CITB Health and Safety Awareness in Hull, East Yorkshire (Classroom)
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CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course in Hull, East Yorkshire
The one-day CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) course is 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 CITB Health and Safety Awareness course is an ideal foundation for those wishing to obtain an industry site card. It is also an alternative route to the QCF Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment for the CSCS Labourer Card.
The HSA course provides health and safety awareness and is endorsed by Build UK as standard training for all operatives on site.
Delivery Method
Delivered in a classroom in Hull, East Yorkshire, HU1 2BX
Duration
1-day
What Can I Expect to Learn?
- To ensure the individual health and safety responsibilities of the worker are understood.
- Why they are carrying out their identified duties.
- What is expected of them while on site.
- How they contribute to the safety of the workplace.
What's Covered
Delegates taking the HSA course should be able to achieve all of the learning outcomes listed below by the end of the course.
Module 1 – Legal and management
1. Legal and general responsibilities - State the general responsibilities for health and safety at work.
2. Accident reporting and recording - State how you and your employer are responsible for maintaining a safe place to work.
Module 2 – Health and welfare
1. Health and welfare - State the common causes of work-related ill health. Identify the risks and how you can reduce those risks.
2. First aid and emergency procedures - State the first aid and emergency procedures and know your role within them.
3. Personal protective equipment - Identify the rules for personal protective equipment (PPE), the common forms and their use.
4. Asbestos - List the risks of asbestos in the workplace, how to work with it and its management.
5. Respiratory hazards - State the risks and how to mitigate workplace respiratory hazards.
6. Noise and vibration - State the health risks of excessive noise and vibration and how to mitigate those risks.
7. Hazardous substances -Identify the hazardous substances within the workplace and how to ensure those risks are mitigated. 8. Manual handling - Identify the risks of manual handling, how to recognise activities that pose a risk and how to manage that risk.
Module 3 – General safety
1. Safety signs - Identify the safety signs and signals on site.
2. Fire prevention and control - Identify the importance of providing a safe place to work and individual responsibilities.
3. Electrical safety, work equipment and hand-held tools - Identify the common risks associated with electricity and equipment. Identify a safe method of working.
4. Mobile plant and site vehicles - State how to work safely around site and the risks from plant and moving machinery.
5. Lifting operations and equipment - State the importance of planning lifting operations and the care of equipment.
Module 4 – High risk activities
1. Working at height - Identify the risks of working at height, how to plan and employ a safe system of work and the use of access equipment.
2. Excavations - State the main dangers of excavations and how to follow a safe system of working near or in excavations.
3. Confined spaces - State the definition of a confined space and how to work safely within a safe system of work.
Module 5 – Environment
1. Environmental awareness - State your role in preventing environmental damage on site.
2. Pollution - State your role in preventing pollution.
3. Waste materials - Explain how environmental damage can occur from improper management of waste materials.
4. Nuisance - Explain your part in reducing nuisance (for example, noise, dust and light).
Examination
Assessment will be by an end of course examination. The delegate must pass the exam in order to achieve certification for this course.
The question paper consists of 25 multiple-choice questions: 20 questions are worth one mark each and 5 questions are worth two marks each. Delegates must obtain 25 marks out of 30 (83%) or more in order to pass the examination. This exam is taken at the end of the course.
The examination lasts 30 minutes and must be completed within this time. This is a closed book exam.
Certification
Delegates will gain a certificate - CITB Health and Safety Awareness - lasting 5yrs
Prerequisites
The delegate must have a good knowledge of written and spoken English. Photographic ID and the delegates national insurance number must be provided on the first day of the course.
Additional Information
During your course, you will be asked to complete personal details which will be submitted to Awarding Bodies with your final results for certification. Personal details including CITB Registration number (where applicable), name, home address, date of birth, National Insurance number, telephone and email address.
2020 Training will not divulge personal details or learner data to third parties except to relevant statutory bodies – these are required for certification purposes only.
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For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.
For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.
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At 2020 Training, we are an ever-expanding team who have a wealth of experience and industry expertise when it comes to providing accredited or creating bespoke, health and safety training for your workplace. We offer a huge range of courses, including the CITB Site Safety Plus suite, Fire Marshal, Vehicle Banksman, First Aid, Asbestos, IPAF, PASMA, CISRS, Mental Health and Plant courses to name some of our most sought-after training.
Envico is working in association with 2020 Training offering CITB, First Aid, Working at Height and Face Fit training courses and is not accredited by or associated with CITB or any other examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.