The SSSTS course is an ideal foundation for attaining a basic understanding of health & safety duties and responsibilities for junior management in construction work.

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This CITB course includes the following elements:

• An introduction into health and safety on site, as well as welfare and environmental issues that those in a supervisory role must be aware of. This also includes the legal responsibilities that are relevant to supervisors whilst safely managing a construction site

• What is expected of site supervisors, including occupational health issues that arise within the construction sector

• An understanding of how health and safety law is structured, and how the role of a supervisor links in with the role of a site manager when controlling site safety

• Risk assessments – how to carry these out and why method statements are a legal requirement

• Fire prevention and control, control of hazardous substances, CDM (Construction Design Management) Regulations, Working at Height, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), manual handling, accidents and first aid

• How to carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings

• Understanding the need for proactive and reactive monitoring.

• The SSSTS test which all delegates must pass to complete the course

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Full attendance is essential, and candidates will be expected to actively participate. Continual assessment will take place during the course. There is also a multiple-choice assessment at the end of the course.

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Having successfully completed the SSSTS course, a natural progression would be to the five day  (SMSTS) course.