A CITB Course Is A Good Way To Raise Health And Safety Awareness

It’s a common fact that having relevant qualifications in any industry is very important these days. Especially it concerns people working in the constantly changing construction industry. They have to be well prepared and properly trained in the safety and management of the construction site due to multiple potential incidents out there. Gladly, there are a variety of courses including the CITB course portfolio which is aimed at delivering training in health and safety awareness, site management, plant management, etc. which is indispensable for everyone working on a construction site or with construction plant. This type of training isn’t only essential for future growth in the industry but also ensures that employees and subcontractors work safer and make fewer mistakes.

For instance, site management and safe site supervision are indispensable for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff and workforce. SMSTS (The Site Manager Safety Training Scheme) is the most popular category of CITB course and is designed to help site managers, agents and other persons manage health and safety on site and develop an understanding of responsibilities and accountability for site health, safety and welfare. At the end of the course each successful candidate is awarded a certificate which is valid for 5 years.

“Construction Skills Health And Safety Awareness” is another CITB course intended for people who are about to work or have just started working in the industry. The course helps identify and understand the potential hazards that can be faced on site. Candidates are provided with basic skills and knowledge concerning health, safety, welfare and environmental issues.

Altogether, they develop the responsibility to look after themselves and co-workers or subordinates by outlining their own duties and ways of action when someone’s health or safety is being put at risk. It’s important to highlight that the whole course takes only one day and can be a good foundation for those wishing to obtain industry accreditation cards or progress to the safety training scheme of site supervisors in the future (SSSTS).

The CITB course on achieving behavioural change also takes one day only and is aimed at those who want to get basic understanding of hazard, risk control and causes of accidents at work. But what is the most important about this course is that it sheds light on the role of attitude, behaviour, communication and worker engagement for preventing these accidents. The objective of the course is to enable candidates to define hazards, risks, their control measures, to recognise the benefits of good safety performance. Training methods of this course include discussions, best practice sharing, exercises, case studies and many others. As with any other course, candidates are assessed throughout the course in preparation for final examinations.
All in all, qualifications achieved during a CITB course enable employees from manager and supervisors to the on-site workforce to become aware of their duties and other requirements associated with their roles. For companies who don’t like their employees to be absent for a long time can use these courses because they only take from one to five days. Managers and supervisors working in the construction industry can also keep track of any changes going on in the industry by taking refresher courses.