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Free Health & Safety Tests
Free online health and safety tests you can take today — full CSCS/CITB mock exams, a quick workplace self-audit, and the best-value way to prepare for the real thing.
The quick answer
Formal health and safety tests and qualifications usually come with a price tag — but practice versions don’t have to. The best free tests online are CSCS/CITB mock exams, which mirror the real 50-question Health, Safety and Environment test. They won’t earn you a card or certificate, but they’re a genuinely useful way to check your knowledge before paying for the real thing.
Free CSCS / CITB HS&E Mock Test
Anyone applying for a CSCS card must first pass the CITB Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) test — 50 multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes, with a pass mark of 90% for operatives. The official test has a booking fee, so it pays to know you’re ready before you sit it. The site below offers free full-length mocks in the real exam format:
Several free 50-question mock tests for operatives and specialists, in the real touch-screen format and drawn from the 16 official test categories. Sign-up is optional if you want to track your scores; deeper question banks are members-only, but there’s plenty free to work with.
A mock is for practice — it won’t earn you a card. When you’re ready to prepare properly, the two courses below are the structured route.
Preparing for the Test Properly
Free mocks are great for gauging where you stand, but a structured prep course is what gets most people over the line first time — and the CITB test’s booking fee, charged again on every retake, makes first-time passes worth paying a little to secure. These two courses cover the knowledge and the exam technique:
Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment
The usual starting point for a CSCS Green Card — the underpinning knowledge the HS&E test is built on. Complete this first if you’re new to construction.
Preparation for the CITB HS&E Test
Reviews every key topic and ends with a 50-question mock in the same touch-screen style as the real test — so you know you’re ready before you book.
For the wider construction route — SMSTS, SSSTS and the rest of Site Safety Plus — see our CITB courses page.
Free Workplace Health and Safety Self-Audit
Veritas Consulting, a UK health and safety consultancy, offers a free self-audit covering the fundamentals: whether you have a written policy, a competent person, up-to-date risk assessments, fire and COSHH arrangements, accident reporting and first aid provision. Each answer comes with an explanation of what the law expects, which makes it a useful gap-check for a small business. Two things to know before you start: it requires a free sign-up, and parts of the site’s guidance are showing their age — treat it as a prompt for what to look into rather than a definitive compliance check. For the topics it flags, our health and safety courses and risk assessment training pages cover the formal side.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there genuinely free health and safety tests online?
Yes — but they’re practice tests, not qualifications. Free CSCS/CITB mock exams let you sit realistic 50-question papers at no cost, and free self-audits like the one above help you gap-check a workplace. Formal, certificated tests almost always carry a fee, because accreditation, invigilation and card schemes cost money to run.
Is the real CITB Health, Safety and Environment test free?
No — the official test, booked through CITB’s test provider, carries a booking fee, and each retake costs the same again. That’s exactly why the free mocks and a proper prep course are worth doing first: passing first time means you don’t pay twice.
Do free tests give you a certificate?
Generally no — and any that do issue a “certificate” won’t be recognised by employers or card schemes. Free tests are for self-assessment: checking your knowledge, finding your weak topics, and deciding whether you’re ready for a formal, accredited course or exam.
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