SSSTS (CITB) - Supervisor Site Safety Training Scheme

Course Aims:

To ensure that all those given supervisory responsibilities understand:

- Why they are carrying out their identified duties.
- What is expected of them and to ensure that they contribute to the safety in the workplace.
- To ensure that at the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the problems of the industry.
- Have an understanding of how health and safety law is structured.
- Identify how their supervisory role fits in with the manager in controlling site safety.
- Carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements.
- Carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statements.
- Understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate their need

Course Contents:

The main topics covered by the SSSTS training course syllabus will be best practice in areas such as:

- Construction Accidents: types, numbers and immediate and underlying causes.
- Health and Safety legal system.
- Acts, Regulations, Approved codes of practice and guidance notes.
- Risk Assessment in areas such as:
- Work at height, demolition, noise, occupational health, fire, control of contractors, electricity, confined spaces and course details.

Assessment/Certification:

Delegates must complete a 30 minute, 25 question multiple choice exam at the end of the course. Upon successful completion of this, delegates will achieve a CITB accredited certificate which is valid for 5 years.

Duration:

2 Days