Health & Safety Awareness Site Safety Plus

This one-day 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, identifying the delegate’s responsibility for looking after themselves and others; outlining the employer’s duties; and explaining what should be done if the worker thinks that anyone’s health and safety is being put at risk.

This course 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. Delegates must be competent in English at operative level. The course content is suited to all ability levels.

To ensure the individual responsibilities are understood:

• Why they are carrying out their identified duties
• What is expected of them
• How they contribute to the safety of the workplace

At the end of the day delegates will be able to:

• Understand the need to prevent accidents
• Have an understanding of health and safety law
• Identify how their role fits into the control and management of the site
• Understand the need for risk assessments and method statements
• Appreciate the need to perform safely, and to stop and ask for advice if not sure
• Report unsafe acts to prevent an accident

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