eHSE eCourses

Health and Safety Awareness eCourse (eHSA)

The Health and Safety Awareness eCourse is approved by CSCS to support applications for the CSCS labourer’s card and takes 4 hours to complete.

Health and Safety Awareness eCourse via RISK

The Site Safety Plus Health and Safety Awareness eCourse is available online, allowing you to learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. Fulfilling the essential health and safety awareness requirement for your CSCS Labourer card (also known as the Green card) and is designed to ensure you meet your responsibilities to keep yourself and your colleagues safe.

£99 includes the course and exam (Please call to buy a voucher from RISK)

Approximately 4 hours study time, without a day off work

You will have access to complete the course for up to 12 months after purchase

You will need a computer, internet access and a few hours to study and take the examination. Before you make a purchase it's worth checking you have the right equipment and a reliable internet connection available to complete the eCourse. You can test your system and set-up here, now.

Please call 01623 749781 to buy a voucher from RISK

How does the CITB Health and Safety Awareness eCourse work?

No matter what level of experience you have or how many qualifications you have gained, if you wish to apply for or renew a CSCS green card, you must complete a Level 1 CITB Health & Safety Awareness. By completing the one-day course, you will gain a basic knowledge of health and safety on-site, especially beneficial for those new to the industry.

Take the CITB Health and Safety Awareness eCourse anytime, anywhere

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness course is available as a classroom or as an eLearning course, RISK only provide the eCourse, which is available by calling 01623 749 718 and purchasing a Health and Safety Awareness eCourse voucher to be redeemed on the CITB e-learning portal.

The 1 day CITB Health & Safety Awareness course is aimed at people who are entering or are already working in the construction and civil engineering industry. It can be used to support your application for a CSCS labourer card and is valid for five years. The video CITB below explains how the Site Safety Awareness eCourse works and what's required to complete it.

CITB’s eCourse platform provides an online training option for those with limited time or who may struggle to attend a classroom delivered course. With the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course you can learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere.

 

CITB Health and Safety Awareness eCourse Objectives

After successfully completing the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course, successful delegates will understand:

What exactly is expected of them in their role?

Why they carry out their identified duties

How they should contribute to the health and safety in the workplace

 

CITB Health and Safety Awareness eCourse

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course is a 1-day introductory course for health and safety is for people who are new to the construction and civil engineering industries. It teaches you the main health and safety issues on construction sites and how these affect your role. It is also recommended as a Health and Safety refresher of knowledge after five years. It is one of the Site Safety Plus range of courses.

The CITB Health & Safety Awareness eCourse covers the following topics

►  The need to prevent accidents

Understanding health and safety law

►  Identifying how each worker's role fits into the control and management of the site

►  Understanding the need for risk assessments and method statements

►  Appreciating the need to work safely and to stop and ask for advice if not sure

►  The obligation to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident

 

Health and Safety Awareness eCourse Information

CITB’s eCourse platform provides an online training option for those with limited time or who may struggle to attend a classroom delivered course. With the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course you can learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere.

Keep yourself and your colleagues safe when working on site.

►  Learn about potential hazards, gain practical advice and prove your understanding

►  The interactive online course material

►  An online version of the Construction health and safety awareness (GE707) publication

►  An online end of course examination

►  Health and Safety Awareness eCourse is CITB Grant eligible

 

Who is Health and Safety Awareness eCourse for?

It's recommended if you live in the UK, are working in the construction and civil engineering industries and are looking to:

►  Refresh your basic health and safety knowledge

►  Apply for a CSCS labourer card

NOTE: You need to be able to read and understand English to a good standard.


What qualification does the Health and Safety Awareness eCourse provide?

►  You will receive certification that you have successfully completed the Site Safety Plus, Health and Safety Awareness course.

►  It's equivalent to the Level 1 Award in Health and safety in a construction environment and can be used to support your application for a CSCS labourer card.

►  Certification is valid for five years


Completing the Health and Safety Awareness eCourse

►  The interactive online course takes approximately four hours

►  It can be completed in one go or over a period of days or weeks. You have up to 12 months to complete it

►  Return to the course as many times as you like, it will remember and track your progress


Taking the Health and Safety Awareness eCourse exam:

►  Once you’ve completed the course you need to book an end of course exam*

►  It can only be taken on a computer or laptop–mobile phones and tablets are not compatible

►  You will need a reliable internet connection, a webcam, speakers and a microphone, plus photo ID

►  You will have 30 minutes to complete the exam

►  There are 25 multiple choice questions. 20 questions are worth 1 mark, 5 are worth 2 marks

►  The pass mark is 25 out of 30

►  The exam* is included in the purchase price, but there is a £21 fee if you need to retake it


Top Tips

#1 - To take the exam you must have access to a laptop or desktop computer, it cannot be taken on a mobile or tablet
#2 - Be sure to select the HSA exam NOT the HS&E Test, which is a separate test you take in person at a Pearson VUE test centre


Make sure you have the right equipment and a reliable internet connection available before purchasing this eCourse. Run a system test here.

Please note: If you are aged 16 to 18, your parent or guardian will need to attend the exam check-in process

 

 

 

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