What's In It For Me
- To Identify their own roles and responsibilities in a construction job.
- To follow safe work procedures.
- To 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 for all workers working in the construction industry. Construction workers are required to go through the course before they 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 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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