CITB Directors Role for Health & Safety

The course content includes the following topics delivered over 5 days.

• Introduction to health and safety law, duties, responsibilities, enforcement and sanctions
• Overviews/explanations of CDM Regulations and other relevant construction regulations
• Accidents - costs, causes, investigation, prevention and reporting systems
• Risk assessment and risk control• Safety management systems, policies, plans, performance and measuring
• Management of contractors
• Development of ’safe systems of work’ and permit systems
• Effective communications on site
• Behavioural science including awareness of human error
• Motivating good safety behaviour
• Construction company’s duties and responsibilities
• Responsibilities of Managers, Supervisors and Operatives
• Planning for health and safety management on a project