About “Construction Single Market based on Respect of Law, Corporate Responsibility and Fair Competition” FIEC Congress 2017 - Stockholm

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Spanish Construction Sector
Enrique Corral
Managing Director

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Background
The Foundation is a non-profit paritarian organization, created
by virtue of the National Collective Agreement in 1992.
Its Board is composed of:
 26 members on behalf of the trade unions.
 26 members on behalf of the organizations.

3. Goals
OSH
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND
HEALTH
EMPLOYMENT
VET E
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4. Financial resources
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+80,000 companies pay an annual levy / contribution

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Origin of the Construction Professional Card
II
Construction
Industry
Collective
Agreement
1997
Law
32/2006
IV
Construction
Industry
Collective
Agreement
2007
Cartilla
Profesional
Necessary
OHS Training
Prevention training
programmes

6. Companies willing to work at construction
sites as contractors or subcontractors, will
have to accredit that:
 They have:
 Human resources at both managerial and productive level ,
having passed the necessary prevention training.
 A suitable prevention organization according to the OHS Law.
 They are
(Ministry of Labour).
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Obligations set up
Law
32/2006

7. Obligations set up
The IV Construction Industry Collective Agreement established:
 OSH training programmes.
 An accreditation system.
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IV Construction
Industry
Collective
Agreement

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First level: initial OSH training.
Second level: specific OSH training.
Two levels of Occupational Safety & Health training
According to the National
Construction Industry
Collective Agreement:
Spanish legal framework

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Minimum training in OS&H
required to work in the
construction sector
(8-hour long)
Initial OSH training
To identify the most frequent risks at the worksite.
To implement the necessary preventive measures.
: Acquiring the competences:

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Specific OSH training
 Depending on the types of works developed.
 There are 26 courses, covering construction trades and
crafts: bricklayer, coffin carpenter, iron specialist,
electrician, railway worker, etc.
Focused on the specific job / occupation
of every worker:

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 Training on safety and health.
 Experience in the construction sector.
 Professional qualification.
A card that endorses:

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The Supreme Court of Justice in 2010, erased the compulsory nature
of TPC card for employees working in construction companies,
which was foreseen from January 1st, 2012.
Compulsory Vs Voluntary
But this elimination does not concern the S&H training programmes
set by the collective agreement, which are still mandatory.
Even though TPC card is based on a voluntary scheme, +700.000 TPC
cards have been issued.

13. On-line certification
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14. On-time information
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15. Access for companies
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 OSH training of workers.
 Make it easer the
inscription in the
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 Easy records query.
 Avoiding of falsifications.

16. Accidents at work
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Accidents Accident incidence rate (10^5)

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Enrique Corral
@CorralEnrique