CITB H&S Awareness

This 1-day introductory course for health and safety is for people who are new to the construction and civil engineering industries.

It teaches you the main health and safety issues on construction sites and how these affect your role.

This one-day classroom course covers the following topics: 

• Workers' individual responsibilities for their own safety and the safety of others
• Typical construction hazards and how these are controlled
• How everyone can help achieve better practical standards of safety onsite
• Legal requirements and liabilities
• Working at height
• Manual Handling
• Fire prevention
• Work equipment
• Occupational Health

• 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

Mandatory entry requirements

Good understanding of spoken and written English. Please contact us if you have any concerns in this area.

This is a highly interactive course taught through case studies, classroom discussion, group work and individual or group presentations. 

Assessment:

• Multiple-choice test.
• Continuous assessment. You need to attend all 7.5 hours

Classroom learning

Focused study away from the workplace

Face-to-face support with experienced tutors

Interact with fellow professionals