CITB SSSTS Course in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire (Classroom)
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SSSTS Course in Burton Upon Trent – Gain Your CITB Site Supervisor Qualification
The CITB Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course provides essential training for site supervisors, covering health and safety regulations, risk assessment, and effective site management. Over two days, participants will learn how to implement safe working practices, lead teams responsibly, and ensure compliance with legal requirements. This course is ideal for those looking to step into or enhance their supervisory role in the construction industry.
Course Duration
2 Days
Delivery Method
This course is delivered in a classroom in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0BB
Course Overview
The SSSTS course will provide you with the building blocks to becoming a supervisor. Start your construction supervision journey here.
This course is short but informative and engages the delegate in a wide variety of methods. Delegates will find themselves working independently and in a team as well as working through some practical tasks.
Content for the SSSTS includes:
- Legalisation, ACOP updates with discussions on impact and practical aspects of compliance
- Overview of proposed/ impending legalisation
- Accidents statistics, costs, causes, management responsibilities/methods in prevention
- HSE’s current focus on construction activities
- Safety management systems, policies, plans and performance measuring
- Management of contractors
- Communication and consultation aspects, effective use of toolbox talks and site inductions
- Behavioural science includes awareness of human error, stress and prevention
- Prevention of accidents
- Motivating safety behaviour
- Planning for health & safety in relation to fire safety, working at height, manual handling, and movement of people within the context of a project
Course Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this course. The course will be delivered in English. Delegates must be able to read, write and communicate verbally in English.
Assessment
The SSSTS course is a combination of classroom-based theory and tutorials, candidates will continually be assessed throughout the course. Successful completion of the course requires the delegate to pass an exam paper at the end of the course.
The final exam consists of a combination of multiple choice questions and multi-response/ short written answer questions.The delegate will need to achieve 80% pass mark in the final exam in order to successfully complete the SSSTS course.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will receive a CITB accredited certificate which is valid for five years. The refresher course needs to be undertaken before its expiry date.
Successful attendees will:
- 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.
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For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.
For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.
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If you wish to speak to somebody regarding your course straight away, you can call us on 0808 1966 830 free of charge.
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.
Gaskell Safety was established in 2018 with a clear view to provide Health & Safety services for the local businesses of Burton-on-Trent, over the years Gaskell Safety has grown to now supplying services and training country wide. A family run company with employed passionate consultants and trainers with purpose built training facilities, Gaskell Safety focuses on clients requirements, delegate enjoyment and learner experience.
Envico is working in association with Gaskell Safety offering CITB, IOSH, NEBOSH and other health and safety training courses and is not accredited by or associated with CITB or any other examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.