Fencing installer

Awareness of health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance and impact on role. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH). Fire safety. First aid at work. Health and Safety at Work Act. Asbestos awareness. Manual handling and lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER). Provision and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER). Fire extinguishers. Safety signage. Situational awareness. Slips, trips, and falls. Working in confined spaces. Working at height. Electrical safety. HSG47 safe digging practices.

Safety control equipment and how to use personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protective equipment (RPE), dust suppression

Safe systems of work: Site inductions, method statements, risk assessments, hazard identification in the work area

Standards, regulations and specifications associated with fencing activities BS1722

Installation techniques: Fence components and systems and manufacturer’s instructions

Fencing and fixing foundation requirements

Characteristics and use of fencing materials: Wood, Plastic and Steel

Principles and application of measurement techniques

Limits of authority, when to escalate tasks and issues and to whom

Methods of interpreting and extracting relevant information from drawings plans and specifications; paper based and digital

Setting out: Correct lines and levels for fences, access and egress

Methods of locating and identifying underground services

Methods of repair and reinstating defective or faulty fencing

Hand tool use, maintenance and storage

Power tool and mechanical plant use and limitations

Moving, handling and storing of all materials

Site documentation requirements: Fencing records, quality control, site records, accident reporting and permits

The importance of working to a work schedule and record keeping

Principles of good team working

Techniques for verbal communication, giving and receiving information, matching style to audience

Written communication techniques. Plain English principles. Construction and fencing terminology

Impact of the sector on the environment: Efficient use of resources, surface water contamination, recycling, reuse of materials, safe disposal of waste

Inclusion, equity and diversity in the workplace

Well-being: Mental and physical health considerations in self and others and how to access support

Comply with health and safety regulations, standards (BS1722), and guidance

Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression and PPE

Comply with safe systems of work and control measures

Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal

Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, plans and specifications

Select required resource for task

Select and use hand-held tools

Maintain safe working area

Maintain and store hand tools

Check, use and store power tools and mechanical plant

Move, handle and store materials

Locate and identify underground services to support fencing installation

Establish fencing lines and levels

Escalates issues and tasks

Set out posts and fixings ready for fence installation

Construct foundations ready for fence installation

Identify faults and carry out a repair or reinstate defective or faulty fence: For example replacing damaged posts, infills or fence panels

Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team

Complete documentation - paper based or digital for example fencing records, quality control, site records accident reporting and permits

Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers

Install fencing material

Put health, safety and wellbeing first

Consider the environment and sustainability when using resources and carrying out processes

Take ownership of given work

Contribute to an inclusive and diverse culture

Seeks to maintain and enhance competence of self through Continuous Professional development (CPD)

Team-focus to meet team goals including, considering the wider build team