HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS

Introduction

Gaining this CITB Health and Safety Awareness qualification counts as one step towards the two-step process of gaining your CSCS Labour card. It acts as an alternative route to the QCF Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment and tends to be the preferred qualification by many employers.

This course is delivered in one day, designed to aid the understanding of potential hazards the construction worker may face on site.

It provides a practical summary of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues. It identifies the delegate’s responsibilities for looking after themselves and others, outlines the employer’s duties and explains what should be done if the worker thinks that anyone’s health and safety is being put at risk.

The course provides health and safety awareness and is endorsed by Build UK as standard training for operatives.

PCR Global run ‘public’ CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) courses in-person regionally, and remotely via Zoom, accessible nationally/internationally.

Certification

Certification for this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to take a refresher course before the expiry date on your certificate, otherwise the full course will need to be retaken.

Please be aware that certificates may take up to 8 weeks to be processed and delivered from CITB. If you have recently completed a course you can evidence your qualification by viewing your up-to-date training record on the Online CITB Card Checker (click to visit).

Course Objectives

To ensure the individual responsibilities of operatives are understood:

Why they are carrying out their identified duties
What is expected of them
How they contribute to the safety of the workplace.

Course Content

Electrical safety, work equipment and hand-held tools
Mobile plant and site vehicles
Lifting operations and equipment
Working at height
Excavations
Confined spaces
Environmental awareness
Pollution
Waste materials
Nuisance

Legal and general responsibilities
Accident reporting and recording
Health and welfare
First aid and emergency procedures
Personal protective equipment
Asbestos
Respiratory hazards
Noise and vibration
Hazardous substances
Manual handling
Safety signs
Fire prevention and control

Assessment

To obtain certification students must pass a 30 minute exam consisting of 25 multiple-choice questions, selected by CITB. The pass mark is 80% (20 out of 25) and there are three safety critical questions at the start of each examination paper.

Students must get all three of these questions correct to pass the examination