SMSTS training - The Bradley Group

Introduction:  This CITB Site Safety Plus course is for site managers and anyone wanting to become a site manager to provide them with a better understanding of the legal, moral and social responsibilities of their role, and to manage health and safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions.  

Course aims:

The CITB SMSTS Site Safety Plus course aims to help site managers, agents and supervisors to:

• manage health and safety in accordance with the current legal provisions and within the context of  their management or supervisory role
• develop an understanding of responsibilities and accountability for the site, health, safety and welfare
• recognise that a safe site is efficient, economical and productive.

At the end of the course delegates will be aware of and able to:

• implement all health, safety, welfare and environmental legislation which affect them during their daily work
• implement new guidance and industry best practice
• state their duties and responsibilities with regards to health, safety, welfare and the environment.

Course Content:

• the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• the Management of Health and Safety At Work Regulations 1999
• the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
• the cost of accidents at work
• the Construction Design & Management (CDM) (amendment) Regulations 2000
• the Construction (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1996
• working at height
• control of substances hazardous to health
• the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment  Regulations 1998
• the Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• abrasive wheels
• scaffold Towers
• manual handling operations
• physical exposure 
• personal protective equipment
• individual presentations

Before booking onto this course, please ensure that you have read the CITB Entry, Assessment and Attendance Requirements.

Course Assessment: The course is assessed through syndicate exercises, delegate participation and a multiple choice examination.

We strongly recommend that students who do not have English as their first language have an ESOL level III certificate.

Course Length: Five days

Location: The Bradley Group Training Centre, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent

In-House Presentations: Please ask for a tailored quotation.

Follow on course: NEBOSH Construction Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.

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