The following provides an overview of the course outline for the two day CITB Site Supervisors’ Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) 

Day One 

08:30 Course Administration 

08:45 Course Introduction 

   Aims and Objectives
   Role of the Supervisor 

10:30 Health and Safety Law 

   Health and Safety Law
   Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
   Health and Safety Enforcement 

11:15 Safe Systems of Work 

   Hazard Identification
   Risk Assessment  
   Method Statement
   Principles of Prevention
   Special Considerations 

12:00 Health and Safety Management 

   Safety Policies
   Measuring Performance
   Permit Systems 

12:30  LUNCH 

13:30 Occupational Health 

   NoiseVibration
   Asbestos
   Drugs and Alcohol
   Dermatitis
   Asthma
   Health Monitoring

14:45 Fire Prevention/Control and other emergencies 

   Regulatory Reform (Fire Order) 2005
   Fire Prevention (Fire Plan)
   Fire Fighting
   Raising the Alarm and Escape
   Other Emergencies 

15:30 Hazardous Substances (COSHH) 

   COSHH
   Five Principles
   Hierarchy of COSHH Assessment
   COSHH Symbols
   Harmful Substances
   Protecting the Worker 

16:00 

Group Exercise Risk Assessment & Method Statements 

16:45 

Presentation Skills Delivering effective Toolbox Talks 

17:30 

End of day One 

Day Two 

08:30 CDM 

   Notification
   Competence
   Part 4 – Duties relating to Health and Safety on construction sites
   Welfare 

10:00 Work at height 

   Legislation (WAH Regs) 
   Hierarchy of Control
   Avoidance of Risk
   Risk Assessment
   Hazards
   Work Equipment selection
   Work Equipment requirements
   Competence

11:30 Personal Protective Equipment 

12:00 Manual Handling 

   Definition of Manual Handling
   Manual Handling Operations Regulations
   Manual Handling Assessment
   Information and Training 

12:30 Accidents and First Aid 

   Definition of accident
   Common causes of accidents
   RIDDOR Notification and reporting requirements
   First Aid
   Data Protection 

13:00 LUNCH 

14:00 Intervention Skills and Behaviour 

   Behaviour
   Habits
   Achieving Behavioural Change
   Visual Messages
   Verbal and non-verbal communication
   Trance states
   Intervention Skills 

15:00 Intervention Skills Exercise 

   Group Flipchart work on typical instances on site
   Thought process behind persuading individuals to think about the potential consequences when not
   acted upon

15:45 Examination 

Multiple Choice Test 

16:15 Course Review/Close

Aims and Objectives 

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 of 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 the site safely
• carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements
• carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings
• understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate their need

 Assessment 

The method of assessment will be by multiple-choice questions at the end of the course as well as being expected to be interactive during the course and developing and presenting a toolbox talk. 

Course Progression 

This course is an ideal foundation for obtaining a basic understanding of health and safety duties and responsibilities for junior management, and upon successful completion of the course, a natural progression would be the five-day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course. 

Existing site managers, agents, surveyors and persons holding positions of managerial control should attend the five-day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course.

Booking Form

  If you’d like more information about the CITB SSSTS course, then give us a call on 01453 845108, or send an E mail to info@safetycrossroad.com with your full name and contact details.