Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@inbook {2274, title = {Construction workers{\textquoteright} training: Contributions to a more effective prevention culture}, booktitle = {Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-03-24 00:00:00}, pages = {159-163}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis}, organization = {Taylor and Francis}, edition = {Arezes et al}, abstract = {This article presents an analysis of the degree of training, knowledge and involvement of construction
}, keywords = {Safety, training}, isbn = {978-1-138-02942-2}, doi = {10.1201/b21172-33}, author = {Gon{\c c}alves, J. A. and Couto, J. P. and Tender, M.} }
workers with safety at work. With the results obtained, we aim to structure a set of preventive
measures, concerning training, so as to decrease the number of work accidents in construction. We have designed\ one questionnaire survey for construction workers and one for safety technicians and senior technicians\ who deliver safety in construction training. It has been shown that, in Portugal, the lack of training and information\ about safety at work translates into an insufficient concern with prevention, which boosts the number\ of work accidents in construction. Therefore, there is the pressing need for Portugal to legally define the skills\ of all workers involved in construction in relation to safety at work.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt