Building in Safety - 2 years after

Building in Safety – 2 Years AfterConstructing for Safety & Health in Europe

Importance of training in ensuring good standards of safety and health – adoption of recognised training schemes

INDEX

1 - Fundación Laboral de la Construcción (Labour Foundation for the Construction Industry)

2 - Construction industry in Spain: economic and social context

3 - Training in Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

4 - Tarjeta Profesional de la Construcción – TPC (Construction Professional Card)

• Non-profit bipartite organization (employers confederation + trade unions)

• Financial resources: industry contribution and public subsidies

• Nationwide (regional councils)

Promotion of occupational training

Promotion of safety and health at work

Promotion of employment and craftsmanship

1. Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

AIMS

Construction industry in Spain: economic and social context

Construction industry in Spain: economic and social context

Economic data

Labour data

Business structure

2.

8,5% of GDP in 2005 165,15 billion euros

415.585 enterprises more than 13% of total

Economic data

2. Construction industry in Spain: economic and social context

More than 2,3 million workers

More than 12% of total employment

Labour data


Economic data

Fragmentation Business structure

self-employed or 1 employee

more than 20 employees

between 10 and 19 employees

between 2 and 9 employees

4,1 %

4,9 %

41,6 %

49,4 %


Mortal accidents 2005

966

Construction

309

(31,99%)

Total accidents 2005

904.908

Construction

241.624

(26,70%)


Training in Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

Training in Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

Typology

• Crafts

• Management

• Safety and health

Typology

• Crafts

• Management

• Safety and health

Number of students (Total students in 2005 78.318)

3. Training in Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

STUDENTS IN SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING (2005)Total: 31.773

1.3182.479 2.255

14.095

11.626


NUMBER OF STUDENTS (S&H TRAINING) ACCORDING TO ENTERPRISE SIZE (YEAR 2005)

21 - 50 51 - 100 >1001 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 20

14%

32%

23%

10%9%

12%

Enterprise size


Safety and Health training system

Workers starting in the sector

Workers with experience

Enterprises

Workers starting in the sector

Aula Permanente(initial training)

Training material adapted to the participants knowledge and to their native languages



Workers with experience

Training for the specific risks in every profession

Integration of the prevention factors to be considered when developing the activity students are training for

Enterprises



Enterprises

Standarized training material for all the people in charge of enterprise training

Didactic guideline

Formative DVD



Training as a permanent engagement

An assistance and assessment technical service for the prevention of work risks in SMES within the building sector

1.000 enquiries through the freeline in 2005

20.000 enquiries through the website in 2005

Línea Prevenciónwww.lineaprevencion.com900 20 30 20


http://www.lineaprevencion.com/

Practical Training

Training on prevention:

15 centres for prevention practices throughout 2005

36 training centres



E-learning

www.campusfundacion.org

On-line training

More than 3.000 workers trained throughout 2005



Mobile Classroom

Training at worksite

3.000 workers trained throughout 2005

More than 45.000 Km



WEAK POINTS

• The sense of compulsion prevails over the sense of interest

• Excess of general formation without any specific or concrete objective

• Too many divulgative and formative activities aiming to compensate for a bad social conscience

STRONG POINTS

• A bigger social sensitivity towards prevention (number of pupils, resources, etc)

• A progressive professionalisation of the sector

• Industrialisation of the high risk building processes

• Development of a certification system for prevention issues for the whole sector (TPC)

4. Tarjeta Profesional de la Construcción – TPC Social situation

TPCTarjeta Profesional de la Construcción

Safe Work

TPCTarjeta Profesional de la ConstrucciónSafe Work TPC Project

- Standarisation of the initial S&H training

- Creation of a system of validation of S&H training

- Analysis of the development of the current “cartilla profesional” (professional certificate)



- Cualitative target: to place the TPC as the reference card within the construction sector, linked to S&H training

- Quantitative target: to get, in the medium term, to at least 75% of the sector working force

Document issued by the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción to validate:

- Specific training regarding Safety and Health

- Professional ranking

- Working experience



- New name: TPC (Construction Professional Card)

- New support: plastic card with magnetic band

- New functionalities:

- Validation of S&H training

- Validation of professional ranking and experience within the sector

- Access to the services of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción


Information points

- Sites of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

- Training Centres of the Building Working Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

- Industry associations

- Trade unions

- Colaborating centres

- Foundation webpage

- Free information number 900 11 21 21


Information process

- To inform and motivate the workers to use the card

- To inform about the procedure centres (address, timetable, etc.) and the procedure to get the card

- Attention for any question on the TPC



- Training Centres of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción

- Industry associations

- Trade unions

Procedure points


Procedure process

- Information to the workers on the procedures and documentation needed to obtain the card (initial training formation certification, DNI or resident card, photograph)

- Reception and procedure of the applications

- Recording of the application on the system

- Classification and filing of the files

- Sending of the file to the validation centre


Validation centres


Validation Process

- Application reception

- Checking and validation (in case of refusal it sends the file back to the procedure centre)

- Card issuing

- Sending the card to the procedure centre

- Control and quality auditing of all the processes


Handing process

- The procedure centre receives the cards applied for (in case of mistake they will make the claim to the corresponding validation centre)

- The procedure centre issues a collecting call to the person applying (mail, phone, call, sms, etc.)

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