Construction Training Courses in Scotland

Learn to read service plans, locate underground apparatus and use cable avoidance equipment safely before excavation begins.

Learn to select, inspect and mount the correct wheels and discs, then use cutting and grinding equipment safely.

Recognise common asbestos-containing materials, understand the health risks and know what action to take if asbestos is encountered.

Build the entry-level safety knowledge needed to work more responsibly on construction sites and support a CSCS Labourer Card application.

Identify confined-space hazards, follow permit procedures and use gas detection, escape breathing apparatus and access equipment safely.

Complete a short online CPD session supporting renewal of a CPCS Blue Competent Operator Card.

Learn the initial response to workplace emergencies, including assessing a casualty, CPR and using an automated external defibrillator.

Develop safe operating skills for 360-degree excavators above 10 tonnes through NPORS training or assessment at suitable client premises.

Learn to inspect, manoeuvre and operate a below-10-tonne 360-degree excavator safely across typical site tasks and ground conditions.

Check that respiratory protective equipment fits the wearer correctly and identify the appropriate mask for their work.

Understand how fires start and spread, support safe evacuation and practise selecting and using the correct extinguisher.

Develop the practical skills and confidence to manage a broad range of workplace illnesses and injuries until further medical help arrives.

Refresh the full workplace first-aid syllabus and renew an eligible certificate within the permitted qualification window.

Learn to inspect, manoeuvre, load and tip a forward tipping dumper safely across rough ground, inclines and confined areas.

Sit the relevant CITB Health, Safety and Environment test required for a CSCS, CPCS or NPORS card application.

Learn how to select, inspect, position, use, move and store ladders safely, supported by practical instruction where applicable.

Develop the practical and theoretical skills to locate underground services, use cable avoidance equipment and record safe scans for Streetworks work.

Reduce lifting injuries by assessing the task and applying safer techniques for lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling workplace loads.

Demonstrate competence across relevant highway excavation, signing, guarding, backfilling, compaction and reinstatement units for operative or supervisor work.

Refresh and reassess the relevant Streetworks units before completing the theory tests required to renew an existing qualification card.

Build or refresh the entry-level safety awareness expected of construction-site operatives, covering common hazards and safer working practices.

Access training and testing across a wide range of plant categories, with routes towards an appropriate NPORS certificate or operator card.

Learn to inspect and operate excavator quick hitches correctly, identify faults and change attachments within a suitable controlled area.

Develop safe roller-operation skills including pre-use checks, confined manoeuvring, compaction near edges and inclines and selecting appropriate settings.