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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.

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

	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-Q-0030732-PI

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.

Terms and conditions apply. NTUC LearningHub reserve the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice.

Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

Course Code

AWCS

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