Prepare To Work Safely In The Construction Industry (White Card)

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This unit of competency specifies the mandatory work health and safety training required prior to undertaking construction work. The unit requires the person to demonstrate personal awareness and knowledge of health and safety legislative requirements in order to work safely and prevent injury

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8 Hours

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This unit of competency specifies the mandatory work health and safety training required prior to undertaking construction work.

The unit requires the person to demonstrate personal awareness and knowledge of health and safety legislative requirements in order to work safely and prevent injury or harm to self and others.

It covers 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. It is expected that site-specific induction training will be conducted prior to conducting construction work.

Construction and building sites are necessary to help build the infrastructure, housing and services that we all rely on every day.

However, these sites can also be extremely dangerous and present those working on them with significant risk of injury or worse.

CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry course gives workers the skills and knowledge they need to identify and understand the health and safety requirements and legislation that exist to protect themselves and others.

You may know this course as the “white card”.This nationally recognised course is mandatory for any persons working on a building or construction site in any capacity and is held regularly at our training centres.

Please note 100 points of identification must be produced on the day of training. Details of what documents can be used are available on the SafeWork NSW website.

Safety knowledge every worker relies on For all persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), it is important that everyone involved in a job is aware of their responsibilities for ensuring the work site remains safe.

CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry course will teach participants how to identify and report common construction hazards, provide an understanding of basic risk control measures, and identify some procedures for responding to potential incidents and emergencies.

The course includes instruction in the selection and correct fitting of common personal protective equipment (PPE) used for construction and building work

 

Course Objectives And Content

  • Identifying health and safety legislative requirements of construction work

  • Identifying construction hazards and risk control measures

  • Procedures for first aid

  • High risk work license requirements

  • Types, purpose and use of PPE used in construction

  • Construction incidents and emergencies

  • Identifying health and safety communication and reporting processes

  • Understand the meaning of symbols and signage

  • Identifying incident and emergency response procedures

  • Safe work practices in construction

 

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    PO Box 108 Ingleburn, Sydney

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