CITB SITE MANAGER SAFETY TRAINING SCHEME

Management is so much more than instructing others to act. The layers of responsibility are many and none are more important than the safety and welfare of a site and team under management’s duty of care.

This Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course covers all relevant legislation and other essential elements relating to site management safety. It will provide Learners with the knowledge and respect for site safety, with the core aim to enable them to:

• Manage health and safety on-site following 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 that a safe site is efficient, economical and productive

This course consists of video and classroom-based exercises and tutorials featuring best practice sharing, group work, and case studies. In addition, Learners will cover legislative and practical knowledge and awareness of site safety.

The course reflects national standards and industry best practices and is fully accredited in line with regulations. Choose to learn with Totally Training and Learners benefit from our custom-built training facilities and customer-first approach.

Our occupationally and technically-experienced Instructors will coach and assess learners throughout this five-day course, finishing the session with a multiple-choice and written exam. To qualify for the certificate, Learners must pass the examinations with a minimum pass rate, after which they will receive a five-year certificate.

Once qualified, SMSTS Refresher training is for two days and must be completed within a valid SMSTS certificate date.

This training is essential for management to ensure site health, safety and welfare are not only implemented but considered the top priority in all operations. Learners will review legal requirements, learn safety measures, ensure safety compliance, and understand procedures.

The course will take Learners through:

• An introduction to health and safety law, duties, responsibilities, enforcement and sanctions
• Overviews and explanations of the most relevant construction activity legislation
• Accident costs, causes, investigation, prevention and reporting requirements
• Risk assessment and 'principles of prevention’
• Safety management systems, policies, plans, performance and measuring
• Management of contractors
• Development of safe systems of work' and permit systems
• Practical communication skills and techniques
• Behavioural science that includes awareness of human error
• Motivating safety behaviour
• Recognition of organisational duties and responsibilities
• Specific responsibilities of managers, supervisors and operatives
• Production of site activity instructions (safe system of work)
• Planning for health and safety within the context of a project

On completing this Site Management Safety Training (SMSTS) course, Learners will understand and be able to:

• Implement all health, safety, welfare and environmental legislation which affects them during their daily work
• Implement new guidance and industry best practices
• State their duties and responsibilities regarding health, safety, welfare and the environment

To qualify for the certificate, Learners must pass the examinations with a minimum pass rate, after which they will receive a five-year certificate.

This CITB SMSTS course is 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. The delegate will be looking to further their career within construction by taking on further management responsibilities.

This five-day course trains Learners to understand the challenges, processes and fundamentals of site safety management, legislation and regulations on completion and certification. Learners can take the course in a five-day block (Monday-Friday), split it over two weeks (For example, three days on week one and two days on week two) or as a day release of one day per week for five weeks. Courses can be attended at a training facility or online over online remote video delivery.

Once qualified, SMSTS Refresher training is for two days and must be completed within a valid SMSTS certificate date.

At Totally Training, quality and support to our learners is priority. Totally Training provide a dedicated service to Our Clients.

Totally Training are a leading provider of health, safety, environmental and technical theory and practical training and assessment services, covering a wide range of industry sectors, working with 100s of organisations to provide quality written and delivered courses. 

Totally Training Instructors are fully qualified and occupationally experienced and competent from industry-specific backgrounds to deliver Our qualifications, traveling nationwide to provide necessary support at all times.

Our occupationally experienced CITB Site Safety Plus Course Instructors have successfully trained over 10,000 Learners across a varierty of industry-related sectors. Totally Training deliver courses at our nationwide, industry-leading and accredited training centres and offering the very best of training standards and quality assurance. 

We have hundreds of public dates and locations nationally for CITB Site Safety Plus training courses, or can offer dedicated training for specific requirements such as on-site groups. Whatever you need, our training services help bring together the optimum mix of solutions to ensure you can apply the hierarchy of risk control most effectively. 

For SMSTS training held at your own location, please ensure that the classroom available has a power supply and is suitable for the number of delegates attending. 

In addition, Learners must inform their Course Instructor if they have any serious health issues, physical problems, special considerations or are taking any medication, which may create difficulties in undertaking elements of this training course so that we can make adjustments where possible.

To learn more about this qualification, to book or for any queries, please contact a member of the team by phone at 07763 854 325 or email training@totally.training