Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

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Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

New College Nottingham
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Description

This course is designed for site managers, agents and persons who are, or are about to be, responsible for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff and workforce and is designed to enable managers to help site managers, agents and supervisors to:

  • Manage health & safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions, and within the context of their management or supervisory role
  • Develop an understanding of responsibilities and accountability for site health, safety and welfare
  • Recognise a safe site is efficient, economical and productive

The course consists of the following:

  • Introduction to health & safety law, duties, responsibilities, enforceme…

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This course is designed for site managers, agents and persons who are, or are about to be, responsible for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff and workforce and is designed to enable managers to help site managers, agents and supervisors to:

  • Manage health & safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions, and within the context of their management or supervisory role
  • Develop an understanding of responsibilities and accountability for site health, safety and welfare
  • Recognise a safe site is efficient, economical and productive

The course consists of the following:

  • Introduction to health & safety law, duties, responsibilities, enforcement and sanctions
  • Overviews/explanations of relevant construction activity legislation
  • Accident costs, causes, investigation, prevention & reporting requirements
  • Risk assessment and ‘principles of prevention’
  • Safety management systems, policies, plans, performance & measuring
  • Management of contractors
  • Development of ‘safe systems of work’ and permit systems
  • Effective communicating
  • Behavioural science including awareness of human error
  • Motivating safety behaviour
  • Recognition of an organisation’s duties and responsibilities
  • Recognition of responsibilities of managers, supervisors and operatives
  • Production of site activity instructions (safe system of work)
  • Planning for health & safety within the context of a project

By the end of the course students will be aware of, and be able to:

  • Implement all health, safety, welfare and environmental legislation which affects them during their daily work
  • Implement new guidance and industry best practice
  • State their duties and responsibilities with regards to health, safety, welfare and the environment

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