CITB HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS (HSA)

Construction and civil engineering are pivotal to modern-day living. Working in these industries can be a life-long career, and we believe, hugely rewarding. So, the best way for people to progress is to start with solid, knowledgeable foundations - understanding the risks and as well the rewards.

And that’s where this CITB Health and Safety Awareness course comes in. The ideal introduction to the industry, it provides a practical summary of health and safety, welfare and environmental issues, individual and co-worker responsibilities, employer duties, and what they must do if they think someone’s health and safety is at risk.

Ultimately, this training aims to educate learners to understand​:

• Why they are carrying out their identified duties
• What is expected of them
• Their contribution to safety of the workplace

Primarily classroom-based exercises and tutorials featuring best practice sharing, group work, and discussions, learners will cover legislative and practical knowledge and awareness. Working towards understanding the what, when, and why of safety practices and procedures in the industry. 

The course reflects national standards and industry best practices and is fully accredited in line with regulations. Choose to learn with Totally Training, and learners benefit from our custom-built training facilities and customer-first approach.

Our occupationally and technically-experienced tutors will coach and assess learners throughout this one-day course.

This training is essential to health and safety awareness in our industry. Learners will review legal requirements, learn safety measures, ensure safety compliance, and understand procedures.

The course will take learners through the fundamentals of:

• General responsibilities
• Accident prevention & reporting
• Health & welfare
• Manual handling
• Work at height 
• PPE
• Fire Prevention and control
• Hazardous substances
• Electrical safety
• Hand-held equipment and tools
• Noise and vibration
• Site Safety transport
• Excavations and confined spaces
• Environment

At the end of the training, successful learners will be able to:

• Understand the need to prevent accidents
• Have an appropriate level of understanding of health and safety law
• Identify how their role fits into the control and management of the site
• Understand the need for risk assessments and method statements
• Appreciate the need to perform safely and to stop and ask for advice if not sure
• Report unsafe acts to prevent an accident

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness course is for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce, to help them understand the potential hazards they face at work on site.

This one-day fundamentals course trains learners to understand the challenges, processes and fundamentals of health and safety in construction and civil engineering on completion and certification.

At Totally Training, quality and support to our learners is priority. Totally Training provide a dedicated service to Our Clients.

Totally Training are a leading provider of health, safety, environmental and technical theory and practical training and assessment services, covering a wide range of industry sectors, working with 100s of organisations to provide quality written and delivered courses. 

Totally Training Instructors are fully qualified and occupationally experienced and competent from industry-specific backgrounds to deliver Our qualifications, traveling nationwide to provide necessary support at all times.

Our occupationally experienced CITB Site Safety Plus course tutors have successfully trained over 10,000 Learners across a variety of industry-related sectors. Totally Training deliver courses at our nationwide, industry-leading and accredited training centres and offering the very best of training standards and quality assurance. 

We have hundreds of public dates and locations nationally for CITB Site Safety Plus training courses, or can offer dedicated training for specific requirements such as on-site groups. Whatever you need, our training services help bring together the optimum mix of solutions to ensure you can apply the hierarchy of risk control most effectively. 

For training held at your own location, please ensure that the classroom you make available has a power supply and is a suitable size for the number of learners attending.

To learn more about this qualification, to book or for any queries, please contact a member of the team by phone at 07763 854 325 or email training@totally.training