What is the CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course?
This 1 Day CITB Health and Safety Awareness course is suitable if you have entered, or are about to enter the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce. Health and safety awareness training will help you to understand the potential hazards that you face at work on site. The course is suitable if you require the CSCS Green Labourer Card to get on a construction site.
The Site Safety Plus 1-day CITB health and safety awareness course provides a practical summary of safety, welfare and environmental issues identifying individual responsibilities for looking after themselves and others, what the employers duties are and what should be done if they think anyones safety and health is being put at risk. Following-on from this site safety awareness training includes the SSSTS and SMSTS qualification.
Aims & Objectives of the HSA Course
The aims and objectives of the 1-Day CITB Health and Safety Awareness course are to ensure that individual responsibilities are understood:
why they are carrying out their identified duties
what is expected of them
to ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace
To ensure that the end of the CITB health and safety in construction course you will be able to:
understand the need to prevent accidents
have an understanding of the law
identify how their role fits into the control and management of the site
understand the need for risk assessments and method statements
appreciate the need to perform safely and to stop and ask for advice if not sure
feel obliged to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident
HSA Course Content
The units that are covered during the training are:
Everyday Responsibilities
Reporting and Preventing Accidents
An Introduction to Health and Welfare
Working At Height
Manual Handling
(PPE) Personal Protective Equipment
First Aid and Emergency Procedures
Control and Prevention of Fire
Electrical Safety
Hazardous Substances
Handheld Tools and Equipment
Safety with Site Transport
Vibration and Noise
Confined Spaces and Excavation
Environmental Awareness
Important Information
Photographic I.D.
Written parental consent if you are under 18 years of age. Failure to provide written parental consent on the first day will result in you being unable to attend the course.
CITB Site Safety Plus Publications/Workbooks
CITB Site Safety Plus courses advertised on our website include access to CITB Site Safety Plus Publications. Dependent on the accredited CITB training provider, delegates are given the option of taking away training materials in the following formats
hard copy workbooks
CD
access to a materials online
Confirmation will be provided via the joining instructions. If you would like to check if hard copy Site Safety Plus publications are included in the cost of your course please call 0808 1966 830 before you book.
CITB Levy Payers
To allow for the automated process of claiming back the training grant, please take your CITB Levy Number & enter it on to the relevant section of the health and safety course paperwork. Retrospective claims may not be accepted.
Applying for a Green CSCS Labourer Card
Upon completion of the course, you can apply for the CITB Health and Safety and Environment touch screen test. You will do this to obtain your CSCS Green Labourer Card. The green labourer card is used as proof that you have passed the relevant training. The card shows that you should be able to demonstrate health and safety competence.
What are the Course Entry Requirements?
You must be able to read, write and understand English. Your photographic I.D. and national insurance number must also be provided on the first day.
CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course Online (Instructor-Led)
The CITB Health and Safety Awareness course online is designed to maintain a level of training in the industry for existing site workers, ensuring a continued understanding of legislative changes and their impact on the workplace. Scheme rules have been implemented by the CITB as a result of extraordinary circumstances impacting the regular provision of training to the construction industry.
It is permitted to deliver the Health & Safety Awareness virtual course online via video technology solution. The remote online training follows the same curriculum as the in-person CITB Health and Safety Awareness course and deliver the same standard of training meeting all scheme rules.
Health & Safety Awareness Remote Course Requirements
To attend the 1-Day H&SA online course delegates must have access to a PC or laptop that uses a microphone and webcam.
Connection quality is the responsibility of the delegate.
You will be required to login before the course start time, late arrivals may not be able to attend.
You will be asked to present your photographic I.D. over webcam on the course.
The training provider will contact you to arrange your exam time which is delivered the day after the course.
All necessary course materials will be provided in digital format. You will be emailed a downloadable version of the book on the course.
How Is the Online Course Passed?
To complete the H&S Awareness course, delegates must be involved in the virtual/remote discussion and complete individual and/or group presentations. Each delegate must also be interactive throughout the course and above all score over 20 out of 25 on the final multiple-choice assessment.
What is the Purpose of the HSA Qualification?
The qualification is used as one of the steps towards gaining the CSCS Green Labourer Card. This particular version of the course is studied online in virtual learning format with a live tutor and can be completed before or after the CITB Health, Safety and Environment Test.
You can use this online version of the course as a useful revision session to assist you in passing if you attend it before your touch screen test. The course can also be used as a refresher for those who are coming back into the industry.
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An independent health and safety training provider delivering high quality recognised and accredited training. All trainers are highly experienced and approved by the relevant accrediting bodies.
Established in 1996 and continues to provide highly effective training through a wide range of accredited construction site safety training and occupational health and safety courses. Thier current facilities consists of 14,500 sq ft of covered training area for training such as scaffolding, PASMA, and confined spaces. A secure compound for New Roads & Streetworks training sits at the rear of the training centre. They have eleven classrooms to accommodate the theory side of these site safety and construction courses in addition to their dedicated classroom based courses.
Established in 1996 and continues to provide highly effective training through a wide range of accredited construction site safety training and occupational health and safety courses. Thier current facilities consists of 14,500 sq ft of covered training area for training such as scaffolding, PASMA, and confined spaces. A secure compound for New Roads & Streetworks training sits at the rear of the training centre. They have eleven classrooms to accommodate the theory side of these site safety and construction courses in addition to their dedicated classroom based courses.
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CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course – required for the Green CSCS Labourers Card
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The 1-Day CITB Health and Safety Awareness course is for those who have entered, or are about to enter the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce, to help them understand the potential hazards that they face at work on site.
There are no official or formal entry requirements for the CITB Health and Safety Awareness course. A high standard of spoken and written English language is required to attend.
The Health and Safety Awareness certificate is valid for five years. After this period, certificate holders will be required to complete the same course again to re-qualify. The CITB certificate will arrive within six to eight weeks. Please note that after completing the course, certificate holders will need to obtain the Green Labourer CSCS card.
Testing of the knowledge learned during the 1-day HSA is in the form of a multiple choice CITB examination paper consisting of 25 questions. Three of the questions will be safety critical. To pass the course successfully you will be required to answer all of the safety critical questions correctly. The pass the exam a score of 80% (20 out of 25) will be required.
Upon successful completion of this CITB Health and Safety Awareness in construction course, a natural progression would be the two-day SSSTS. Existing site managers, agents, surveyors and persons holding positions of managerial control should consider attending the 5-day SMSTS qualification.
Full attendance of the Health & Safety Awareness training is required. All delegates must have a good understanding of written & spoken English. [Please note that translators are not permitted to attend].
Yes, a CITB Levy or grant is available. You can claim £30.00 from the training provider as long as you provide your Levy number either at the time of booking or on the day of the course.
Most CITB Health and Safety Awareness course providers offer chargeable resits, however there are a few that do not, in which case the full course will have to be retaken and charged in full. Please check at the time of booking.
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