Health, safety and environment test - CITB-ConstructionSkills

This book contains everything you need to know to book, prepare for and sit the health, safety and environment test for operatives and specialists. It contains all the questions and answers for tests taken from April 2012.

After consultation with industry we have refreshed the question bank and introduced new elements to the test structure. The new test now includes behavioural case studies, knowledge questions on respiratory risks and an additional section on the environment.

There are behavioural case studies based on the core principles of the industrys free film Setting out. The film explores what employers and sites must do for workers, and how workers need to behave and interact to constantly changing site conditions.

A dedicated set of respiratory risk questions have been created to help improve awareness and to promote necessary controls. It is widely recognised that management of health risks by industry have not improved at the same rate as improvements in the management of safety risks. Managing the environment goes hand in hand with health and safety. Therefore new questions have been introduced to help everyone understand some basic environmental responsibilities.

To prepare for an operatives test, this book will provide you with:

the transcript of the film Setting out, which will help you prepare for the behavioural case study questions

the knowledge questions and answers in the five core sections:

A Legal and management

B Health and welfare

C General safety

D High risk activities

E Environment

To prepare for a specialist test, this book will provide you with:

the transcript of the film Setting out, which will help you prepare for the behavioural case study questions

the knowledge questions and answers in the five core sections:

A Legal and management

B Health and welfare

C General safety

D High risk activities

E Environment

the specialist knowledge questions and answers that support the specialist tests in the following areas:

supervision

demolition

plumbing or gas

highway works

working at height

lifts and escalators

tunnelling

heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR)

A revision DVD is available, which offers the chance to work through the whole question bank and complete simulated tests.

There are also separate publications that support the HS&E test for managers and professionals, so please ensure that you are revising for the right test.