Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites
About This Course
“Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites” is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in construction. Construction workers are required to go through the course before they start work.
After the course, the trainees should be able 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.
What You'll Learn
• Rights and responsibilities of a worker stipulated by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act. (Knowledge)
• Rights and responsibilities of a worker stipulated by the Employment Act, Workplace Injury Compensation Act (Knowledge)
• Common safety signs in a construction site. (Comprehension)
• Common workplace hazards in a construction site. (Comprehension)
• Types of risk control measures. (Application)
• Components of “Permit-to-Work (PTW). (Comprehension)
• Types of personal protective equipment (PPE). (Comprehension)
• Proper usage and maintenance of PPE (Application)
• Common workplace hazards associated with “Work-at-Height” activities and their risk control measures. (Comprehension)
• Importance of checking “Work-at-Height” (WAH) equipment and safety devices for safety and compliance. (Comprehension)
• Types of personal protective equipment requirements for “Work-at-Height” activities and their uses. (Application)
• Types of safety signs and instructions for compliance for “Work-at-Height” activities. (Comprehension)
• Types of harnesses and their uses. (Application)
• Safe method of ascending and descending scaffold structure. (Application)
• Safe method of 100% tie-off. (Application)
• Safe method of traversing across the scaffold work platforms. (Application)
• Organisation’s emergency fire drill. (Knowledge)
• Types and applications of various fire extinguishers. (Knowledge)
• Correct technique in putting out fires. (Application)
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