ACEI and Engineers Ireland have developed a Site Visitor Safety Course which is intended for consultant engineers and other professionals who are required to visit sites on an occasional basis, but not to undertake construction work.
Course overview
The Site Visitor Safety Course is intended for consultant engineers and other professionals who are required to visit sites on an occasional basis, but not to undertake construction work. The course familiarises learners with hazards commonly encountered, equips them to protect themselves and others from those hazards, and provides guidance on what to do in a potentially unsafe situation or during an incident onsite.
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Please note the enrolment dates for 2026:
All those who place a booking after the last enrolment date, will be given access to the course at the next enrolment date per list above. From your date of enrolment, you will have 28 days of access to complete the course and download your certificate.
Course delivery
This e-learning course is delivered online via the Moodle platform. Once enrolment has commenced, students have access to interactive videos and knowledge check quizzes. This is followed by a short assessment. All modules must be completed in order to access the assessment, of which you must achieve 70% to pass. You will have 2 attempts at the assessment. Once the course has been successfully completed, you can download the certificate directly.
Fees
Enrolment is €95.00 (includes 2 attempts at the assessment).
Resit of the assessment is €20 (further attempts at the assessment).
Course aim
The aim of the course is to provide a general awareness of health & safety on sites. It is intended to provide industry recognised training that will support the duty of the employer under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 regarding the provision of information, instruction and training to enable employees to carry out their work safely.
Course content
Learning outcomes/objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, delegates should be able to:
Who should attend?
This course is beneficial for engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, assigned certifiers, PSDP’s, consultants, clients, or any person that may be required to occasionally attend sites as part of their occupational responsibilities, but who would not meet the definition of construction workers.
Trainer Profile
Ronan McElwain is an Associate Director of T.J. O’Connor & Associates. He is a Chartered Member of Engineers Ireland and an Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) Registered Professional Consulting Engineer. He is also a Chartered Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers. Ronan has over 20 years’ experience in the planning and design of major structural and civil engineering projects. Ronan completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Health & Safety in Construction in 2011. He is a member of the ACEI/Engineers Ireland Joint Committee on Health and Safety in Construction and is a presenter of the ACEI/Engineers Ireland’s ‘Designing for Safety in Construction’ and ‘Project Supervisor Construction Process’ CPD Training Courses.
Arran Ankers is an Associate at GARLAND, where he leads the Safety Team and manages a portfolio of public and private sector clients. In addition to administering Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) duties, he provides Client Safety Advisory services, acts as a Safety Auditor and Trainer, and undertakes safety compliance investigations for legal clients.
Arran’s current PSDP portfolio includes complex projects such as hyperscale data centres, tunnels, large-scale residential schemes, high-rise developments, commercial buildings, transmission substations, schools, and hospitals, with project values of up to €500 million.
Prior to joining GARLAND, Arran gained extensive international experience working in senior safety roles across three continents. He previously represented multinational construction management organisations on major government-funded infrastructure projects, including roads programmes and bored tunnel metro systems with values exceeding $1 billion. During this time, he regularly contributed to a Pre-Consultation Panel established by a Canadian safety regulator to develop regulations that were later enacted to support safe underground construction.
Arran holds an honours Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work. He is currently a presenter on the ACEI/EI Project Supervisor Design Process and Designing for Safety in Construction programmes, both accredited by Technological University Dublin.
