CITB Health and Safety Awareness

This Site Safety Plus course is a popular route for anyone looking to take their first step towards obtaining a CSCS Labourers (Green) Card. This one day course can be for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry. The course gives delegates an awareness of health and safety and how it affects their daily role. This course is the first step towards a CSCS Labourers Card (Green Card) and to the progressive CITB Site Safety Plus suite of courses that range from training for operatives into the industry up to senior manager / director Attendance requirements for Health and Safety Awareness: Delegates are required to attend 7½ hours training, since without full attendance the certificate will not be awarded. Delegates must attend the required hours of training, in accordance with the course programme, to achieve the necessary learning objectives to qualify for the certificate. If this is not possible the delegate must enrol on a new course and retake the full course. Under no circumstances may a delegate sit the compulsory objective examination unless all the required hours have been attended. CITB reserves the right to charge an additional sum of to cover costs incurred when switching courses. This will be agreed in advance of the delegate moving course. Grant: Please visit citb.co.uk/levy-grant/grants-available for further information If you need to apply for the new CSCS Green Labourer Card and do not have a Level 1 Award in H&S, you will need to pass the Site Safety Plus Health & Safety Awareness Course and have passed the CITB operatives Health, Safety and Environment test within the last two years. For further details, please visit https://www.cscs.uk.com/card-type/labourer/

Course Content
Their individual responsibilities for their own safety and the safety of others
Typical construction hazards and how these are controlled
How everyone can help achieve better practical standards of safety on site
Legal requirements and liabilities
Working at height
Manual Handling
Fire prevention
Work equipment
Occupational Health

Assessment:

This is a highly interactive course delivered by means of case studies, classroom discussion and group work. You will be continuously assessed and required to successfully complete a multiple-choice test.