{"product_id":"citb-smsts-course-stoke-on-trent-staffordshire","title":"CITB SMSTS in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Classroom)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) Course in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme, or SMSTS course, is designed for individuals who are taking on, or already hold, responsibilities for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling, and administering teams of staff. This course is ideal for those aiming to become a Site Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SMSTS course covers all relevant legislation related to safe working practices within the building, construction, and civil engineering industries. Delivered by experienced instructors, it emphasises the importance of workplace risk assessment, the implementation of effective control measures, and clear communication. These skills will enable participants to encourage and maintain a robust health and safety culture within their teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis programme is recognised by Build UK as the standard training requirement for construction managers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery Method\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelivered in a classroom in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2LW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow Completing this SMSTS Course Will Help You:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive Management Training: Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage health and safety on construction sites, ensuring compliance with regulations and industry best practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCITB Certification: Earn a prestigious certification from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), validating your expertise in safety management and demonstrating your commitment to excellence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegal Compliance Assurance: Stay abreast of evolving health and safety regulations with CITB SMSTS certification, ensuring your projects meet statutory requirements and mitigate potential liabilities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvanced Risk Assessment Techniques: Learn sophisticated risk assessment methodologies and safety management strategies, empowering you to identify and mitigate hazards in complex construction Leadership Development: Hone your leadership and communication skills to effectively engage and motivate your team, fostering a culture of safety and accountability throughout your organisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCareer Acceleration: Propel your career forward with CITB SMSTS certification, opening doors to new opportunities and positioning yourself as a trusted leader in safety management within the construction industry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is tailored for site managers, supervisors, and individuals who currently have, or are preparing to take on, responsibilities for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling, and managing teams of staff within a construction setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCourse Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUnit 1\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Health and safety law\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of health and safety legislation and the different legislative requirements that must be followed to ensure this is achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legal duties of the employer, self-employed and, to a lesser extent, employee, to promote health and safety awareness and effective standards of safety management by every employer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Construction (Design and Management) Regulations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCDM Regulations that cover the management of health, safety and welfare on construction projects. What they are about, what they require, what needs to be done and by whom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Health and safety policies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe key principles of a health and safety policy and the organisation’s arrangements for putting those policies in place. The key benefits of the policy, what it should contain and how it should be used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Risk assessments and method statements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of risk assessments in ensuring a reduction in workplace accidents. Identify the requirements of risk assessments and method statements to be suitable and proportionate to the site specific risks, fully understood and appreciated by the workforce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Induction and training\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legal requirements for the provision of information and ensure it is tailored for the audience, understood by the audience and specific to the site. Meet the needs of employee training to maintain competence on site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Effective communication\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of good communication on site with all employees, particularly during site induction, and ensuring safety critical information is conveyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Leadership and worker engagement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinciples of leadership and worker engagement to influence good working practices on site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Inspection and audit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of accurately monitoring, measuring and reporting on health and safety within the workplace. Use reliable information to show health and safety risks are being managed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Statutory forms, notices and registers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStatutory and non- statutory forms, notices, signs and registers used within the construction industry and the keeping of records and other details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Accident prevention, control, reporting and investigation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy accidents happen, the human factors, trends, causes, impacts and preventative measures required, including reporting, and follow through. Factors to consider when developing construction phase plans, safe systems of work, assessing risk, undertaking site inspections and daily health and safety management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUnit 2\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Management of health\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of sustaining good health in the workforce and how to plan and maintain suitable practices to prevent the high costs that work-related ill health causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Welfare facilities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of providing suitable welfare facilities and ensure they comply with the CDM Regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Stress and mental health at work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of a positive approach to managing mental health issues and reducing the costs to industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Drugs and alcohol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdentify, manage and support individuals affected by drugs and alcohol and understand the legal framework that regulates it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Control of substances hazardous to health\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of protecting the workforce from exposure to hazardous substances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Lead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe implications of lead in buildings, its effect, management and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Asbestos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe risks asbestos poses to health, and the legal requirements required to manage that risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Dust and fumes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe risks posed by inhalation of airborne particles, how to minimise that risk and protect the workforce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Noise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe risks that excess noise can place on the employee and the surrounding area, and how to mitigate and manage that risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Vibration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow exposure to vibration can have serious health risks. How to assess and control the risk of vibration through control methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Manual handling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to reduce the risk of injury within the workforce, taking into account the task, environment and control measures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUnit 3\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Site organisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe requirements to be considered when setting out a construction site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Fire prevention and control and dangerous substances\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorrect fire planning and dangerous substance control, including safe handling and storage. Procedures to manage hazards and risks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Electrical safety\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDangers of working on or near to live electrical circuits and good working practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Temporary works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRequirements to manage temporary works and ensure they are planned, maintained and removed appropriately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Plant and work equipment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe importance of control and management of plant and equipment on site. Effective planning, risk assessment, training and maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Mobile plant and vehicles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEffective planning and control of mobile plant and vehicles. Legal obligations of working with mobile plant on site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Lifting operations and equipment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegal requirements for lifting operations, equipment and accessories and the steps required to ensure risks are mitigated, planning is undertaken (including selection of equipment) and the correct training and maintenance obligations are met safely and efficiently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Mobile workforce and driver safety\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegal framework and guidance that supports the management of health and safety for mobile, lone and out of hour’s workers, and the potential risks and how to control them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUnit 4\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Work at Height Regulations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRisks surrounding working at height and the plans that must be in place to ensure safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Safe working at height\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRisks that exist from working at height (such as working platforms, scaffolds, ladders, flat and pitched roofs and any work being carried out near fragile materials, openings, holes and roof edges).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Common access equipment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealth and safety requirements when selecting and using common forms of access equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Scaffolding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey safety issues that relate to the use of scaffolds, how to manage scaffolding operations and how to assess suitability of erected scaffolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Fall arrest and suspension equipment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFall arrest and suspension equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Excavations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanning excavations and a safe working practice considering all the elements of the excavation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Underground and overhead services\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRisk factors of working with underground and overhead services, including how to plan the work and manage risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Confined spaces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a confined space is, how to risk assess it and how to work safely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMethods of Assessment\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMultiple Choice Exam\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuous assessment and multiple-choice test. The exam paper is compulsory and consists of 25 questions, selected by CITB, covering all aspects of the course. The examination pass mark is 80% (28 out of 35). The paper consists of 20 multiple choice questions and five short written questions. There are five safety critical questions in each exam paper. 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