CITB SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme

Course details

The CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) two-day course is intended for those who have, or are about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities. It provides supervisors with an understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues, as well as their legal responsibilities relevant to their work activities. It will highlight the requirement to promote Health & Safety to supervise effectively.

This course is endorsed by the United Kingdom Contractors Group UKCG as the standard training for all supervisors working on UKCG sites and, as such, the course must be delivered as laid out in the following programme.

This course is an ideal foundation for obtaining a basic understanding of Health & Safety duties and responsibilities for junior management, and upon successful completion of this course, a natural progression would be the 5-day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course. Existing Site Managers, Agents, Surveyors, and persons holding positions of managerial control should attend the 5-day SMSTS course.

The CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) aims to ensure that all those given supervisory responsibilities understand:

• Why they are carrying out their identified duties.
• What is expected of them as a supervisor
• To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the workplace.

Skills gained

On successful completion of the course the delegates will be awarded the Construction Skills Site Safety Plus Certificate as an electronic PDF.

SSSTS Training Course Content

• By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
• Understand the problems of the industry.
• Have an understanding of how Health & Safety law is structured and how it applies to Supervisors.
• Identify how their supervisory role fits in with the management structure in controlling the site safely.
• Carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements.
• Carry out effective site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings.
• Be able to monitor site activities effectively.
• Understand the importance of timely intervention when bad practice is identified.

SSSTS Course Details

CITB SSSTS (Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme) is a two-day course for site supervisors.  If you are a site manager, you may want to consider the CITB SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) instead.

Each delegate will receive the CITB Mandatory Publications (eBooks for virtual courses and hardcopy for face-to-face courses)

• Construction site supervision (GE706) 
• Toolbox talks (GT700)

This training is endorsed by BuildUK.

You gain a highly recognised qualification, which is valid for five years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to retake a course before the expiry date on your certificate, otherwise the full course will need to be retaken.

The content covered by this CITB SSSTS training course includes but is not limited to the below:

Module 1

• Health and safety law
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)
• Health and safety management systems
• Risk assessments and method statements
• Statutory inspections and checks
• Reporting accidents, injuries, and ill health
• Leadership and worker engagement

Module 2

• Health and welfare of the workforce
• First aid and emergency procedures
• Hazardous substances
• Asbestos
• Dust and fumes
• Noise and vibration
• Manual handling

Module 3

• Site set up and security.
• Fire prevention and control
• Electricity
• Plant work and equipment
• Lifting operations and lifting equipment

Module 4

• Working at height
• Excavations
• Underground and overhead services
• Confined spaces
• Temporary works

Module 5

• Environmental awareness
• Pollution
• Waste materials
• Nuisance

SSSTS Course Assessment

You will prepare and deliver a toolbox talk to other course delegates and complete a 25-question examination which has 22 multiple choice questions and three short written questions and answers. There are four safety critical questions at the beginning of each paper that must be answered correctly.

Delegates are permitted to use the Construction site supervision (GE706) publication for the last ten minutes of the examination period.

This exam paper must be taken at the end of the course.

You might also be interested in the following courses

• CITB Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS)
• CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator Training Course (TWCTC)
• CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA)
• CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
• CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) - Day Release
• CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SMSTS-R)
• CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
• CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SSSTS-R)
• CITB Temporary Works Supervisor Training Course (TWSTC)
• CITB Directors Role in Health & Safety

If you have any questions about this or any other course, please get in touch on 01926 674340.