The HS&E test is made up of 50 questions covering five core knowledge areas:
- legal and management
- health and welfare
- general safety
- high risk activities
- environment
Candidates have 45 minutes to answer the 50 questions. The test now includes new question styles. Behavioral case studies are also used in the test to check a candidate’s understanding of health, safety and environmental issues, and how to behave safely on-site.
CITB is continually reviewing the test to ensure that it continues to help construction workers and employers get the right knowledge, skills and training to be able to work safely in the industry.
There are three types of HS&E test:
- Operatives
- Specialists
- Managers and Professionals.
About the Operatives HS&E test
The Operatives test ensures workers have a minimum level of health, safety and environmental awareness before going on site. This test covers the five core knowledge areas listed above (see Structure of the test).
About the Specialist HS&E tests
These tests include questions about the five core knowledge areas as well as relevant questions in the chosen specialist areas. The Specialists test can be taken in the following topics:
- supervisory (SUP)
- demolition (DEM)
- plumbing (JIB) (PLUM)
- highway works (HIW)
- specialist work at height (WAH)
- lifts and escalators (LAEE)
- tunnelling (TUNN)
- HVACR – heating and plumbing services (HAPS)
- HVACR – pipefitting and welding (PFW)
- HVACR – ductwork (DUCT)
- HVACR – refrigeration and air conditioning (RAAC)
- HVACE – services and facilities maintenance (SAF)
About the Managers and Professionals test
This test covers the same five core areas but also includes questions on the following topics:
- construction (design and management) regulations
- demolition
- highway works.
Special Assistance
You can book all the HS&E test with an English or Welsh voiceover. For the Operatives test, these additional voice-over languages are available by request:
- Bulgarian
- Czech
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
All HS&E tests conducted by All Plant Training cost £45.00+vat (Inclusive of booking and administration fee)
To book a place on the next test date please call 0800 061 2032 or email your request to enquiries@allplanttraining.co.uk
