CITB (HSA) Health and Safety Awareness

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) course is the most recognised qualification which is recognised towards attaining the learner Green Labourer Card, also known as the CSCS card. This training course is designed to aid the understanding of potential hazards the construction worker may face on site.

Description

This Level 1 Construction Health & Safety 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.

Successful completion of CITB: Site Site Safety Plus (Health and Safety Awareness Level 1) course can be used as a prerequisite for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB): Operative, health, safety and environment touch screen test or just as repeat refresher training.

The course is the first step towards a CSCS Labourers Card (Green Card) and to the progressive CITB Site Safety Plus courses that range from operative training, up to Supervisor, Site Manager and Director Health and Safety courses.

Suitability

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) Green Labourer Card CSCS course is for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce to help them understand the potential hazards that they face at work on site. 

Assessment

Assessment will be by multiple-choice question paper at the end of the course. Learners are also expected to actively participate during the course.

The examination paper consists of 25 multiple-choice questions selected by CITB.

The examination pass mark is 80% (20 out of 25).

 

Business benefits

  • The CITB HSA course is an ideal foundation for those wishing to obtain an industry site card
  • Provide your team with an all-round knowledge of what to do in the event of a fire
  • 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 course provides health and safety awareness and is endorsed by Build UK as standard training for all operatives on site

Learning outcomes

  • The need to prevent accidents
  • Health and safety law
  • How your role fits into the control and management of the site
  • Risk assessments and method statements
  • Performing safely and asking for advice
  • How to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident

Syllabus

Unit 1.

1. Legal and general responsibilities

State the general responsibilities for health and safety at work

2. Accident and ill health. Prevention and recording

State the importance of providing a safe place to work and individual responsibilities

 

Unit 2.

1. Health and welfare
State the common causes of work-related ill health. Be able to identify risks and mitigate those risks

2. First aid and emergency
State the first aid and emergency procedures and know their role within them

3. PPE
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 risk of excessive noise and vibration and how to mitigate those risks

7. Hazardous substances
Identify the hazardous substances within the workplace and their role to ensure 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

 

Unit 3.

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, tools and equipment
Be provided with an introduction to electricity and equipment. Understand electrical hazards within a safe method of working

4. Site transport safety
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

 

Unit 4.

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 risks with excavations, types of excavations and how to follow a safe system of work

3. Confined spaces
State what a confined space is and how to work safely within a safe system of work

 

Unit 5.

1. Environmental awareness
State your role in environmental awareness 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, noise, dust and light