HSA

Health and Safety Awareness

1 DAY COURSE

Introduction

Gaining this CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) qualification counts as one step towards the two-step process of gaining your CSCS Labourer card. The CSCS Labourer card, often called the "green card", is an entry-level card in the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS). It acts as an alternative route to the QCF Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment and tends to be the preferred qualification by many employers.

This course is delivered in 1 day, 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 provides health and safety awareness and is endorsed by Build UK as standard training for operatives.

PCR Global run ‘public’ CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) courses in-person regionally, and remotely via Zoom, accessible nationally/internationally.

Course Objectives

To ensure the individual responsibilities of operatives are understood:

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

Course Content

Module 1 - Legal and management
Module 2 - Health and welfare
Module 3 - General safety
Module 4 - High risk activities
Module 5 - Environment
Assessment

Certification

Certification for this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to take a refresher course before the expiry date on your certificate, otherwise the full course will need to be retaken.

Delegates are required to complete the full day (7.5 hours) to be eligible for certification.

Please be aware that certificates may take up to 8 weeks to be processed and delivered from CITB. If you have recently completed a course you can evidence your qualification by viewing your up-to-date training record on the Online CITB Card Checker (click to visit).

Assessment

To obtain certification Delegates must pass a 30 minute closed book exam consisting of 25 multiple-choice questions, selected by CITB.

The pass mark is 83% (25 out of 30).

For a delegate to obtain certification for this course they must pass the HSA examination.

Remote ‘Virtual Classroom’ Courses

All of our Virtual Classroom courses are tutor led, delivered via Zoom, and are enhanced via exclusive access to the PCR Global Learning Zone. The Learning Zone includes: