CITB Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Classroom Training

This five-day Site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) course is designed for site managers, agents and persons who are, or are about to be, responsible for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff within a construction environment.

The course covers all relevant legislation and other aspects which affect safe working in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures, and adequate communication to sustain a health and safety culture among the workforce. The SMSTS course is endorsed by Build UK as the standard training for all construction managers.

Aims

To help site managers to:

manage health and safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions and within the context of their management role develop an understanding of responsibility and accountability for site health, safety and welfare recognise that a safe site is efficient, economical, productive and environmentally friendly.

Additional Information

• Delegates will require a certain level of IT hardware.

• All courses will be delivered in English in accordance with scheme rules.

• Delegates must, therefore, be competent in English at the level required to do their job before their course commences.

• Interpreters and translators are not permitted for any part of the course qualification or examination.

• Lunch is provided.

• This course is delivered by our team of qualified tutors, in a classroom.

• Delegates are required to show original photographic identification prior to the commencement of the course, the delegate must be notified of this requirement prior to attendance

• Delegates must attend the days in order and, where not on consecutive days, must complete the course within five weeks.

• Failure to complete the full course will result in them failing and, as a result, they will not receive a certificate.

• If a delegate is indisposed, in extenuating circumstances (such as bereavement or certified illness), the delegate may enrol on a new course, advice should be sought from CITB before proceeding.