This course is aimed at site managers, project managers, and site managers to obtain an understanding of health, safety, welfare, and environmental issues on construction sites allowing them to meet the industry demands of evidence and compliance within the health and safety. This course is CITB certificated. The course runs over a total of 5 days of theory training with an exam at the end of course.
Course Content
The SMSTS course (CITB) content includes:
- Introduction to health and safety law, duties, responsibilities, enforcement and sanctions.
- Overviews/explanations of relevant construction activity legislation.
- Accident costs, causes, investigation, prevention and reporting requirements.
- Risk assessment and principles of prevention'.
- Safety management systems, policies, plans, performance and measuring.
- Management of Contractors.
- Development of safe systems of work' and permit systems.
- Effective communicating.
- Behavioural science including awareness of human error.
- Motivating safety behaviour:
- Recognition of an organisation's duties and responsibilities.
- Recognition of responsibilities of Managers, Supervisors and Operatives.
- Production of site activity instructions (safe system of work).
- Planning for health and safety within the context of a project.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will receive a CITB accredited certificate which is valid for five years.