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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THE BASIC SAFETY EXAM (B-VCA) FOR OPERATIONAL EMPLOYEES?
Some clients require a VCA diploma from anyone who, as a contractor, builder or subcontractor, wants to work for them. For employees of a VCA-certified company, the VCA basic diploma is also mandatory.
About 10% of workers in Belgium hold a basic safety diploma.
However, it is NOT mandatory to always first take a VCA basic training course!
If you like, you may, for the B-VCA exam, study on your own! For this, be sure to use the official VCA Basic Safety handbook.
FINAL AND ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES BASIC SAFETY
The final and assessment objectives define what knowledge operational employees must have in the indicated areas. They serve as the basis for drawing up the exam questions. They relate only to the knowledge domain and say nothing about skills.
- Legislation
- Hazards, risks and prevention
- Accidents: causes and prevention
- Safety behaviour
- Tasks, rights, duties and consultation
- Procedures, instructions and signage
- Emergency situations
- Hazardous substances
- Fire and explosion
- Work equipment
- Specific work and circumstances
- Electricity and radiation
- Ergonomic workplace
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
NO WORDS, JUST ACTIONS
- Preparation through self-study
- Besacc VCA Basic Safety handbook available here
- 50% more chance of passing if you study the handbook BEFORE the exam!
- Only the Dutch and French handbooks are official Besacc-VCA editions
- Normec Praxis is not responsible for the content of handbooks
- Written exam
- 40 multiple-choice questions. You pass if you achieve at least 64,5%.
- Maximum 1 hour
- Administered by an independent accredited exam centre
- Test your knowledge with the official practice exams
- Oral or read-aloud exam only on request
- Available in the following languages: Dutch, French, English, German, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Lithuanian, Arabic, Slovak, Croatian and Turkish
- Normec Praxis is not responsible for the content and results of exams
- Anyone who passes the exam receives the VCA Basic Safety diploma
- The VCA diploma is valid for 10 years
- VCA diplomas are personal property
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
The employer in whose establishment work is carried out by contractors and, where applicable, by subcontractors, is obliged to ensure that the workers concerned have received the appropriate training and instructions inherent to its business activity. (Well-being Act and Code 04/08/1996, art. 9)
This exam can also be taken in Croatian, Polish, Slovak and Arabic.