Member price – £125.00 +VAT
Non-member price – £200.00 + VAT

Duration – 1 Day

Course Overview

This one-day course can be for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry. The course gives delegates an awareness of health and safety and how it affects their daily role. It can be used as preparation training for the CITB Health, safety and environment test or as refresher training.

This course is the first step towards a CSCS Labourers Card (Green Card) and to the progressive CITB Site Safety Plus suite of courses that range from training for operatives into the industry up to senior manager / director.

Course Objectives

Successful candidates will gain knowledge and skills in:

• Their individual responsibilities for their own safety and the safety of others
• Typical construction hazards and how these are controlled
• How everyone can help achieve better practical standards of safety on site
• Legal requirements and liabilities
• Working at height
• Manual Handling
• Fire prevention
• Work equipment
• Occupational Health

Additional measures to be take during COVID-19 Virus Working

To be read in conjunction with Site Specific Risk Assessment for Tasks (Usual Work Place Risk Assessments) associated with the Well Being of Workers

Site Induction:

Attend All Inductions required by the customer, but ask that they are conducted with the Social Distancing guidelines maintained.

Access / egress to site:

Ensure you enter the building through the main reception doors/ main entrance each morning. Attend any customer Temperature Checks requirements (hand held infra-red or similar remote reader), optional at the end of each day. At the entrance to the customer Buildings ensure hands are sanitised/ are washed immediately supplied at the entrance, or using the hand held sanitiser that is carried by personnel.  Any personnel with a temperature of 38 Degrees Celsius or Higher will be asked to leave site and to return home – their temperature must then be monitored from there.

Welfare arrangements:

Ensure social distancing at all times and fit in with the customer requirements. Ideally take breaks in your own vehicle. Cooking on site to be prohibited during this interim period, staff can consume home prepared food and warm food at work. Comply with any 2m social distancing marks/ measures.