SSSTS (CITB) - Supervisor Site Safety Training Scheme

Course Duration: 2 days

Aims and Objectives:

- Understand the problems of the industry 
- Appreciate how health and safety law is structured
- Identify how their supervisory role fits into that of the manager in controlling site safety 
- Carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements 
- Carry out site inductions, tool box talks and method statement briefings
- Understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate their need

Course Content:

- Construction accidents: types, numbers and immediate and underlying causes
- Health & Safety Legal System
- Acts, Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance Notes
- Risk Assessments in such areas as:
- Working at Height
- Demolition 
- Noise 
- Occupational Health 
- Fire
- Control of Contractors
- Electricity 
- Confined Spaces

Suitable For:

First line managers, foremen, gangers, team leaders and supervisors Those who have, or are about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities and need to understand their legal duties to better contribute to the instruction, supervision and monitoring of tasks and activities to ensure safety on site.

Exams: Multiple choice exam paper and 5 minute tool box talk