SMSTS Training (CITB) - Site Management Training

The SMSTS course is a course designed for those with responsibility for managing, monitoring, implementing and reporting in a construction environment.

This CITB course includes the following elements:

• Management and implementation of health, safety and environmental aspects on site, in accordance with current legal provisions and within the context of their management role
• What is expected of site managers, including occupational health issues that arise within the construction sector
• An understanding of how health and safety law is structured, and how the role of a manager controls site safety
• Risk assessments – how to carry these out and why method statements are a legal requirement
• Fire prevention and control, control of hazardous substances, CDM (Construction Design Management) Regulations, Working at Height, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), manual handling, accidents and first aid
• How to carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings
• Understanding the need for proactive and reactive monitoring

Full attendance is essential, and candidates will be expected to actively participate. Continual assessment will take place during the course. There is also a multiple-choice assessment at the end of the course.