Best courses to get yourself booked onto as a site manager

Becoming a confident, competent site manager means more than just showing up. You need the right qualifications, up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and skills in overseeing complex site operations. 

At Pragmatic Consulting, we offer several courses that are well-suited to aspiring and current site managers. Selecting the right ones can enhance your credentials and ensure you’re prepared to tackle the challenges of the role.

In this article, we take a look at the key courses you should consider taking as a site manager.  

CITB SMSTS - Site Management Safety Training Scheme

The CITB SMSTS is specifically designed for site managers and other roles that involve planning, organising and monitoring groups of staff. This five-day course covers all relevant legal requirements and safety aspects of working in the building, construction and engineering industries.

This is an invaluable course that can help you strengthen your skills and give a comprehensive understanding of all health, safety and environmental laws that apply when working on a site.  

Our CITB SMSTS course covers 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-R - Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher

If you’ve already completed the five-day CITB SMSTS course, but would like to refresh your knowledge, then the CITB SMSTS-R is the course for you. This is perfect for site managers who want to get up to date with the latest legislation and refresh their skills. 

In order to take this refresher course, candidates must already have completed the CITB SMSTS course within the last five years and it is still in date. 

Our CITB SMSTS-R course covers the following topics: 

• Legislation, ACOP updates with discussions on impact and practical aspects of compliance

• Overview of proposed/impending legislation

• RIDDOR - Accident statistics, costs, causes, management responsibilities/methods in prevention

• HSE's current focus on construction activities

• Safety management systems, policies, plans and performance measuring.

• Management of Contractors

• Communication and consultation aspects, effective use of 'toolbox talks' and 'site inductions'

• Behavioural Safety, including awareness of human error, stress and prevention.

• Syndicate exercises

CITB SMSTS Day Release - Site Management Safety Training Scheme

Our CIBT SMSTS Day Release course is a part-time training programme that offers a flexible learning route for site managers, supervisors and people in leadership roles in the construction industry. You can complete this training over four or five weekly sessions to help you manage your work commitments.

The qualification you gain is valid for five years and you’ll be required to retake a course to keep your qualification before your qualification expires. Sessions will run once per week over four or five consecutive weeks and the last session includes a multiple-choice exam. 

Our CIBT SMSTS Day Release course covers the following topics: 

• Legal and management duties of site managers

• Risk assessments and method statements

• CDM regulations and site organisation

• Fire prevention, working at height, and occupational health

• Environmental protection and sustainability on-site

Additional recommended courses for National Grid Site Managers (PCSMs)

For those managing National Grid projects, the following are necessary under SR163.11 (National Grid requirements and related standards):

• 3-Day First Aid at Work Certification

• Competent Person (NSI6 & NSI8 Full)

• EUSR Impressed Voltage for Managers & SR/234 Overview, including IVDE (ECP/EAP) and TP234 Q&A

• EUSR HSG47 - Avoiding Dangers Underground Services (HV Substations)

• CDM 2015 Awareness & National Grid SR/137 Overview

• CITB Temporary Works Co-ordinator (TWCTC)

• CITB SEATS - Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme

• Understanding of UK Health, Safety, Environmental & Waste Management Legislation

• Knowledge of National Grid Supplier Requirements (SR106, SR107, SR135, SR141, SR163, SR183, SR188, SR234, SR241)

• Awareness of Principal Contractor Quality Management Systems (QMS)

• Relevant industry experience and current authorisations

These courses ensure compliance with National Grid standards.

Are you looking for site manager training courses? 

If you need a training partner for the construction, utility and infrastructure sectors, then we can help. Pragmatic Consulting offers a range of courses designed for these industries and for site managers. Please get in touch to see how we can help.

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