethics scenarios and justify each decision against the duty to protect life and health and the limits of professional competence

Draft the communication flow for a safety alert, from identification through to verification that the message was received and understood

Work through a full set of practice questions under timed conditions across all five domains and score each domain separately

Re-study only the two lowest-scoring domains using the notes and deliverables you produced in earlier weeks

Explain aloud, without notes, the legal duty chain, the risk assessment method, the audit cycle and the investigation method

Finalise a one-page quick-reference sheet you can revise from in the final days