What's In It For Me
- 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
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.
Who Should Attend
Course Duration
Assessment / Exam Hours: 2 Hours (1 hour: MCQ, 1 hour: Practical)
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 procedure
- 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
Mode of Assessment
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
- Practical Performance
Certification 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 related industry within Singapore. Participants with more than 6 years of experience will receive 4 years validity, and 2 years validity for less according to the Worker Training Record.
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More Information
- (Local Institution) NTUC LearningHub
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