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course overview
This course is for those working in the construction industry, it specifies the mandatory work health and safety training required prior to undertaking construction work.
Participants are required to demonstrate personal awareness and knowledge of health and safety legislative requirements to work safely and prevent injury or harm to self and others. It includes identifying and orally reporting common construction hazards, understanding basic risk control measures, and identifying procedures for responding to potential incidents and emergencies. It also covers correctly selecting and fitting common personal protective equipment (PPE) used for construction work.
learning outcomes
The course covers the following:
• WHS legislative requirements
• Construction hazards and safe work practices when working in the construction industry
• Safety signs and symbols
• Hazard identification, risk control and management
• PPE requirements
• Incident and emergency response procedures
• Communication and reporting processes
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Participants must:
• Provide photo I.D on entry
• Unless exempt, provide a verifiable USI number
• Be physically fit and healthy with capacity to perform manual tasks
• Be able to read, write, communicate orally, and understand and interpret complex information and situations
• Be able to interact with others and work under pressure
• Dress appropriately i.e., long sleeve, long pants or overalls, safety boots/closed in shoes, safety glasses
Please ensure you read our Student Handbook for further information on our policies, procedures, terms, and program conditions.
If you are unsure if you require learning support, SDS can provide access to a LLN assessment that identifies if any learning support is needed. Please ensure you inform the training team on registration, if you fail to inform the training team at registration, learning support may not be available on the day of training.
delivery method
This course is delivered over half a day and consists of classroom-based theory and practical based skills assessments.
prerequisites
Nil
fees
$100.00
assessments
Assessment includes written and/or multiple-choice knowledge assessment and practical based skills assessments.
completion
On successful completion of all assessment requirements participants will receive a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment for:
• CPCCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
skills maintenance
To ensure your skills and knowledge are maintained it is critical you undertake regular skills maintenance training. Where there is no licence or legislated expiry the industry standard for skills maintenance is every two (2) years.
