APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES (MANDARIN)

APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES (MANDARIN)

Funded

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 (WSH) in Construction Sites is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in the construction industry. Construction workers are required to go through the course before they start work.

Courses Schedule

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 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 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 the 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

Safety Pass from NTUC LearningHub.

Note: Validity of the Safety Pass is subjected to the years of working experience in 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.

Fees and Fundings

Mode of Assessment

  • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • Practical Performance

Price

  Individual Sponsored Company Sponsored
      Non-SME   SME  
  w/o GST w GST w/o GST w GST w/o GST w GST
Original Course Fee $110.00 $117.70 $110.00 $117.70 $110.00 $117.70
Singapore Citizens & PRs aged

 

21 years and above

$22.00 $29.70 $22.00 $29.70 $11.00 $18.70
Singapore Citizens aged 40

 

years and above

(Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy)

$11.00 $18.70 $11.00 $18.70 $11.00 $18.70

Remarks:

SkillsConnect Code: CRS-N-0042357

Individual Sponsored

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding
  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their PSEA funds to offset course fee payable after funding
  • NTUC Union Members can use their UTAP Funding to offset course fee only after full deduction from their SkillsFuture Credit and PSEA funds (where applicable)

Company Sponsored

  • Absentee Payroll claimable by Non-SMEs: Up to 80% of hourly basic salary capped at $4.50/hr
  • Absentee Payroll claimable by SMEs: Up to 90% of hourly basic salary capped at $7.50/hr

SkillsFuture Credit

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

Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)

  • NTUC members enjoy UTAP* benefit of up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses with NTUC LearningHub

* UTAP supports 50% of the course fees paid cap at $250 per year. You must be a union member throughout the course duration and at the time of claim. You must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and have sat for all prescribed examinations. Other terms and conditions apply.

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