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If you’re planning to work on a construction site in the UK, getting your CSCS Green Labourer Card is essential. And to get the card, you must pass the Health, Safety & Environment (HS&E) Test. The best way to get ready? Start with our CSCS Green Card Mock Tests — free, convenient, and created to reflect the real exam experience.

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HS&E TEST

CSCS Operatives Test 1

1 / 50

When you walk across the site, what is the best way to avoid an accident with mobile plant?

Keep to the designated pedestrian routes

Ride on the plant

Wear hi-vis clothing

Get the attention of the driver before you get too close

2 / 50

How can you help reduce the risk of hand-arm vibration when using a vibrating tool?

Use more force on the tool

Hold the tool more tightly

Do not grip the tool too tightly

Hold the tool at arm's length

3 / 50

Site rules and procedures are the responsibility of whom?

Investors

The employer

Work colleagues

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

4 / 50

What is best practice when using a power tool with a rotating blade?

Adjust the guard to expose just enough blade to let you do the job

Remove the guard but wear leather gloves to protect your hands

Remove the guard so that you can clearly see the blade

Adjust the guard to expose the maximum amount of blade

5 / 50

When signallers are used, who should they be in contact with at all times?

Their supervisor

The site manager

The machine operator

Pedestrians

6 / 50

If your respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is a bad fit, which one of the following is most likely to happen?

It will not protect you

It will filter more air

It will get damaged

It will break easily

7 / 50

Breathing in asbestos dust is most likely to cause which of the following?

Aching muscles and painful joints

Throat infections

Lung diseases

Dizziness and headaches

8 / 50

What three things should you do before entering a confined space that has sludge at the bottom?

Put on a disposable dust mask

Make sure that the space has been tested for gas

Identify what the sludge is

Have the correct training

Throw something into the sludge to see how deep it is

9 / 50

How would you expect to find out about health and safety rules when you first arrive on site?

In a letter sent to your home

During the induction

By reading the health and safety policy

By asking other workers to show you around

10 / 50

Which of the following is the correct order of signs with their categories?

C - D - A - B

D - C - B - A

D - C - A - B

C - D - B - A

11 / 50

With reference to the erection and dismantling of scaffolding, which of the following statements is correct?

Any worker wearing an appropriate safety harness can do it

It should be carried out by trained people, but they do not need to be authorised

It should be carried out by trained and authorised persons

Only supervisors can carry out this type of work

12 / 50

Which of the following is an effective way to avoid causing harm to protected species?

Only working at night

Using manually operated machinery

Avoiding breeding season

Take them to the site office

13 / 50

What should a worker do if the helmet they are using is damaged?

Report it at the end of the day

Replace it immediately

Use it but keep checking it

Put a sticker over the damaged area

14 / 50

How should absence records containing specific medical information relating to an employee be treated?

Provided to the rest of the workforce to prevent others taking time off

The records can be shared with the workforce as long as they do not say anything

As public information, in accordance freedom of information

Confidentially, in accordance with data protection laws

15 / 50

You need to move a load that might be too heavy for you. You cannot divide it into smaller parts and there is no one to help you. What should you do?

Lift and move the load quickly to avoid injury

Try to lift it using the correct lifting methods

Do not move the load until you have a safe way of doing it

Get a forklift truck, even though you have not been trained to use it

16 / 50

When absorption granules from a spill kit have been used on oil, what action should be taken?

Clear them up straight away and put them into a general waste skip

Use water to help clean up excess oil before specialist disposal

Clear them up and place them in a sealed waste bag ready for specialist disposal

Leave them on the oil for a few days before clearing into the general waste

17 / 50

A corrosive substance, such as wet cement, in direct contact with the skin will result in what?

Back injury

Skin burns

Glaucoma

Hair loss

18 / 50

When workers use respiratory protective equipment (RPE) they should have a 'face fit' test. Why is this?

The ensure the selected mask is the correct colour

To make sure that the mask fits the budget

To ensure the mask fits and functions correctly

To ensure the mask looks right

19 / 50

What should workers follow whilst at work to meet their health and safety duties?

Direct orders from Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

A safe system of work agreed with the employer

Their gut feeling on safe practices

The actions of their workmates

20 / 50

Which sign is categorised as a mandatory sign?

10.2

21 / 50

What should you do if you are in a confined space when the gas alarm sounds?

Get out of the confined space immediately

Switch off the alarm

Carry on working but take plenty of breaks in the fresh air

Carry on working but do not use electrical tools

22 / 50

In addition to heat, what are the other two factors that must be present to start a fire?

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Argon

Fuel

Nitrogen

23 / 50

What is the best way to protect an extension cable and also reduce trip hazards?

Cover the cable with pieces of wood

Cover the cable with yellow tape

Run the cable by the shortest route

Run the cable above head height

24 / 50

Red band fire extinguishers have which of the following content?

Foam - for use on liquid fires

Powder - for use on liquid and electrical fires

Water - for use on wood, paper, textile and solid material fires

Carbon dioxide - for use on liquid and electrical fires

25 / 50

Under which one of the following circumstances is it safe for a worker to remove a protective cover from a deep service hole on site?

