SSSTS (CITB) - Supervisor Site Safety Training Scheme

SSSTS (CITB) Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme – 2 Day

A CITB Accredited Course

Audience:
This course is designed for first line managers, foremen, gangers, team leaders and supervisors. It is for those who have, or about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities.

It provides an introduction to Health & 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.

Objectives:
To enable delegates given supervisory responsibilities understand their duties, what is expected of them and to ensure they contribute to the safety of the workplace.

Course Structure: 
- Why they are carrying out their identified duties and 
- What is expected of them and 
- To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace

And at the end of the course delegates will be able to: 
-  And at the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Understand the problems of the industry 
- Have an understanding of how health and safety law is structured 
- Identify how their supervisory role fits in with the manager in controlling the site safely 
- Carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements 
- Carry out site inspections, toolbox talks and method statement briefings 
- Understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate their need

Course Program:
The course covers The Health & Safety at Work Act and the regulations relevant to the construction industry 
- Health and Safety Law 
- Developing a Health and Safety Management System 
- Occupational Health 
- Fire Prevention and Control 
- Risk Assessment and Method Statements 
- Hazardous Substances 
- CDM Regulations 
- Working At Height 
- Personal Protective Equipment 
- Manual Handling 
- Accidents and First Aid

Assessment of the Course:
The course material is evaluated by means of a multi-choice assessment paper as well as being expected to be interactive during the course and developing and presenting a toolbox talk".

Course Length:
The course consists of 2 lecture days including examinations.

Course Progression:
This course is an ideal foundation for obtaining a basic understanding of health & safety duties and responsibility for junior management, upon successful completion of this course a natural progression would be the five day site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) course.

Existing site managers, agents, surveyors and persons holding positions of managerial control should attend the five day SMSTS