This one-day Health and safety awareness (HSA) 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.
The course is an ideal foundation for those wishing to obtain an industry site card. 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.
Assessment will be by an end of course examination. The delegate must pass the exam in order to achieve certification for this course. The examination paper forms the basis of the assessment as to whether or not a delegate has successfully achieved a satisfactory level of health and safety awareness to allow a certificate of achievement to be issued.
The question paper consists of 25 multiple-choice questions: 20 questions are worth one mark each and 5 questions are worth two marks each. The delegates must obtain 25 marks out of 30 (83%) or more in order to pass the examination. This exam must be taken at the end of the course. The examination paper number will be notified when the course booking is accepted by CITB.
The examination lasts 30 minutes and must be completed within this time, it is a closed book exam.
Course delegates can re-sit assessments at the next possible opportunity in accordance with CITB rules. Delegates are not automatically re-entered for re-sits, so it is incumbent on the delegate to notify the course administrator of their intention to re-sit by contacting admin@goldcross-training.com. If it is agreed, you will receive confirmation of the decision once your request has been considered.
Any re-sits authorised will be in accordance with the following CITB (the accrediting body) scheme rules:
If a delegate is unsuccessful in achieving 25 marks out of 30 (83%) it results in a fail. The delegate may re-sit the multiple-choice examination. The examination can either be retaken on the same day or the delegate can attend another course within a 90 day period (the delegate is not obliged to re-sit the day’s course).
The training provider must make the arrangements with the delegate and ensure that the same examination paper is not used twice. A charge may be made to the delegate; however, this fee is left entirely to the discretion of the training provider. The training provider may also have additional costs to be recovered from the delegate and this should be agreed in advance.
When a delegate scores 18 marks out of 30 (60%) or less in the examination, the delegate must attend the full HSA course again before they are allowed to re-sit the examination.
