CITB SMSTS Refresher (SMSTS-R) Online (Instructor-led)

What is the CITB SMSTS Refresher?

The two-day SMSTS Refresher (SMSTS-R) renews an in-date Site Management Safety Training Scheme certificate for a further five years. It revisits the core principles of the full course and brings managers up to date with changes in legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and industry guidance that have arrived since they last trained. Build UK endorses the refresher as the standard renewal route for construction site managers.

Who is the SMSTS Refresher Suitable For?

Anyone who holds a valid SMSTS or SMSTS Refresher certificate issued within the last five years. The refresher must be completed before the existing certificate expires – once it has lapsed the full five-day SMSTS course has to be retaken. Proof of the in-date certificate, photo ID and a good standard of English are required.

What's Included in the SMSTS Refresher?

Two days of live instructor-led training over Zoom, with the CITB mandatory publications provided as eBooks.

Delivery Method

Live online via Zoom, 08:30 to 16:30 on both days. A laptop or PC with webcam, microphone and speakers, a stable connection and a quiet space are needed for the whole course.

Course Duration

2 days

Course Content

• Legislation and ACOP updates, with discussion of their practical impact on site compliance
• Overview of proposed and impending legislation
• RIDDOR – accident statistics, costs, causes and management responsibilities in prevention
• The HSE's current focus on construction activities
• Safety management systems, policies, plans and performance measurement
• Management of contractors
• Communication and consultation – effective toolbox talks and site inductions
• Behavioural safety, human error and stress
• Syndicate exercises covering CDM 2015, work at height, COSHH, asbestos, PUWER and LOLER, confined spaces, fire safety and occupational health

Assessment / Examination

Delegates are assessed on participation and on four core exercises, followed by a 35-minute CITB exam of 25 questions with a pass mark of 81%. The GE700 and XA6 publications may be used for the final 15 minutes.

Certification

On success, the existing CITB Site Safety Plus SMSTS certificate is renewed for five years and issued as a PDF.

Related Content

• CITB SMSTS Refresher (SMSTS-R) courses
• CITB SMSTS courses
• CITB SSSTS Refresher (SSSTS-R)
• CITB courses

After completing the course, learners can order their certificate directly from the provider.

To join online courses, delegates have to log in via a link provided through a computer or laptop with a camera, screen, microphone and access to the internet.

Connection quality is the responsibility of the delegate. If you need to download free video conferencing software please visit our video conferencing software page where you can download the software specified by Pragmatic Consulting.

E-learning and Online (Instructor-led) training is more flexible, efficient, and cost-effective.

Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.

You will receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Pragmatic Consulting is a CITB Approved Training Organisation based at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, trading since 2014 and better known in the utility world than the construction one, where most of its work is with gas, water and power contractors. The CITB range listed here – nine Site Safety Plus courses – is delivered almost entirely live over Zoom, which makes it a practical choice for utility firms whose site teams need SMSTS, SSSTS or temporary works tickets without leaving the depot for a week.

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