CITB SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme

The SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme is ideal for team leaders, foremen, gangers, first line managers, and supervisors with supervisory responsibilities over groundworkers, operatives and others on-site, as well as those with a need to understand the legal duties of supervisors within the construction industry.

Delegates should:

• Have a good understanding of written & spoken English. If delegates have any problems with English literacy or language comprehension, they must bring them to the attention of their employer.

The agenda for the SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme includes:

• Health & Safety Law, including CDM Regulations
• Health & Safety management systems, risk assessments and method statements
• Statutory inspections and checks, reporting accidents, injuries and ill health
• Leadership and worker engagement
• Health & Welfare of the workforce, first aid and emergency procedures
• COSHH, Asbestos, Dust, Fumes, Noise and Vibration and Manual Handling
• Site set up and security, fire prevention and control, electrical safety, temporary works and plant and work equipment
• Lifting operations and equipment, working at height and excavations
• Underground and overhead services and confined spaces
• Multiple Choice Examination

Successful delegates will receive an SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme e-certificate accredited by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), valid for a period of 5 years from the course date.

To remain certified, you will need to take an SSSTS Refresher - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme prior to the expiry date listed on your certificate, otherwise the full course will need to be retaken once again.

The natural progression from the SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme course is the SMSTS - Site Management Safety Training Scheme.

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