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CITB SMSTS (Site Managers Safety Training Scheme) Site Safety Plus Course |
The Site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) is a five-day course designed for site managers, or aspiring site managers. It is designed for those with responsibility for managing, monitoring, implementing and reporting in a construction environment. The course covers relevant health, safety and environmental legislation affecting safe working in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures, and adequate communication to sustain a health and safety culture among the workforce. The SMSTS course is endorsed by Build UK as the standard training for all construction managers.
The course aims to help site managers to:
• manage and implement health, safety and environmental aspects on site, in accordance with current legal provisions and within the context of their management role
• implement new guidance and industry best practice
• develop an understanding of responsibility and accountability for site health, safety, welfare and the environment
• recognise that a safe site is efficient, economical, productive and environmentally friendly.
There are no formal entry requirements, however, delegates should hold, or be about to hold, the role of a site manager. Previous health and safety knowledge is recommended. Those without previous health and safety management experience are recommended to sit the two-day SSSTS course. Delegates must be competent in written and spoken English necessary for operating efficiently at site management level.
The course ends with an examination assessment. The paper consists of 25 questions, selected by CITB, covering all aspects of the course. The exam must be taken at the end of the course. Each exam paper has:
• 18 multiple choice questions (each worth one mark)
• 7 questions in multi-response or short written answer format (each worth two marks) The two mark questions all relate to the seven health and safety focus areas. The higher marks recognise and reward the increased complexity of the question and response required. The seven health and safety focus areas are founded on construction ill health, injury and fatality statistics:
• Working at height
• Vehicles/pedestrians
• Manual handling
• Asbestos
• Dust
• Noise
• Vibration.
The exam pass mark is 81% (26 out of 32). The exam lasts for 35 minutes and must be completed within this time under exam conditions. Delegates are permitted to use the Construction site safety – The comprehensive guide (GE700) publication and the Construction site management delegate workbook (XA6) for the last 15 minutes of the exam. The exam paper forms part of the overall assessment as to whether the delegate has successfully achieved the Site Management Safety Training Scheme and demonstrated both knowledge of the relevant statutory provisions as well as the application of management in respect of health and safety issues.
This five day course is an ideal route for supervisors & managers to gain the relevant Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card upon completion of the CITB Health, Safety & environment "touch screen" test.
Please note: all delegates are required to produce photographic identification when attending all CITB courses. Suitable forms of identification are a valid passport, driving license (including provisional) or UK cards.
