General Health & Safety · CSR
CSR Card Course in Portadown: Weekly Dates, Including Saturdays
Get your CSR card without waiting weeks for a course. ITS runs the approved one-day CSR health and safety course at our Portadown centre two or three times a week, with Saturday dates for those who can’t take a weekday off site.
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At a glance
CSR card course Portadown at a glance
How It Works
From Booking to Certificate in Four Steps
01
Book Online
Pick a weekday or Saturday date, pay by card or invoice, and get your joining instructions by email straight away.
02
Arrive Prepared
03
Do the Course
Our expert trainers guide you through every topic, finishing with an assessment to confirm your competence.
04
Get Certified
Successful delegates receive their recognised CSR card, proving competence to employers and site managers.
Approved CSR Card Training in Portadown, Co. Armagh
About this Course
The CSR (Construction Skills Register) card is Northern Ireland’s construction site safety card, run by the Construction Employers Federation. You’ll be asked for it at most site gates, and this one-day course is the training you need to get one or renew one that’s run out.
Our Portadown centre is ITS’s headquarters, not a hired room. You’ll train in a purpose-built centre with free parking, a canteen and free tea and coffee, with courses running so often you can usually start within the week.
Who Should Attend
This course is for anyone who needs a CSR card to work on construction sites in Northern Ireland, including:
- New starts, apprentices and school leavers heading onto site
- Labourers, general operatives and tradespeople
- Self-employed builders and subcontractors
- Anyone whose CSR card has expired or is due to
- Supervisors, site visitors and agency workers needing site access
- Workers from Portadown, Lurgan, Craigavon, Armagh, Banbridge, Tandragee, Lisburn and Dungannon
- Delegates need a good level of spoken and written English to follow the course and complete the test.
Course Aims
To reduce accidents on construction sites by making sure every worker understands the main hazards they’ll face and their own responsibilities.
Delegates leave ready to pass the CSR assessment and apply for their Construction Skills Register card.
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Additional Information
By the end of the course, delegate will:
Understand the main hazards on a construction site and the health and safety law that applies to them. They will know how to work safely at height, with tools, plant and electricity, and how to handle materials and hazardous substances. Delegates will also know what to do in an emergency and how to report accidents.
What The course covers:
- Health and safety legislation and site responsibilities
- Accident reporting and emergency procedures
- Fire prevention and control
- Manual handling
- Working at height
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Hazardous substances (COSHH)
- Noise, vibration and electricity, including underground and overhead services
- Safe use of tools, site vehicles and plant
- Excavations and confined spaces
Overview:
A practical, discussion-led classroom day built around real site examples.
Training Includes:
- Tutor-led classroom sessions
- Group workshops and discussion
- Real construction site examples and case studies
- Multiple-choice assessment at the end of the day
About
This course is approved under the Construction Skills Register (CSR) scheme, run by the Construction Employers Federation, and reflects current Northern Ireland construction health and safety law.
Legislation
- Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
- Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (COSHH)
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
About
Please read the following before booking.
Before you attend
You must be 16 or over to be issued a CSR card.
Bring photo ID and your National Insurance number. Without a UK National Insurance number, the card is valid for one year instead of four.
You need good spoken and written English. Discreet reading support is available; tell us in confidence when booking.
Tea, coffee and a canteen are available on site.
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Frequently Asked Questions
£100 + VAT per person at ITS Portadown.
Yes. We run Saturday CSR courses in Portadown most months, as well as weekday courses two or three times a week.
Usually within the same week, as Portadown has several CSR dates every week.
CSR cards are all valid for 4 years, apart from Plant which is 5 years.
Normally around two weeks after you pass.
Book the same one-day course, pass the test and a new card is issued.
No. The operative CSR course has to be attended in person.
CSR cards are recognised in the Republic under an agreement with SOLAS Safe Pass, and most carry the CSCS logo for Great Britain.
Yes, if your Safe Pass is in date. Call us and we’ll guide you through it.
Yes. We run private CSR courses for groups at our centre or at your premises. Call 028 3839 8700.
Where You Will Train
ITS Portadown [HQ]
- 7 Derryneskan Road, Portadown, Co. Armagh, BT62 1UH
One of Ireland’s largest health and safety training providers, delivering accredited courses since 2000. Train in our purpose-built confined space rig in Portadown, with free parking, a canteen and free tea and coffee, or book our mobile unit to train on your site anywhere in Northern Ireland.
