Stepping onto a construction site for the first time brings its own kind of nerves, and the CITB Health and Safety Awareness Course exists to turn that uncertainty into solid, practical confidence. This course, along with the CITB Health, Safety & Environmental Test, is the pathway to the CSCS Green Labourers Card, making it a natural starting point for anyone new to site work. Because so many new starters take this course before their first day on site, it pairs naturally with the CITB SEATS Site Environmental Awareness Course, since environmental responsibility sits alongside personal safety as a core part of working on a modern construction site.
Delegates come away with a clear sense of why safety procedures exist, not just what they are, which makes the day genuinely useful rather than a box-ticking exercise. Anyone with existing site experience but no formal grounding often finds it a useful refresher too, particularly before moving into a more senior role. Once workers have a year or two of site experience behind them, many go on to book the CITB SSSTS Course as the natural next step into a supervisory position.
It's also common for new starters to pair this course with Manual Handling Training and PPE Awareness Training in the same induction week, giving employers a straightforward way to get a new team member fully compliant before they set foot on site. Anyone working at height as part of their role should also look at Working at Height Training alongside this course, since the two cover genuinely distinct legal requirements.
This is a one-day course suited to anyone recently joined, or about to join, the construction and civil engineering industry, and a good standard of spoken and written English is necessary to get the most from the day and pass the end-of-course assessment.
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CITB certificates are issued electronically via email, and typically take around 2 weeks to be issued. You can also view your results online via the CITB profile at www.citb.co.uk/cards-testing/online-card-checker
The joining instructions will indicate if lunch is provided for the duration of your course. Should you need to know prior to booking please contact one of our team who will be happy to advise.
Course joining instructions are sent 7 to 10 days prior to course commencement. If you book within this time frame they are emailed within 24 hours of the booking being placed.
Full attendance on all days, at the required times stated on your course joining instructions, is compulsory to successfully complete the course.
Start and finish times are confirmed on your joining instructions which are issued 7 to 10 days prior to course commencement. Failure to arrive at the requested time may result in the delegate being turned away.
Yes, a name change can be completed free of charge providing the delegate being substituted has the required pre-requisites. You can submit your request by emailing our customer service team at [email protected] or calling on 01892 543000.
CITB do not currently offer a card option in place of the e-cert.
If you should fail the course our customer service team will be in contact to discuss your options. Our team will talk through the process to help you achieve the qualification required in the most effective way.
Not on its own. This course, along with the CITB Health, Safety & Environmental Test, is the pathway to the CSCS Green Labourers Card.
Through a 25-question multiple-choice test. Candidates need a score of 25 out of 30 (83%) or higher to pass, and certification is valid for five years.
A good understanding of spoken and written English is needed to get the most from the day and complete the assessment successfully.
For most card types, yes. You need the CITB Health and Safety Awareness course and the CITB health, safety and environment test, which is taken separately at a test centre. The course does not include the test.
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