Course Title: Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Part A: Course Overview

Program: S0142 Prepare to Work Safely in the Construction Industry

Course Title: Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 6

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Contact: Sebastian La Rocca

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254606

Course Contact Email: sebastian.larocca@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the mandatory work health and safety training required prior to undertaking construction work. The unit requires the person to demonstrate personal awareness and knowledge of health and safety legislative requirements in order to work safely and prevent injury or harm to self and others. It covers identifying and orally reporting common construction hazards, understanding basic risk control measures, and identifying procedures for responding to potential incidents and emergencies. It also covers correctly selecting and fitting common personal protective equipment (PPE) used for construction work.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Elements:

1.Identify health and safety legislative requirements of construction work.

2.Identify construction hazards and risk control measures.

3.Identify health and safety communication and reporting processes.

4.Identify incident and emergency response procedures.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.