Higher-Risk Residential Buildings: Building Safety Act Duties Explained

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About Course

The Building Safety Act 2022 created a new regime for occupied high-rise residential buildings in England. This course explains which buildings are ‘higher-risk’, who the accountable persons are, their main duties to the Building Safety Regulator and residents, and what it means for facilities, caretaking and managing agent staff.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training written from published official guidance. It does not replace training required for your specific job, and it is not an accredited qualification.

What Will You Learn?

  • Identify whether a building is a higher-risk building in occupation Understand the roles of the accountable person and principal accountable person Know the main duties, from registration to mandatory occurrence reporting Support residents, the golden thread and day-to-day safety as frontline staff

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What is a higher-risk building?
  • Accountable persons and their duties
  • What it means for frontline staff

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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