Remote CITB Health and Safety Awareness
Member Price: £140
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Did you know this course is CITB short course grant eligible also?
The one day Health and Safety Awareness Course is designed to help those who are about to or have just begun work in the industry to understand the potential hazards they face on site. It provides a practical summary of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues.
This includes legislation, procedures, systems and overall control and management of sites and associated tasks such as fire, electrical, RAMS, accident investigation and working at height etc.
Note: It is an ideal foundation for those wishing to obtain an industry accreditation card and can be an alternative route to the QCF Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment for the CSCS Labourer Card.
Description
Course Information
- One day course
- One session
- 9am to 5pm
- Online via Zoom
- CITB grant and CHSG Membership discount eligible
- CITB certification for 5 years
- See CITB SSP Courses - Mandatory Requirements
Course Overview
The course provides a practical summary of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues, identifying delegate’s responsibility for looking after themself and others, alongside employer’s duties.
It will explain what should be done if anyone’s health and safety is being put at risk.
The aim of this Health and Safety Awareness course it to ensure that individual responsibilities are understood. These include:
- Why you carry out the identified duties;
- What is expected from you, and;
- How you contribute to the safety of the workplace
By the end of this course the delegate will:
- Understand the need to prevent accidents
- Have an understanding of health and safety law
- Identify how your role fits into the control and management of the site
- Understand the need for risk assessments and method statement
- Appreciate the need to perform safely and to stop and ask for advice if not sure
- Report unsafe acts to prevent an accident
Course Content
This Health and Safety Awareness course will cover the following content:
- General responsibilities
- Accident reporting and recording
- Health and welfare
- Dust and fumes (respiratory risks)
- Manual handling;
- Working at height
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- First aid and emergency procedures
- Fire prevention and control
- Hazardous substances;
- Electrical safety and hand-held tools and equipment
- Noise and vibration
- Site transportation safety
- Excavations and confined spaces
- Safety signs and signals
Upon successful completion of this one day course delegates will receive a CITB certificate.
CITB SSP Courses - Mandatory Requirements
Delegates will be required to bring some form of photographic identification with them on the day of their course.
Where identification is not provided by a delegate, they will be refused attendance on the course.
In order to attend this course delegates must have a good understanding of spoken and written English.
Location
All remote training is conducted online through Zoom. You’ll be sent joining instructions after you’ve booked and paid for your place on the course.
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