CSCS Training

If you need a CSCS Green labourer’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: CSCS Card Training:

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, recognise 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:

The CSCS Training course encompasses a comprehensive range of topics designed to equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills needed for maintaining health and safety in a construction environment. The key components of the course include:

• Legal Responsibilities: Understanding the legal obligations and responsibilities of both employers and employees regarding health and safety.
• Reasons for Good Health and Safety: Exploring the importance and benefits of maintaining a high standard of health and safety practices in the workplace.
• Risk Assessments: Learning how to identify potential hazards, evaluate risks, and implement appropriate control measures to mitigate these risks.
• Method Statements: understanding the process of preparing method statements to ensure safe systems of work are documented and communicated.
• Fatalities, Injuries, and Ill Health: Analysing case studies and statistics to comprehend the impact of workplace incidents and the importance of preventive measures.
• Slips and Trips: Identifying common causes of slips and trips and implementing strategies to prevent these incidents.
• Working at Height: Learning safe practices for working at height, including the use of appropriate equipment and fall protection systems.
• Moving Vehicles and Mobile Plant: Understanding the risks associated with moving vehicles and mobile plant equipment and how to manage these risks effectively.
• Work Equipment: Ensuring the safe use, maintenance, and inspection of work equipment to prevent accidents and injuries.
• Fire: Recognising fire hazards and implementing fire prevention and emergency response procedures.
• Electricity: Understanding electrical hazards and learning safe practices for working with or near electrical systems.
• Manual Handling: Learning techniques to safely lift and move objects to prevent musculoskeletal injuries.
• Noise and Vibration: Identifying the health risks associated with excessive noise and vibration and implementing control measures to reduce exposure.
• Hazardous Substances: Understanding the risks associated with hazardous substances and learning safe handling, storage, and disposal practices.
• Alcohol and Drugs: Recognizing the impact of alcohol and drugs on workplace safety and understanding the policies and procedures for managing these issues.
• Health and Safety Signs: Understanding the significance of various health and safety signs and how to comply with their instructions.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Learning the correct use and maintenance of PPE to protect against workplace hazards.
• Welfare Facilities and Personal Hygiene: Ensuring the provision and use of adequate welfare facilities and promoting good personal hygiene practices.
• Emergencies and First Aid: Understanding emergency procedures and first aid requirements to respond effectively to workplace incidents.
• Reporting Accidents and Ill Health: Learning the importance of reporting accidents, near misses, and ill health to prevent future incidents and comply with legal requirements.

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. After you have completed the one-day Level 1 Award in Health and Safety within a Construction Environment course and examination, we will arrange for you to sit the CITB Health, Safety, and Environment for Operatives Test at a location convenient to your home address. When you have passed both of these examinations, Tillycroy Services will then apply on your behalf for your CSCS Green Card.

This comprehensive training ensures that all participants are well-prepared to maintain a safe working environment in the construction industry. By emphasising the importance of health and safety, the CSCS training course aims to reduce workplace accidents and improve overall safety standards.