Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award In Health and Safety in a Construction Environment

Key Facts

Level:
Level 1
Subject Sector:
5.2 Building and Construction
Credits:
3
Qualification No:
601/4249/2
GLH:
21 hours
Total qualification time:
29 hours
Price:
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Age Range:
16-18 & 19+

Qualification purpose

Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area

Qualification Grading Type

Pass

Assessment Methods

  • Portfolio of Evidence

    • Why choose this qualification?

    The Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment qualification provides an important foundation to Health and Safety for individuals working or intending to work within the Construction industry. The qualification covers risk assessment, working at height, manual handling, improving health and safety at work and the safe operation of equipment.

    The single mandatory unit in the Award has been based upon the National Occupational Standard COSVR641 (Conform to General Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare). From July 2014, achievement of the Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award fulfils the mandatory training requirements for the new CSCS Labourer Green Card.

    The qualification is suitable for learners aged 16+ who require development of their knowledge and understanding of health and safety in a construction environment. Learners will gain the knowledge and skills to work safely and efficiently in their workplace. The qualification is also for individuals who wish to gain the CSCS Green Card, or for current Construction Site Operative cardholders seeking renewal.

    Progression may be into employment in a Construction role or to further learning. Gateway Qualifications offers a suite of Skills for Construction qualifications from Entry Level 3 to Level 1.

    This qualification is part of our off-the-shelf SWAPs packages, which are accompanied by a free set of resources to support your teaching and delivery.

    Rules of Combination

    Learners must complete the single mandatory unit, totalling 3 credits.

    Units

    Mandatory

    Learners must complete the single mandatory unit.

    Health and Safety in a Construction Environment

    Level:
    Level 1
    Guided Learning Hours:
    21
    Credits:
    3
    Unit No:
    J/616/5917
    Click here to view full unit details

    What is the purpose of this qualification?

    The Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment qualification provides an important foundation to Health and Safety for individuals working or intending to work within the Construction industry.

    Learners will gain the knowledge and skills to work safely and efficiently in their workplace.

    What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

    The qualification covers risk assessment, working at height, manual handling, improving health and safety at work and the safe operation of equipment.

    Which sector does this qualification support?

    Learners who successfully achieve the Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment will have gained the required knowledge to obtain the CSCS green Labourer card.

    Progression & entry requirements

    There is no requirement for learners to have achieved prior qualifications or units. Progression may be into employment in a Construction role or to further learning. Gateway Qualifications offers a suite of Skills for Construction qualifications from Entry Level 3 to Level 1. There is no requirement for learners to have prior skills, knowledge or understanding.

    Funding information

    There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

    The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

    View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

    The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

    View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

    How to find a learning aim

    If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

    How to Use: Find a learning Aim

    We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

    This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.

    A free resource pack is available for this qualification.

    We have pre-selected some of the most popular units used in short courses for adults and created a resource pack to support online, blended and face-to-face teaching and learning.

    Units in this qualification with resources:

    • Health and Safety in a Construction Environment

    Each pack contains:

    • Teacher Delivery Guide – This guide summarises the delivery of the units and helps provide a structured, blended approach to the delivery of the units for face-to-face, remote delivery, or a mixture of both. The teaching and learning activities included can be adapted to meet the diverse needs and profile of learners.
    • Learner Pack – This pack includes guidance for learning activities which will help learners to think about what they have been discussing with the teacher and the rest of the group. There are also assessment tasks which can be used as evidence for the qualification. Finally, there are checklists where learners can assess their own skills development and progress and record sheets for activities observed by the teacher.
    • Teacher Resource PowerPoint – a ready-to-deliver PowerPoint presentation for each unit, featuring videos and activities for learners, along with comprehensive notes for teaching staff.

    These resources are available free of charge to Centres approved with Gateway Qualifications. They can be downloaded from our Prism system and can be found on the “Documents” tab of the relevant qualification.

    Watch our short video for step-by-step guidance on how to access them.