Prepare for the test

There is a range of revision materials to help you prepare for the Health, safety and environment (HS&E) test from printed booklets that you can purchase in a bookshop, to smartphone apps that help you revise on the go.

To increase your chances of passing the test, we recommend that you take a relevant training course, and work through all the sample questions in the revision materials. Make sure that you are confident with the topics and questions before you book your test.

Additional information to note

Content and wording

We reserve the right to update the wording used within the tests or revision materials from time to time, as part of our commitment to using plain English, to aid understanding or to improve customer experience. This may mean that questions in the test are worded differently to the questions in the revision materials, however the meaning will remain the same.

Up to date revision materials

Health, safety and environment legislation, regulations and best practice will change from time to time, but we make every effort to keep the test and the revision material up to date.

  • You will not be tested on questions that are no longer deemed appropriate.

  • You will be tested on knowledge presented in the most up-to-date edition of the revision materials - the current editions can be found here.

  • HS&E test revision DVDs and downloads can be updated by downloading the latest patch.

    • To check your DVD or download is up-to-date, click the web update option from the main menu of your DVD or downloaded document.