CSCS Training

Level 1 Award in Health & Safety in a Construction Environment

If you need a CSCS Green laborer’s card, you now need to complete a one-day health and safety course before you can sit the online operative environmental test. This CSCS training course is for people who are currently working in the industry and need to renew their cards, and for people who wish to seek employment within the construction industry.

Objectives:

By the end of the Health and Safety in a Construction Environment course, the delegate will have a basic understanding of health and safety in a construction environment. They possess the necessary knowledge of site-related hazards to conduct their work safely. They should be able to take responsibility for their safety and help to maintain a safe working environment. Understand how to conduct risk assessments, report any accidents and prepare a method statement. However, recognize the risks of various aspects of the site, including machinery, electricity, noise, manual handling, and vibration. Finally, understand the significance of health and safety signs and PPE. Our CSCS training course provides everything you need.

Course Content:

  • Legal Responsibilities
  • Reasons for good health and safety
  • Risk assessments
  • Method statements
  • Fatalities, injuries and ill health
  • Slips and trips
  • Working at height
  • Moving vehicles and mobile plant
  • Work equipment
  • Fire
  • Electricity
  • Manual handling
  • Noise & vibration
  • Hazardous substances
  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Health and safety signs
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Welfare facilities and personal hygiene
  • Emergencies and first aid
  • Reporting accidents and ill health.

Notes:

Course duration: One day

Delegates must complete and pass a classroom-based exam containing 40 multiple-choice questions relating to the content learned on the day.

NEWS FLASH

THIS CSCS TRAINING COURSE CAN NOW BE UNDERTAKEN VIA AN E-LEARNING OPTION, YOU CAN TRAIN FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME AND EVEN SIT THE LEVEL 1 AWARD IN HEALTH & SAFETY IN A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT EXAMINATION VIA AN ONLINE INVIGILATED SESSION USING YOUR COMPUTER AND WEBCAM. ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS COURSE YOU JUST NEED TO SIT YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL EXAM AND THEN APPLY FOR YOUR CSCS CARD.

THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE VIA ITA FUNDING FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES

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