AWCS - APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES by NTUC LearningHub

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.

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.