CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
Course duration
5 days
Course details
Overview:
This five-day 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 and workforce.
This 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 & Safety culture among the workforces.
Who will the course benefit?
The course aims to help Site Managers, Agents, and Supervisors to:
Manage Health & Safety on-site in accordance with current legal provisions and within the context of their management or supervisory role.
Develop an understanding of responsibilities and accountability for site health, safety, and welfare.
Recognise a safe site is efficient, economical, and productive.
Candidates under the age of 18 must provide written consent from a parent or guardian to attend the course. Please contact us if you require a parental consent form to complete prior to the course commencing.
Course objectives:
On successful completion of the course the delegates are awarded the Construction Industry Training Board (Site Safety Plus) Certificate in PDF format. This will be sent electronically to the course booker.
Programme content:
At the end of the period of training, delegates will be aware of, and able to:
Implement all health, safety, welfare, and environmental legislations which affects them during their daily work.
Implement new guidance and industry best practice.
State their duties and responsibilities with regards to health, safety, welfare, and environment
Course details
The SMSTS online course will cover the following topics.
- Health & Safety at Work Act
- CDM Regulations
- Risk Assessment
- Method Statements
- Changes in accepted working practices
- Scaffolding
- Electricity
- Behavioural safety
- Excavations
- Demolition
- Confined Spaces
- Management of Occupational Health
- Working at Heights
CITB SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) is a five-day course for site managers. This course has been designed for site managers who are responsible for the monitoring, planning, organising and controlling of staff. If you are a site supervisor you may want to consider the CITB SSSTS (Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme) instead.
The SMSTS course will provide you with a thorough understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation affecting safe working on site.
Each delegate will receive the CITB Mandatory Publications (ebooks for virtual courses and hardcopy for face to face courses)
- Construction site management delegate workbook (XA6)
- Construction site safety – The comprehensive guide (GE700)
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.
The content covered by this CITB course includes but isnt limited to the below:
Day 1
- Health and safety: facts and figures, accident prevention,
- Health and Safety and The Manager: types of work, range of activities, the role of a manager, leadership styles, and the consequences of failing to manage health and safety.
- Health and safety and the legal system in the UK: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and Implementing Health & Safety Legislation.
Day 2
- The Work at Height Regulations (WAH) 2005: scaffolding types, risk assessments, working at heights hazards, scaffold inspection, safety provisions (ladders, harness, fall arrest).
- The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015: key regulations changes, the pre construction phase plan, construction phase plan and information on duty holders.
- The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations (PPER) 2022: key regulations changes, employee and employer responsibilities
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013: how to report injuries and the types of injuries and dangerous occurances
- The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981: first aid equipment, first aid staff and the HSE recommendations.
Day 3
- Various other legislation: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 2002 , The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005.
- Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012: what is it? Who is at risk? Asbestos-related diseases, Lead and Dust and Fumes
- Waste and environmental management: Environmental Protection Act 1990 and The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
- Risk assessments and risk management: qualitative/quantitative, evaluating risks and control measures.
- Effective communication
- Leadership and worker engagement
- Statuaatory forms, notices and registers
Day 4
- Various other legislation: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998, and Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998.
- Construction hazards: The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 underground and overhead services, excavations, The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
- Occupational health: drugs and alcohol in the workplace and mental health awareness.
Day 5
Assessment: You are assessed on your involvement throughout the training and your performance on the four core exercises of the course, which are listed below:-
- Implementing health and safety legislation
- Managers and supervisors responsibilities
- Construction site briefing
- Construction site layout
There is an exam that lasts for 35 minutes and consists of 25 questions, selected by CITB, covering all aspects of the course. The exam pass mark is 81% (26 out of 32).
Each exam paper has 18 multiple choice questions (each worth one mark) and 7 questions in multi-response or short written answer format (each worth two marks)
Delegates are permitted to use the Construction site safety – The comprehensive guide (GE700) publication and the Construction site management delegate workbook (XA6) for the last 15 minutes of the exam.
The exam must be taken at the end of the course.
Additional Training Options
Looking for other training courses? Explore our additional options:
- CITB Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS)
- CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator Training Course (TWCTC)
- CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA)
- CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) - Day Release
- CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SMSTS-R)
- CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
- CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SSSTS-R)
- CITB Temporary Works Supervisor Training Course (TWSTC)
- CITB Directors Role in Health & Safety
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