Prepare to Work Safely in the Construction Industry

This course is based on the unit of competency CPCCWHS1001 Prepare to Work Safely in the Construction Industry which is recognised Australia wide.

This course covers the general work health and safety information you require to work on a construction site in Australia.

What will you learn:

• Work Health and Safety responsibilities
• Identifying and managing hazards and risks on a construction site
• Responding to accidents and incidents

This Traffic Control and White Card combo course has specific ID requirements. Please familiarise yourself with this requirement prior to attending the course as the incorrect or wrong ID can result in you not being able to complete the course on your scheduled day, full course fee payable to reschedule.

Upskill Institute requires students undertaking this course to:

• Be at least 17 years of age to participate in the training
• Provide a USI (usi.gov.au)
• Provide original ID documents that add up to at least 100 points in line with SafeWork NSW ID points table – click here to view ID points table. Within these documents, you must be able to show your photo ID, date of birth, signature, and current residential address
• Wear comfortable clothing and shoes to complete the practical training
• Have physical capacity to demonstrate the correct donning and removing of PPE for the white card assessment. Also lifting equipment, signs and devices for traffic control training & assessment
• Training day: Wear comfortable clothing and shoes to complete the practical training
• Live practical assessment day: Wear suitable work boots, long trousers, long sleeved hi-vis shirt for all practical training and live assessments
• Successfully complete a language, literacy and numeracy assessment. This course combines plain English, videos, photos, and verbal questioning to ensure all learners can have the best possible chance at comprehending the required knowledge and skills. Assessments MUST be completed in English and with no further assistance. If you believe you will need assistance due to your Language, Literacy or Numeracy skills, please contact our office to discuss your training needs prior to making any course booking. No refund of course fees will paid due failure to complete the course once it has commenced. If a student is not successful in completing all assessments satisfactorily, they will need to rebook the course at the advertised course cost less SafeWork NSW card fees
• Students who are in Australia on a student visa (subclass 500) need to enrol with a CRICOS registered RTO.

The White Card + Traffic Controller Combo has the following course structure:

• In-class training consists of two-day attendance (up to eight hours/day) of classroom-based training, theory/practical assessments and allocated breaks.
• The traffic control practical live assessment is on a separate day and will need to be scheduled through the website under the practical live assessment tab, the assessment will take half a day to complete

Recognition of Prior Learning:

• • SafeWork NSW GIT issued card: SafeWork NSW do not allow for this to be issued via recognition of prior learning.
  • SafeWork NSW TCWT issued card: Recognition or direct credit transfer can be undertaken where appropriate, however a live assessment must be undertaken as normal for the purpose of a learner obtaining a SafeWork NSW TCWT card.

White Card

Upon completing this training program, you will be issued with a SafeWork NSW Statement of Training (SOT), which will be valid for 60 days after issue. With this certificate, you will have unit of competency to enter or work on any construction site.

Traffic Controller

After your initial theory and practical training is successfully completed, you will be issued with a SafeWork NSW Statement of Completion (SOC) which allows you to work immediately under supervision within its period of validity.

The Statement of Completion is valid for 90 days, during this time you will be required to complete a workplace live practical assessment in order to receive your SafeWork NSW Traffic Control Work Training (TCWT) card.

Please refer to our Traffic Control Live Assessment  page to book your live practical assessment.

After successful completion of your training and assessment (initial theory and practical training + live practical assessment), you will receive your nationally recognised a Statement of Attainment (SOA) and Upskill Institute will submit notification to SafeWork NSW to issue you with a SafeWork NSW Traffic Control Work Training (TCWT) card.

Note: Your SafeWork NSW TCWT and General Construction Induction cards may take up to four weeks to arrive in the post from SafeWork NSW.

Please consider that your Statement of Completion/Training may expire before your card is received. If you don’t receive any of your cards, please call SafeWork NSW on 13 10 50.

You will also receive a Statement of Attainment (SOA) via email.

The following unit(s) will be awarded to successful participants in this combo course:

• CPCWHS1001 – Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
• RIIWHS201E – Work safely and follow WHS policies and work procedures
• RIICOM201E – Communicate in the workplace
• RIIWHS206 – Control traffic with portable traffic control devices and temporary traffic signs
• RIIWHS205E – Control traffic with stop-slow bat