Health and Safety in Construction – Safe Use of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Bottled gas for work purposes should only be used by competent trained individuals who have been authorised to perform ‘hot work’ through the issue of a site ‘Permit-to-Work’. This permit system is a risk reduction method aimed at reducing the number of gas related incidents on site. This topic covers the safe use of liquid petroleum gas (LPG).\ud An online version of this resource is available here - http://content.wortech.ac.uk/JISC_Construction/16/story.html \ud Targeted at Level 2 learners this resource has a short video from an industry expert as well as interactive content taking you through many of the health and safety implications and most importantly how to be safe. Learners complete the learning content with a quiz to check their understanding. \ud The topic is mandatory in both NVQ/apprenticeships and BTEC (Construction and the Built Environment) at all levels and forms part of a set of learning resources built in a similar style