The final version of the course will comprise eleven online units dealing with different areas of safety for electricians and other workers in the construction industry.
The modules will cover European safety issues with texts and questions with a starting point in the British ”Electrotechnical Certification Scheme”. The materials are used with permission from SJIB (Scottish Joint Industry Board for Electrical Contracting Industry).
The assessment is made up of 45 multiple choice questions drawn randomly from the question bank to be completed in 30 minutes. Each question will require one correct answer to be picked from a choice of four.
The assessment will be made up from questions covering eleven topics. The numbers of questions that will be used from each topic are:
General Health and Safety at Work 6
Manual Handling Operations 4
Reporting Accidents 3
Personal Protective Equipment at Work 4
Health and Hygiene 3
Fire and Emergency 4
Work at Height 5
Work Equipment 4
Special Site Hazards 3
Electrotechnical 6
Environmental 3
To successfully pass an assessment, 38 out of the 45 questions must be answered correctly.