CIDB Green Card (e-SICW) study plan

State the employer's and the worker's general duties under occupational safety and health law in your jurisdiction, and list the consequences of non-compliance for each party.

Explain the difference between a hazard, a risk and a control, using three construction examples from your own site experience.

Rank the five levels of the control hierarchy from most to least reliable and justify why personal protective equipment sits last.

Describe the steps of a risk assessment (identify, evaluate, control, record, review) and the trigger points that require a review.

Draft a one-page risk assessment for a simple task such as manual mixing of mortar, including likelihood and severity scoring.

Match ten given site hazards to the most appropriate control level and defend each choice in one sentence.

Select the correct PPE for six described tasks (concrete pouring, cutting with an angle grinder, welding, working near noise, handling chemicals, overhead work).

Explain the pre-use inspection points for a safety helmet, harness, safety footwear and eye protection, and state when each item must be withdrawn from service.

Identify the main injury mechanisms of angle grinders, circular saws and nail guns, and list the guarding and kickback controls for each.

Describe safe manual handling technique and the point at which a mechanical aid or two-person lift should be used.

Define work at height and identify the three factors (height, access, fragile surface) that determine the fall protection needed.

Compare guardrails, safety nets, fall arrest and work positioning systems by when each is suitable and what each does not protect against.

Explain anchor point strength requirements, lanyard free-fall distance, swing-fall hazard and the need for a rescue plan before harness use.

Describe the components of a scaffold (standards, ledgers, transoms, ties, bracing, toe boards) and the checks made before first use and after alteration.

List the conditions that make a ladder acceptable as a workplace and the three-point contact and securing rules that apply.

Identify excavation collapse causes and state the inspection, shoring, battering and access requirements for trenches.

Locate underground services before digging and describe the safe digging approach near buried cables and pipes.

Explain the roles of the lifting supervisor, rigger and signaller, and the reasons a load must never pass over people.

Describe the exclusion zones and blind-spot controls needed around excavators, dump trucks and reversing plant.

Outline the emergency response sequence for a buried-service strike, a crane load drop and a trench collapse, including first aid and reporting duties.

Explain the danger of overhead and buried power lines, the minimum approach distances, and the isolation and lock-out/tag-out sequence.

Describe how portable electrical tools are protected (RCD, inspection, voltage reduction) and the checks made before use.

Define a confined space and list the atmospheric tests (oxygen, flammable gas, toxic gas) required before and during entry.

Explain the duties of the standby person and the elements of a confined space entry permit.

State the controls for hot work: permit, fire watch, removal of combustibles, gas cylinder handling and post-work monitoring.

Read a safety data sheet and extract the hazard classification, exposure controls and first aid measures for two common site chemicals.

Explain the difference between acute and chronic health effects, and describe the risks of silica dust, asbestos, noise and vibration.

Describe the welfare facilities required on site (drinking water, toilets, washing, rest areas, changing) and the reason each matters.

Explain the fire triangle, the classes of fire and the selection of the correct extinguisher for each class.

State the accident reporting thresholds and the information that must be recorded in the accident book and in a formal report.

Describe housekeeping standards that prevent slips, trips and falls, and set a daily clean-up routine for a work area.

Identify the meaning of the main safety signs by shape and colour (prohibition, warning, mandatory, safe condition, fire equipment).

Explain the purpose of a toolbox talk and prepare a five-minute briefing on one hazard.

Describe environmental controls for dust, noise, silt water, waste segregation and spill response on a construction site.

List the pre-use checks for a powered hand tool and the storage and inspection rules for abrasive wheels.

Complete two full-length timed practice papers and record the score for each domain.

Review every missed question, write the correct principle in your own words, and link it to the relevant domain.

Re-state the legal duties, the control hierarchy and the emergency and reporting chain from memory without notes.

Revisit the three weakest domains from the practice papers and redo the related checklist or permit exercise.

Confirm exam-day logistics: identification, format, timing and the rules on what may be brought into the test.