CITB SSSTS Course in Blackburn, Lancashire (Classroom)

What is the CITB SSSTS Course?

CITB SSSTS course or Site supervisor safety training scheme is a two day health and safety course for supervisors delivered in Blackburn, Lancashire. This SSSTS course is designed for supervisors working in the building, civil engineering and construction industries.

You will learn all the relevant legislation affecting safe working in your industry. Also, you will develop a thorough understanding of your responsibility for the workers welfare on site.

Why Take this CITB SSSTS Course?

The SSSTS course is highly informative and gives you all the information you need to improve health and safety, and to supervise effectively.

With this knowledge, you will have the necessary tools needed to maintain a safety and welfare culture within your workforce.

As one of our top CITB training courses; the CITB SSSTS course online or classroom option should be your go-to course if you are a site supervisor or about to become one.

What Does the CITB SSSTS Course Involve?

The CITB SSSTS course covers the following topics (for the full list of topics covered in this training, keep reading):

• Health and safety and the supervisor
• Working safely at height
• First aid provision
• Construction design and management regulations
• Environmental awareness
• Fire safety and fire hazard risks

How is the CITB SSSTS Course Delivered?

This CITB SSSTS course is delivered as a classroom based course in our training venue in Blackburn, Lancashire. We have a range of bookable public course dates plotted throughout the year that individuals or companies can book onto.

The course is delivered in a traditional classroom format by a CITB approved tutor to 20 delegates. The classroom SSSTS course is one of our more popular training courses. You can book one or multiple spaces of the course online via our website or over the phone.

Benefits of the SSSTS Course

You will achieve a highly recognised qualification, which is valid for five years.
Gives you the knowledge needed to supervise and maintain a safe site.

• Endorsed by BuildUK
• Gives you the tools you need to advance on to the CITB SMSTS qualification to become a site manager.
• CITB Site Safety Plus accredited

The CITB SSSTS course provides you with a thorough understanding of your supervisory responsibilities, and the workers welfare on site.

With this knowledge, you will be able to supervise your workforce more efficiently.

Course Content

Day 1

• Health and safety: accidents and you, accident prevention, facts and figures
• Health and Safety and the Supervisor: health and safety legislation and the different legislative requirements
• Risk assessments: why we conduct a risk assessment, how to conduct a risk assessment, and the hierarchy of controls
• Health and safety management systems: how to develop, maintain and monitor a health and safety management system
• Working at height: the key principles for working safely at height
• First Aid Provision: how to manage first aid and emergency procedures for a construction site

Day 2

• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM): CDM Regulations and how they are used to support health and safety on site.
• Construction hazards: hazardous substances, asbestos, dust and fumes, noise and vibration, safety signs, confined spaces, excavations, and manual handling.
• Environmental awareness:  pollution, waste materials, and reducing nuisance, noise, dust and light.
• Lifting operations, lifting equipment and plant and work equipment.
• Fire prevention and control: identifying the main fire hazard risks and identifying basic fire safety requirements on site.
• Health and welfare: drugs and alcohol in the workplace; and mental health awareness.

Assessment

You must contribute throughout the full two days of the course and deliver a toolbox box talk to the rest of the group. At the end of the training, you will also complete an exam consisting of multiple-choice questions selected by CITB.

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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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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 instantly 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.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

3B Training deliver world class Health & Safety training courses in venues across the UK,
online over Zoom and at client’s addresses. They also offer a variety of National Vocational
Qualifications (NVQs) and e-learning courses.

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