Description:
This two day course is intended for those who have, or will have supervisory responsibilities. It provides supervisors with an understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues, as well as their legal responsibilities relevant to their work activities. It highlights the need to promote good health and safety to supervise effectively.
This course is endorsed by the Major Contractors Group as the standard training for all supervisors working on MCG sites.
Aims:
To ensure that all those given supervisory responsibilities understand:
- Why they are carrying out their identified duties
- What is expected of them
Course Content:
To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace and that at the end of the course all delegates will :
- Understand the problems of the industry
- Have an understanding of how health and 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 assessment and understand the need for method statement
- Carry out effective site induction, toolbox talks and method statement briefings
- Be able to monitor site activities effectively
- Understand the importance of timely intervention when bad practice is identified
Certification:
Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will receive a CITB accredited certificate which is valid for five years.
Please note that as of the 1st January 2016, CITB Site Management / Site Supervisor certificates will no longer have a six month grace period and candidates will need to attend a Refresher course before the expiry date of their original certificate.
Course Times:
9.00am - 4.30pm. Course times will be re-confirmed on your joining instructions.
All delegates must bring photographic proof of identification to the course.
