Construction Safety Orientation (General Trade)-CSOC

Course details

The Construction Safety Orientation Course, CSOC is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in the construction industry. Construction workers are required to go through the CSOC before they start work at the worksite. 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

All construction workers and individuals who need to enter a construction worksite.

Assumed Skills, Knowledge & Entry Requirement

• Participant must be able to read, write and speak in 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

• Recognise the common safety and health hazards
• Takes precautions to avoid injuries and diseases in the construction sites
• Accident case studies
• Developing a positive attitude towards safety
• Good housekeeping practises
• Occupational diseases and injuries at worksites
• Measure to prevent accidents

Course Content

• Identify legal obligations in workplace safety and health
• Identify hazards in a construction site
• Understand the Permit-to-Work system