The worker is wearing hi-vis and has told a few people on site that the cover will be removed

The worker is authorised to do so and is protected from falling whilst the cover is not in place

The worker is wearing a safety helmet and waits until everyone else has left the site

The worker has placed a safety cone by the hole people will avoid the area

26 / 50

Which two of the following are basic filter types used in respiratory protective equipment (RPE)?

Dust or particle filters

Moisture filters

Gas or vapour filters

Smell or aroma filters

Sound filters

27 / 50

What should an employee do if they think noise at work may have damaged their hearing?

Ask their employer or doctor to arrange a hearing test

Nothing, as the damage has already been done

Plug their ears with cotton wool to stop any more damage

Take time off work, as they are unwell

28 / 50

Which signal is being shown in this image?

Move forwards

Turn right or left

Danger, emergency stop

Move backwards

29 / 50

What would be a good way of reducing fatigue in the workforce?

Random start and finish times

Regular start and finish times

Early start times and a late finish

Rotating shift patterns

30 / 50

What information should be gathered after a near miss incident occurs?

Where those involved lived at the time of the incident

The cost of the project at the time of the incident

The names of the next of kin for the people involved

The activities that were being carried out at the time

31 / 50

What must happen before each shift starts when working in an excavation?

A supervisor should watch from the top for the first hour

A competent person must inspect the excavation

Someone must go in and sniff the air to see if it is safe

A supervisor should stay in the excavation for the first hour

32 / 50

Cement-based roofing sheets are a common material which can often contain what hazardous substance?

Termites

Dry rot

Asbestos

Rust

33 / 50

Which of the following is the correct order of signs with their categories?

A - C - D - B

A - D - C - B

B - C - D - A

B - D - C - A

34 / 50

Which method is used to check if a residual current device (RCD) connected to a power tool is working?

Press the test button on the RCD

Switch the tool on and off

Run the tool at top speed to see if it cuts out

Use a hand-held RCD test meter

35 / 50

A material that may hide fragile surfaces has been applied to a roof. What action should be taken?

Nothing workers should know to be careful

Nothing the material applied should be fine

The fragile areas should be clearly marked and protected

The fragile areas should be painted green

36 / 50

Which of the following is the main cause of skin cancer?

Working indoors

Exposure to ultraviolet sun rays

Working in rainy conditions

Skin being irritated by overalls

37 / 50

Someone has fallen from height and has no feeling in their legs. What should you do?

Roll them onto their side and bend their legs

Keep their legs straight and roll them onto their back

Keep them still until medical help arrives

Raise their legs to see if any feeling comes back

38 / 50

What is one of the best ways to overcome negative workplace attitudes about mental health issues?

Talk and listen about mental health openly, and without judgement

Avoid talking about it and the problem will resolve itself

Tell workmates that you are an expert in mental health issues

Make sure no one with a mental health issue gets hired

39 / 50

Who should erect, dismantle or alter a tube and fitting scaffold?

Anyone who thinks they can do it

Someone who has the right tools

Anyone who is a project manager

A trained, competent and authorised person

40 / 50

If you need to reach above your head to place a load or lower a load to the floor, which of these is not true?

It will be more difficult to keep your back straight

The load will be more difficult to control

You can safely handle more weight than usual

You will put extra stress on your arms and your back

41 / 50

Which two of the following items should be recorded in the ancient book?

Telephone number

National insurance number

Injuries sustained

Location of the hospital

Date of the accident

42 / 50

Which item of equipment would not require portable appliance testing (PAT)?

110 volt extension lead

Plug-in breaker

110 volt transformer

Hammer and bolster

43 / 50

So that workers can work at height safely, who is responsible for making sure they receive information and instruction?

The appointed first aider

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The employer

The workers themselves

44 / 50

A worker is suffering stress caused by their line manager. What should they do?

Complain to their manager

Find and follow the company procedures to address it

Try to work faster to keep the manager happy

Get another job that will be less demanding

45 / 50

Which of the following does not cause a nuisance to neighbours of a building site?

Carefully directed site lighting

Noise and vibration from the work

Dust and fumes from the site

Lorries and heavy plant traffic

46 / 50

What is the main danger when using a chisel or bolster with a mushroomed head?

You are more likely to hit your hand with the chise head

It will shatter and send fragments flying into the air

The hammer could slip off the head of the bolsters or chisel

The shaft of the chisel will bend, putting a strain on your wrist

47 / 50

What should you do if you need to wear ear defenders but an ear pad is missing from one of the shells?

Leave them off and work without any hearing protection

Take an ear pad from another set of ear defenders

Do not work in noisy areas until they are replaced

Put them on and work with them as they are

48 / 50

When should you wear safety footwear on site?

Only when working at ground level

Only when working inside

Until the site starts to look finished

All the time

49 / 50

Waste materials should be segregated into different types. What are the two main reasons for this?

To avoid pollution

To support recycling

To save money

To prevent theft

To fill landfill

50 / 50

Which of the following activities does not create harmful silica dust?

Breaking up concrete floors and screeds

Chasing out walls and mortar joints or sweeping up rubble

Sawing timber or plywood

Cutting kerbs, stone, paving slabs, bricks and blocks

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