BusinessSafety
Drugs and Alcohol in Construction
Meet your workplace obligations around drugs and alcohol policy, testing and a safe site culture.
Estimated time1 Hour
FormatOnline, self-paced
On completionCPD certificate
Course Overview
This online, self-paced awareness course explains how drugs and alcohol affect safety and performance on construction sites. Construction is high-risk work, and impairment sharply raises the chance of serious incidents, which is why most sites manage it through a clear policy, awareness training and, often, workplace testing. In about one hour you work through a single module covering the effects of drugs and alcohol, your responsibilities, how site policies and testing arrangements work, and where to get help. It is written for construction and electrical workers, and for the supervisors responsible for site safety. This is an introductory awareness course, not a competency or qualification. Finish the knowledge assessment to earn a certificate of completion, which counts toward your CPD.
What You’ll Learn
Recognise how drugs and alcohol affect safety, judgement and performance on a construction site
Understand why impairment sharply raises the risk of serious incidents in high-risk work
Identify your own responsibilities for managing impairment at work
Describe how site drug and alcohol policies and workplace testing typically operate
Know where and how to seek help for a drug or alcohol concern
What’s Included
Self-paced online module
Knowledge assessment
Certificate on completion
Approx. 1 Hour
Counts toward CPD
Counts towards your CPD
On completion you’ll receive a certificate recording your CPD hours — ready to add to your professional development record.
