Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
CDM scope, client, designer, principal designer, contractor, principal contractor and worker duties, competence and contractor management.
How to prepare for CN1
Learn the principle, locate scenario evidence, explain why it matters, choose proportionate controls and show how actions will be prioritised and reviewed.
Core concepts
Concept 1
CDM scope, client, designer, principal designer, contractor, principal contractor and worker duties, competence and contractor management.
Exam cue: Name the specific construction evidence before applying the principle or control.
Concept 2
Identify the project role, whether more than one contractor is involved and which phase information or plan the decision concerns.
Exam cue: Prefer prevention and collective protection before procedural or personal controls.
Concept 3
Keep Great Britain CDM duties, notification thresholds and continuing dutyholder responsibilities distinct from contractual job titles.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Giving a generic hazard or control list without connecting it to people, task and site conditions.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, site conditions and verification method.
Treating a document, inspection or item of PPE as proof that the underlying risk is controlled.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, site conditions and verification method.
Memory anchors
CN1 1.2 · Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
CDM scope, client, designer, principal designer, contractor, principal contractor and worker duties, competence and contractor management.
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 · decision cue
Identify the project role, whether more than one contractor is involved and which phase information or plan the decision concerns.
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 · evidence check
Keep Great Britain CDM duties, notification thresholds and continuing dutyholder responsibilities distinct from contractual job titles.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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