Pre-Requisites
- 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, and therefore this should be considered before enrolling delegates on to this course. Examples of relevant roles (not exhaustive) are: Financial/Operations director; Senior quantity surveyor (QS); Private QS; Principal designer; Senior/principal engineer; Company secretary; Contracts manager; Senior project manager; Non-executive director.
- Delegates must be able to demonstrate the following:
- EITHER previously completed a CITB Director’s Role for Health and Safety course.
- OR have a 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 etc. Act 1974; Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969; Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015; Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
- To further support learners, CITB has created a DRHS eLearning course, which provides content for learning outcomes. These learning outcomes may only be reflected on by the trainer in the trainer-led sessions, and learners will need to be confident to refer to this knowledge in class discussions and course exercises. The interactive course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete, but you don’t have to do it all at once; you can close the eLearning at any time and, on your return, pick up where you left off. Your progress will be saved automatically. It is recommend that you sit the course in 30-minute chunks. The pre-course eLearning is accessed via http://ecourses.citb.co.uk.
- Delegates should hold, or be about to hold, the role of director or strategic senior role (see roles noted above).
- Delegates must be competent in English at senior management level.
Course Content
- Moral and human costs/the implications of decisions made in the boardroom;
- The economic implications of an unsafe working environment;
- The legal responsibilities with regard to health and safety;
- The principles and importance of the risk assessment process;
- Appointing competent health and safety assistance and the limitations of such an appointment;
- The basic tools of introducing a proactive health and safety culture.
What to Bring
- All delegates must bring photographic ID (e.g. driving licence or passport). Click here for a full list of acceptable ID.
- All delegates must bring their NI number.
- If a delegate is under the age of 18, their parental guardian must provide, in written format, explicit permission for them to attend this course. Failure to provide satisfactory proof of consent will result in the delegate being unable to complete the course. Please download, complete, and email the Parental Consent From to [email protected] at your earliest convenience after booking onto the course if the delegate is under the age of 18.
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Here's what our past delegates say about this course:
- Mac Roofing – “5* Excellent Course. Very well presented with good use of interaction with attendees.”
- Nick Wilkinson – “Very Informative Course! The insight into measurement of H&S Performance was great! Yes, I would recommend this course 5*”
- Steven Jones – “Great Course. I enjoyed the course discussions and the demonstrations! The tutor had a very direct approach and made the course enjoyable. 5*”