APPLY WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES (ACS)

Legal Requirement

WSQ “Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites” is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in the construction. Construction workers are required to go through the course before they start work. The Workplace Safety and Health (Factories, Safety Training Courses order – clause 2 (6)) stipulates “Any worker employed in manual labour to carry out construction work in building and engineering construction worksites must undergo a safety and health training course approved by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health”.

For Whom

The “Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites” is a mandatory WSH training

course for all workers working in construction sites.

Entry Requirement

• Have employment status as manual labour to carry out construction work in building and engineering construction worksites & be medically fit & above 18 years.
• Participant must be able to read, write, speak and to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to Employability Skills (ES) level 2 (The language in which the course is conducted).
• Students are expected to bring their own safety shoes for the second day of the course.

Course Overview

• Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Construction Sites is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in construction. Construction workers are required to go through the course before they start work.
• After the course, the trainees should be able identify their 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.
• To provide clear progression pathway and address the necessary skills required to move up to the next level of responsibility

Course Content

• Identify own roles and responsibilities as an employee in a construction job
• Follow safe work procedures in a construction job
• Follow safe “Work-at-Height” procedures
• Respond to fire emergencies

Course Duration:  18 Hours including 2 Hours of assessment

Medium of Instruction: English, Tamil, Bengali, Mandarin, Burmese, Malay, Hindi & Thai.

Teaching Methodology:

1. Online Training
   Theory: Online
   Practical & Assessment: Inperson
2. Face-to-face classroom teaching for all languages.

• The following blended learning methods are applied to maximize the learning outcome for course conducted in English:
• Virtual Reality Video
• Eversafe Academy Apps for-

> Safety Signage

> Identify 25 hazards from given digital photo

> Play safety video Game

> 20 MCQ for self-assessment

Learning Environment:   Our ergonomically designed class rooms are fully air-conditioned, equipped with white boards; audio/video equipment’s & free wi-fi

Qualification or experience of facilitators:

A facilitator and assessor of this course will possess the following:

1. Advanced Certificate in Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) qualification or equivalent.
2. Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) Qualification or Diploma in Adult Continuing Education (DACE)
3. Work- At- Height (WAH) for Supervisors
4. At least 5 years of working experience as a supervisor/foreman/safety personnel in the construction industry 

Key Person In charge: Mr. Monish V (General Manager – Corporate Support Division)

Class Size: Maximum class size: 20

Facilitator/Learner Ratio: 1:20 (class room & assessment) & 1:5 (practical & practical performance)

Course Attendance: 100% Attendance

Assessment Advice

1 hour written assessment (40 MCQs – Pass Criteria: 60%) and 1 hour of practical assessment (Pass Criteria: Competent or Not Yet Competent basis – 100%).

Text To Speech (TTS)

Text To Speech (TTS) audio assistance is now available for participants who require text-to-speech conversion during online assessments. The Following languages are supported :

• • English
  • Mandarin
  • Malay
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese

Course Fee Inclusive of GST: S$ 119.9

Funding & Claims

1. 1. Skills future credit/funding available

SFC:

           -All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can us their $500 SkillFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. visit the SkillsFuture Credit website (www.skillsfuture.sg/credit) to choose from the courses available on the Training Exchange course directory

Mandatory adoption of e-attendance via SingPass from 1 October 2023: As per the SSG regulation we are introducing “e-attendance via SingPass,” for participants applying for funding. To ensure a smooth process, please verify your SingPass app access before attending the course. Kindly note that manual attendance submissions will not be accepted for funding invoices. Thank you for your cooperation.

SkillsFuture Singapore Hotline: For enquiries relating to skills, training and portal issues, please contact SkillsFuture Singapore at 6785 5785

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Certification

• Based on the successful completion of the course and assessment, a Statement of Attainment (SOA) from the Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) and a Safety Pass from Eversafe Academy Pte. Ltd. will be awarded to the trainee.
• E-cert available

Course Venue

• 3 Soon Lee Street, #04-14/16&17, Pioneer Junction, Singapore-627606
• 2, Joo Koon Road, Singapore-628966

Renewal Points for professionals

Not Available