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Occupational injuries and hazards at construction sites are such a serious concern that all Australian States and Territories have adopted the new National Standard based construction induction White Card course and have made it law that everyone working on a construction site must carry with them a construction induction card or statement of Attainment issued by a registered training organisation. If you do not have your induction card on your person you will be removed from the site until you can produce the card and if you have not completed an accredited course you may receive a substantial fine.

A White Card is issued only after the completion of an accredited course on Occupational Health And Safety (OH & S) teaching how to avoid and deal with hazards in the workplace.

The White Card course (known as CPCCOHS1001A - Work safely in the construction industry) will require around 6 hours to complete and can be taken either in person or online. Such a course is designed to teach you about how to avoid hazards, work on construction sites and what is supposed to be done if an accident does occur. The national standard based OH & S accredited White Card Construction Induction course replaces the state based Green, Red and Blue Card courses.Some of these previously issued cards are still recognised but many workplaces have introduced a higher standard than that required by law and will only recognise the new White Cards.

The course covers a wide variety of individual subjects. There is that of identifying and avoiding hazards at the workplace whereby you are taught vigilance, speed and accuracy of identifying and dealing with hazards. They also teach you about legislation including recent changes applying to construction workers and how it impacts on your career as a construction worker.

Once you have completed the course, you will need to sit an exam. The questions are fairly straight forward and in most cases only require common sense to answer. The questions are however designed to provoke thought and aim to teach construction workers that thinking safe is not an arduous task. Online courses allow incorrect answers to be researched and re-answered.

Before you are issued with a White Card, you must pass Evidence Of Identity (EOI) requirements. As per Australian law, you will need to provide 100 points of identification. Such evidence may include your credit card, drivers license, passport or Medicare card. If you are preforming the exam online, you will need to have your evidence photo copied and stamped by a Justice of the Piece before mailing, faxing or E-mailing to the training center headquarters.

Course costs vary between authorised training centers, so it is advised that individuals undertake some research before forking out any money. Workers may find the online courses and exams the cheapest and most convenient option, with some training centers offering 24 hour phone support.

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