CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)

The course aims to ensure that all those given supervisory responsibilities understand:

• Why they are carrying out their identified duties.
• What is expected of them as a supervisor
• To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace.

Skills gained:

On successful completion of the course the delegates will be awarded the Construction Skills Site Safety Plus Certificate as an electronic PDF.

Programme content:

• By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
• Understand the problems of the industry.
• Have an understanding of how Health & Safety law is structured and how it applies to Supervisors.
• Identify how their supervisory role fits in with the management structure in controlling the site safely.
• Carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements.
• Carry out effective site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings.
• Be able to monitor site activities effectively.
• Understand the importance of timely intervention when bad practice is identified.

Course details

CITB SSSTS (Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme) is a two-day course for site supervisors.  If you are a site manager, you may want to consider the CITB SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) instead.

Each delegate will receive the CITB Mandatory Publications (eBooks for virtual courses and hardcopy for face-to-face courses)

• Construction site supervision (GE706) 
• Toolbox talks (GT700)

This training is endorsed by BuildUK.

You gain a highly recognised qualification, which is valid for five years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to retake a course before the expiry date on your certificate, otherwise the full course will need to be retaken.