CITB SMSTS - Site Management Safety Training Scheme

The CITB SMSTS is a comprehensive five-day training programme that focuses on the principles of effective site management and health and safety leadership within construction. It provides a deep understanding of how safety, welfare, and environmental responsibilities are integrated into everyday site operations.

The course emphasises the importance of creating a proactive health and safety culture, ensuring that risks are properly managed and that legal requirements are consistently met. Through practical discussion and real-world examples, it helps participants recognise how management decisions directly impact safety standards on site.

By completing the SMSTS, learners gain the insight and confidence needed to lead by example, promote best practice, and maintain high levels of compliance across their projects.

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

The SMSTS course will provide you with a thorough understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation affecting safe working on site.  

This training is endorsed by BuildUK.

The content covered by this CITB course includes but isn't 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:-