Overview of the Domestic Client's role under CDM Regulations

This course provides an overview of the domestic client role under the CDM regulations.

Virtually everyone involved in a construction project has legal duties under CDM 2015. Whatever your role in construction, CDM aims to improve health and safety in the industry by helping you to sensibly plan the work so the risks involved are managed from start to finish, have the right people for the right job at the right time, cooperate and coordinate your work with others, have the right information about the risks and how they are being manage, communicate this information effectively to those who need to know and consult and engage with workers about the risks and how they are being managed.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Describe what a domestic client in CDM 2015 is
• Explore what the duties of the domestic client are
• Explain how regulation 7 affects the extent to which the domestic clients must carry out the client duties in CDM 2015
• Detail who then assumes the client‚Äôs duty and what those duties are