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APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES

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Course Duration

18.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Practical Performance

Who Should Attend

Construction workers or any other workers who need to enter a construction worksite

Course Overview

WSQ Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites is a mandatory Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) training course if you are working in the construction industry. As a construction worker, you are required to go through the course before you start work.

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Course Objectives

At the end of the programme, you will be able to:

Identify your 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

Pre-requisites

These are the admission requirements:

Must be above 18 years of age
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

Course Outline

Part 1: Identify own roles and responsibilities as an employee in a construction job

Identify legal obligations in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) requirements
Identify own rights and responsibilities under WSH legal requirements
Identify own rights and responsibilities under the Employment Act and Workplace Injury Compensation Act

Part 2: Follow safe work procedures in construction work

Identify safety signs in a construction site
Identify common workplace hazards in a construction site
Identify relevant risk control measures to be implemented according to organisational procedures
Follow Permit-to-Work (PTW) procedure according to organisational procedures
Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) according to organisational procedures

Part 3: Follow safe Work-at-Height procedures

Identify hazards when Working-at-Height
Identify relevant risk control measures implemented to mitigate the hazards when working-at-Height according to safe work procedures
Check Work-at-Height (WAH) equipment and safety devices according to safe work procedures.
Wear the appropriate PPE correctly for Working-at-Height according to safe work procedures
Identify designated work access at scaffold structure in accordance with industrial guidelines
Demonstrate the correct method of ascending and descending scaffold structure using appropriate vertical lifelines according to approved Work-at-Height Code of Practice
Demonstrate the correct method of 100% tie-off according to approved Work-at-Height Code of Practice
Demonstrate the correct method of traversing across the scaffold work platforms using horizontal lifeline or equivalent according to approved Work-at-Height Code of Practice

Part 4: Respond to fire emergencies

Follow fire evacuation procedures based on an incident at the site in accordance with organisational firefighting procedures
Identify correct types of fire extinguishers to use in the event of a fire
Apply the correct techniques to extinguish a fire according to established organisational firefighting procedures

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Statement of Attainment (SOA) from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Safety Pass from NTUC LearningHub.

Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub

Upon meeting at least 100% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

Note: Validity of the Safety Pass is subjected to the years of working experience in the related industry within Singapore. If you have more than 6 years of experience, you will receive 4 years validity, and 2 years validity for less according to the Worker Training Record.

Additional Details

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies
	Individual Sponsored		Company Sponsored
	Individual Sponsored		Non-SME		SME
	Before GST	After GST	Before GST	After GST	Before GST	After GST
Full Course Fee (For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)	$105.00	$114.45	$105.00	$114.45	$105.00	$114.45
For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below and For all Singapore Permanent Residents (The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)	$52.50	$61.95	$52.50	$61.95	$31.50	$40.95
For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above	$31.50	$40.95	$31.50	$40.95	$31.50	$40.95

Funding Eligibility Criteria

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses
Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses
Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

Remarks

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

SkillsFuture Credit:

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP:

This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP.

PSEA:

To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:
(a) SkillsFuture (TGS-2022013216) for Face-to-Face class
Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility.
If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.
And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA.
Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding:

$4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim.

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Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

Course Code

AWCS

Course Overview
Course Objectives
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Course Outline
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