Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)

Course description

Each year in the UK, people are killed, injured and suffer work-related illnesses while carrying out their jobs. So Health & Safety is a significant concern. The government, employers and workers all have an essential role to play in reducing deaths and accidents and preventing ill-health at work. This course is aimed at people starting out in the construction industry and can be used as part of their induction process or as preparation for the online accredited exam. Whilst this course, Level 1 Health & Safety in a Construction environment provides you with a qualification in its own right, it can also form part of your CSCS green card application. The course starts with an introduction to the legal aspects of health and safety before covering the basics of risk assessment and safe working practices. It then goes into detail to cover the most common hazards encountered in construction environments from Working at Height and Respiratory Hazards to electrical and chemical hazards.

What you will learn

• Understand the importance of Health and Safety in a Construction Environment.
• Define the Health and Safety Legislation and its impact on the work environment.
• Identify risk assessments and safer working practices in regard to hazards in a construction environment.
• Explain the consequences of failure of compliance.
• Prepare for CSCS green card assessment.

Who it is for

The course is aimed at people starting out in the construction industry.

Course content

1. 1Health and Safety 1 Introduction in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
2. 2Health and Safety 2 in a Construction Hazards, Risks, Assessments and Controls environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
3. 3Health and Safety 3 Slips, Trips, Falls and Working at Height in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
4. 4Health and Safety 4 Manual handling in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
5. 5Health and Safety 5 Plant, Machinery and Noise in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
6. 6Health and Safety 6 Respiratory Risks in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
7. 7Health and Safety 7 Fire, Electricity and Gas Safety in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
8. 8Health and Safety 8 Chemicals and Other Onsite Hazards in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
9. 9Health and Safety 9 Vehicles, PPE and General Safety in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)
10. 10Health and Safety 10 Your Pathway to Your CSCS Card in a Construction environment (Leading to CSCS Green Card)