Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction Environment RQF

Course information:

This Level 1 Award Health and Safety course and test, awarded by Highfield Qualifications, is aimed at learners who currently work, or want to work, in construction. Successful completion will enable you to move on to take the CITB health, safety and environment test, and then apply for the new Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) Green Card. This card allows access to construction sites in the UK as a non-skilled worker and is designed to improved overall site safety.

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Duration: Self-paced study
Retake policy: Cancellation policy

Eligible for CITB Grant Scheme. more info

Additional information

This course provides the online learning, practice test, exam and certificate for a Level 1 Award qualification to apply for a CSCS Green card.

• Online training: Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment
• Progress tests and practice assessment
• Booking of Level 1 Qualification examination (online or in a locally convenient approved exam location)

Note: You will also need to pass the CITB Operatives Test to order your card.
We can provide this qualification AND the CITB Operatives Test within a single package: CSCS Green Card Package

How does the online training and exam work?

1. Our online training is provided through video with short progress exams. Subtitles in English, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian are available for the videos. A full preparation exam is included with the training so you will be ready for the exam.
2. The online multiple choice exam can be taken on a laptop with a camera in a suitably quiet location. Your activity on the screen and via the webcam is recorded during the whole assessment.
3. The Level 1 qualification exam is only delivered in English.

Don't want an online exam? Here are our local test centres

Here are the test centres available across our network. No other provider has as much choice! Centres either offer a flexible choice of dates and time or pre-scheduled calendar of tests.

Don't see a test centre nearby? Call us and ask us about online testing!

Note: CITB will be responsible for supplying your card once the application has been submitted. We cannot offer any guarantees for the time to receive a card once ordered from CITB.

The Level 1 Health and Safety in a construction environment is also available as a standalone course