Safety Solutions – CITB Training Courses

CITB Construction Skills
CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
Through membership of CITB there is a grant for candidates who attend the 5 day SMSTS course and successfully pass it.
Payments through the grant are £35 per day per candidate and an Achievement Grant of £250 on successful completion of the examination.
This course is intended for project managers, site managers and supervisors as well as proprietors of small to medium sized companies. Client-based personnel would also benefit from attending the course. Possession of this qualification is listed in the Approved Code of Practice for the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations as a demonstration of competence in the role of site manager.

Course Aims and Benefits:
To give an understanding of delegates’ responsibilities and accountability for site safety, health and welfare, current health and safety legislation.This industry-recognised course is ideal for companies who need to meet the ever-increasing demand for evidence of sound health and safety management on site.The course fee includes the
Construction Skills publication Construction Site Safety – Health, Safety and Environmental Information Manual (GE700) as well as other course materials.

Course Content:
• Health and Safety at Work Act
• CDM Regulations 2007
• Site set-up
• Risk assessments/method statements
• Working at height
• Scaffolding
• Electricity
• Excavations
• Demolition
• Confined spaces

Training Methods = Classroom/tutorials
Assessment method = Continuous assessment,
End-of-course examination (multiple-choice),
Individual and group-assessed exercises
Duration 5 Days = Day release
Qualification/Certification = Successful participants receive
the Construction Skills Site Safety Plus certificate which is
valid for 5 years.

Venue 1 = Room 4 Fire Service Training Centre, Washington Hall, West Way, Euxton,Chorley, England PR7 6DH
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Venue 2 = Safety Solutions, The Villa, Astley Hall Drive,
Astley, Manchester M29 7TX
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This course may also be run in-house with a minimum of 4 candidates please ring for further information. .

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CITB Construction Skills Site Safety Plus Health & Safety Awareness*
This course is designed for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry as a member of the workforce, to help them understand the potential hazards that they face at work on site.

The course contains a practical summary of health and safety, welfare and environmental issues identifying individual responsibilities for looking after themselves and others, what the employer’s duties are and what should be done if they think anyone’s health and safety is being put
at risk.

Assessment method = multiple choice paper

Duration = 1 day

* This is only available as an in house course

Supervisor Site Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS):
This course is intended for first line managers - those who have, or are about to acquire supervisory responsibilities.
It provides an introduction to health and safety, welfare and environmental issues for those requiring an understanding of their legal responsibilities relevant to their work activities. It will provide a sound knowledge base to enable them to give valuable assistance in safely managing a construction site.

This course is run over 2 days and requires a minimum
of 5 candidates.