Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites
About This Course
1. Identify legal obligations in workplace safety and health
2. Identify hazards in a construction site: fire, explosion, falling from heights and falling objects, safe access, chemicals, mechanical, electrical, radiation, material handling, working in confined space and specialized operations
3. Recognize all types of industrial safety signs
4. Apply for safety permit prior to hot work
5. Put on personal protective equipment (PPE)
6. Take safety precautions when working with different hazards as stated above and other emerging hazards such as heat stroke, infectious diseases, ergonomics etc.
7. Respond in case of fire or emergency
What You'll Learn
The Workplace Safety and Health (Factories, Safety Training Courses order - Clause 2 (6)) stipulates that "Any worker employed in manual labour to carry out construction work in building and engineering construction worksites must undergo a safety and health training course approved by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health."
After the course, the trainee should be able to identify their own roles and responsibilities in a construction job, follow safe work procedures, adopt relevant risk control measures when working at height and respond to fire emergencies.
Entry Requirements
Learners must be above 18 years of age and are assumed to:
• Have employment status as manual labour to carry out construction
work in building and engineering construction worksites
• Be medically fit.
• Be able to listen, read, speak and write English at a proficiency level
equivalent to the Employability Skills (ES) level 2
• Be able to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to
Employability Skills (ES) level 2
• Have good organisational skills
• Be able to follow written and oral work instructions