This course is designed for those working in health and safety strategic roles in the 'built' environment. It provides company directors and senior managers with the ability to recognise their duties of care and the implications of non-compliance with health and safety legislation. 

This course is recognised by Build UK as the standard for training for all senior managers and company directors. 

The course is delivered through a combination of classroom-based tutorials.

Agenda: 

• Recognising the moral, economic and legal costs/implications of decisions made in the boardroom that may make their business liable 
• Understanding the significance of strategic management of risks 
• Appreciating the range of consequences from failing to manage health and safety effectively 
• Understanding the importance of competent duty holders, and the significance of their cooperation, communication and coordination of health and safety on projects 
• Recognising the need to appoint competent health and safety assistance, and the limitations of such an appointment 
• Identifying the basic tools to introduce a proactive health and safety culture into an organisation, and the benefits of this approach 
• Continuous assessment throughout the day including a final written test (exercises throughout the day will give those on the course the opportunity to discuss their thoughts about health and safety and their responsibilities in an open forum)

This course has been developed for directors and senior managers active in a health and safety strategic role in the built environment, from any organisational size, in construction, civil engineering, or allied trades.

Delegates must be able to demonstrate the following: 

1) Either previously completed a CITB Director’s Role for Health and Safety course 

or  

Working knowledge of the following health and safety legislation with the anticipation that course content and the end-of-course assessment will require delegates to consider these legislations in context with a director’s role and responsibility: 

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 
• Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015 
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 

2) Completion of the pre-course eLearning. Successful completion of this component generates a digital certificate, a copy of which must be sent to the Approved Training Organisation (ATO) at least 24 hours before the commencement of the main course and may be subject to audit. The ATO must ensure copies of certificates are retained for audit purposes and that the course results form is updated accordingly. 

Following the successful completion of the course, delegates will be awarded a digital CITB Site Safety Plus certificate, valid for five years. To remain certified in this area, delegates will need to retake the course before the expiry date. 

Companies who are CITB registered and meet their grant scheme eligibility requirements may be able to claim for a short course duration grant. Please contact us for further information.