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SOLAS Safe Pass Course in Dublin: Get Your Safe Pass Card in One Day
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At a glance
Safe Pass course Dublin at a glance
How It Works
From Booking to Card in Four Steps
01
Book Online
Pick a Dublin date, pay by card or invoice, and get your joining instructions by email straight away.
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Arrive Prepared
Come 30 minutes early with your PPS number, a passport photo and photo ID.
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Do the Course
04
Get Certified
SOLAS-Approved Safe Pass Training in Dublin
About this Course
Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, every construction worker in Ireland, including apprentices and trainees, must hold a valid Safe Pass card. Contractors are responsible for making sure everyone they supervise on site has one.
The Safe Pass course is a one-day classroom programme run by SOLAS-approved tutors. It covers the hazards you’ll meet on a building site and how to work safely, and ends with an assessment. Pass it and your card details are uploaded to SOLAS and your card is issued.
Who Should Attend
You need this course if you work on, or regularly visit, a construction site in Ireland, including:
- General construction workers and operatives
- Apprentices and trainees
- Plant operators and machine drivers
- Delivery drivers who go onto construction sites
- Site security, maintenance and utilities staff
- Workers from Swords, Santry, Coolock, Finglas, Malahide and across north Dublin
- You must be 16 or over and have a PPS number (or UK National Insurance number if applicable).
Course Aims
To raise every participant’s awareness of health and safety on construction sites, so they can keep themselves and others safe.
Candidates leave with a SOLAS Safe Pass card that gives them access to construction sites across Ireland.
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Additional Information
By the end of the course, delegate will:
Understand their legal responsibilities on an Irish construction site and the hazards most likely to cause injury. They will know the basics of risk assessment, working at height, electrical and excavation safety, and how to stay safe around plant and vehicles. Delegates will also know how to report accidents and look after their own health and welfare on site.
What The course covers:
- Introduction to site safety
- Legislation and site safety responsibilities
- Accident reporting procedures
- Introduction to risk assessment
- Electrical safety
- Excavation safety
- Working at height risk assessment
- Behaviour-based safety
- Construction equipment safety and vehicle awareness
- Personal health, welfare and hygiene
- Noise and vibration
- Correct use of PPE
Overview:
A one-day classroom programme delivered by a SOLAS-approved tutor, following the national Safe Pass curriculum.
Training Includes:
- Tutor-led classroom sessions
- Group discussion and real site examples
- SOLAS Safe Pass course materials
- End-of-day assessment
About
Safe Pass is a SOLAS programme, required by Irish law for anyone working on a construction site, and delivered here by SOLAS-approved tutors.
Legislation
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007
- SOLAS Safe Pass Health and Safety Awareness Training Programme
About
Please read the following before booking, as SOLAS rules are strict about entry requirements.
Before you attend
- You must be 16 or over.
- Bring your PPS number (or UK National Insurance number if applicable).
- Bring a passport-style photograph and valid photo ID.
- Arrive at least 30 minutes before the start; late arrivals may not be admitted.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Under the Construction Regulations 2013, all construction workers in Ireland, including apprentices and trainees, must hold a valid Safe Pass card.
Four years from the date it’s issued. Renew it before it expires.
You can attend the one-day course again, or book SOLAS’s alternative renewal test at an approved test centre through your SOLAS online account.
No. First-time applicants must attend the classroom course in person. Card holders can renew through SOLAS’s computer-based renewal test at an approved test centre.
Your PPS number, a passport-style photograph and valid photo ID. Arrive at least 30 minutes early.
Your results are uploaded to SOLAS after the course and your card is posted to you.
Apply to SOLAS for a replacement online. It costs €32 and you’ll need a passport-quality photo.
Where You Will Train
ITS Dublin
- Unit 2, Willsborough Cluster, Clonshaugh Business & Technology Park, Dublin, D17 TE84
One of Ireland’s largest health and safety training providers, delivering accredited courses since 2000. Train in our purpose-built confined space rig in Dublin, close to the M50 and Dublin Airport, or book our mobile unit to train on your site anywhere in Ireland.
