AWCS: APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES
APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES
Course Duration
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.
Next available schedule
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
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Individual Sponsored |
Company Sponsored |
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Non-SME |
SME |
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Before GST |
After GST |
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After GST |
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Full Course Fee |
$105.00 |
$114.45 |
$105.00 |
$114.45 |
$105.00 |
$114.45 |
For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below |
$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
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Remarks
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