Nationally Recognised Training

CPCWHS1001 - White Card

Course Description

New Territory Training is proud to offer training in the unit of competency CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry – White Card -as nationally recognised training.

Purpose

This course provides learners with the skills and knowledge required work safely in industry.

Learners will understand how to identify health and safety legislative requirements, identify hazards and risks, being able to communicate, report hazards along with being able to respond to incident and emergency. The training will include sufficient time to allow learners to understand and practically carry out safe work practices prior to their assessment.

This course is aimed at people working in the construction, parks ranger, horticultural,
forestry and mining industries.

This course is essential for people who are required to work on a construction site.

This course is the pre-requisite training to apply for a White Card through Territory Business Centre NT

Mode of Delivery

Delivery of this course will be trainer led and delivered over 1 day of face-to-face training in a classroom setting combined with skills practice and assessment in your workplace.

Assessment Summary

The assessment in support of the unit of competency requires the learner to complete a written knowledge assessment and then demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills during a practical assessment work safely in the construction industry and observed by the assessor.

The learner must answer all the written knowledge questions correctly. There is the opportunity for this knowledge assessment to be conducted verbally if the learner requires this level of support.

The practical assessment is conducted under controlled conditions in your workplace. The learner will be briefed on the assessment which will involve identifying and reporting construction hazards, being able to respond to an incident or emergency and demonstrating correct Personal Protective Equipment.

Upon successful completion, students will take their issued Statement of Attainment from New Territory training to their local Territory Business Centre to apply for their White Card

Units of Competency

Elective Units

  • CPCWHS1001 – Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Course Dates

Please contact us for scheduled course dates.

Course Duration and Location

The course is delivered over 1 day. Training is delivered at your workplace.

Course Materials

Learner training is supported through the provision of quality learning materials and resources.
Learners should attend the course in comfortable appropriate work clothing with steel capped boots. All equipment and consumables are supplied by your workplace as part of the course.

Pre-Requisites/Entry Requirements

There are no pre-requisites for this course identified within the industry training package.
New Territory Training do require learners to meet the following local entry requirements:
 Learners must be aged 16 years or older
 Photo Identification is required to be sighted prior to course commencement
 Language, literacy, and numeracy skills required to interpret work instructions, equipment operating instructions and to be involved in a hazard / risk assessment and record work outcomes
 Learners must be dressed in their normal work clothing and be wearing steel capped boots
 Learners must be alert and physically capable of general industry work tasks
 Learners are to be existing workers and have completed their local employer workplace safety induction

Fees and Charges

Information about fees and charges is provided in the Schedule of Fees and Charges which will have been included in your pre-enrolment information package.

For remote areas, please contact us for the price.

Please refer to the Schedule of Fees and Charges as it contains important information about related charges and our refund policy.

Confirmations

A learner’s position on the course will only be confirmed upon a completed enrolment form and the payment of your basic course fee.

Numbers are limited, so confirmed enrolments will only be able to attend on the day of training.

Responsibility for Training

New Territory Training is responsible under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 for the quality of the training and assessment being delivered in this course and for the issuance of all AQF certificates.

Please refer to the Student Handbook for further information on all student rights and obligations.

This document must be read in conjunction with the Learner Handbook, Schedule of Fees & Charges and USI Fact Sheet.