Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme

ConstructionSkills - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme

Course Duration

Two Days

Cost

£275 - Open Course Per Person
£POA - Course at your Premises

Course Aims and Objectives

The Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course has been designed to meet the needs of site supervisors within the construction industry. This course is for first line managers – those who have to, or are about to, acquire supervisory responsibilities. The course aims to highlight the need for risk assessment in the workplace, implementation of the necessary control measures and adequate communication and monitoring in order to provide and maintain positive standards of health, safety and welfare on a construction site.

Upon completion of the SSSTS training course, candidates will be able to:

• Understand the problems of the industry;
• Appreciate how Health & Safety law is structured;
• Identify how their supervisory role fits into that of the manager in controlling site safety;
• 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.

Course Content

The SSSTS training course covers The Health & Safety at Work Act and the regulations relevant to the Construction Industry (and other workplaces), including:

• Construction Accidents: types, numbers and immediate and underlying causes
• Health & Safety Legal System
• Acts, Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance Notes
• Risk Assessment in areas such as:
  • Work at height
  • Demolition
  • Noise
  • Occupational Health
  • Fire
  • Control of contractors
  • Electricity
  • Confined Spaces

Certification

Upon completion, each delegate will be awarded with the ConstructionSkills Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme certificate valid for 5 years.