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The CITB Site Safety Plus Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) health and safety course is taken by more than 10,000 people each year and is one of the most highly regarded training courses within the construction industry available for site managers and supervisors.

The Site Managers Safety Training Scheme 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.

The course covers all relevant legislation and other aspects which affect safe working in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures and adequate communication to sustain a health and safety culture among the workforce.

Possession of the CITB SMSTS qualification is listed in the Approved Code of Practice for the construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations as a demonstration of competence in the role of site manager.

Course Aims and Objectives

The course aims to help site managers, agents and supervisors to:

Manage health and 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, and
Recognise a safe site is efficient, economical and productive.

At the end of the period of training, Delegates will be aware of, and 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.

Course duration

This course is delivered over 5 days at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a
convenient location for you.

Assessment and certification

During the SMSTS training course, candidates must pass three core exercises. At the end of the training course,
candidates sit an examination in order to qualify for the CITB certificate. Delegates are required to attend all training
sessions in order to be awarded the CITB SMSTS Construction Site Managers Safety Certificate. The SMSTS
certificate is valid for five years, after which candidates must sit the two day SMSTS Refresher course to renew the
certificate and keep their qualification up to date.

Assured Safety Solutions provide Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Courses locally in Lincoln & Lincolnshire, regionally in Nottinghamshire & East Midlands and nationally throughout the UK – Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Course Lincoln | Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Course Lincolnshire | Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Course East Midlands

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IOSH Working Safely

The IOSH Working Safely is a one-day course for staff from any sector with no supervisory or managerial responsibility who are non-health and safety experts.

It is designed to ensure that all personnel have a basic understanding of safe and healthy working practices and are able to comply with both statutory requirements and those of their employer in accordance with the company Health and Safety policy.

It provides a grounding in the essentials of health and safety and is designed to improve the safety culture within an organisation. Everyone at work should have an understanding of why they must ‘work safely’ and this course offers exactly that. Working Safely introduces a completely new approach to health and safety training and offers all the basics in a high impact interactive course.

Course content

• Carry out work activities without risk to themselves or others and understand the consequences to both the individual and their organisation if they fail to work safely.
• Identify hazards, risks and risks controls and understand the importance of risk assessment with examples of everyday use of risk assessment.
• Understand how to take appropriate workplace precautions and their importance in the working environment.
• Appreciate the importance of a health & safety management system.
• Identify lines of communication with respect to health & safety in their place of work.
• Understand emergency, accident plans and procedures and how and who to report accidents, incidents and near misses to, in their place of work.
• Recognise how industry affects the environment and how individuals can minimise pollution and waste.
• Identify safety signs and signals.

Course duration

This course is delivered over 1 day at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a convenient location for you.

Assessment and certification

For delegates who attend the course and successfully complete the written and practical assessments, there is a choice of accreditation, either an IOSH Working Safely certificate or an IOSH passport card.

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3 Day First Aid at Work FAW HSE Accredited Course

It is a requirement of Health & Safety law that employers should provide a safe and healthy environment for their employees. If the risk assessment as defined in the First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 highlights the need for qualified First Aiders, then this course will provide you with suitable, trained and competent personnel.

This comprehensive three-day course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way. Assured Safety Solutions Ltd will give the participants a qualification to the highest level of First Aid, meeting the statutory requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

Course content

A wide range of subjects is covered including: -

• Legislation, responsibilities and reporting.
• Dealing with an unconscious casualty.
• Resuscitation, Heart Attacks, Choking and Poisoning.
• Control of bleeding, Strokes, Bandaging and Fractures.
• Burns, Head injuries, Diabetes and Eye injuries.
• Sprains, Strains, Shock and Anaphylaxis

If your organisation has a specific area of training that is not included, or you require an industry specific course, we can tailor the training to suit your needs.

Course Duration

This course is delivered over 3 days either at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a convenient location for you.

Certification

Subject to assessment, all participants will be issued a First Aid at Work certificate (and a wallet card) accredited by the Health and Safety Executive. This qualification is valid for 3 years which can be renewed by attending a suitable 2-Day re-qualification course. The HSE strongly recommend that firstaiders undertake annual refresher training of half a day during the three-year certification period.

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Principles and Practice in Manual Handling

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, as amended in 2002 (‘the Regulations’) apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. The load may be either inanimate – such as a box or a trolley, or animate – a person or an animal. More than a third of all over-three-day injuries reported each year to HSE and local authorities are caused by manual handling – the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force. Assured Safety Solutions have developed this course to benefit anyone who has to carry out any manual handling activities at work by introducing them to the hazards of manual handling, the risks involved and the controls that are available to help prevent injury. The course in addition will teach learners techniques to lift, carry, push and pull objects safely within their individual capabilities with the aim of reducing the number of work-related injuries associated with manual handling.

Course Content

• Manual handling hazards, risks and controls.
• How manual handling operations can cause injury and harm
• The scope of legal requirements and where guidance can be found
• The process for assessing manual handling risks
• The value of risk assessment and how it applies to safe manual handling practice
• Manual handling techniques; lifting loads from low levels, working at low levels, lowering from height, pushing loads, pulling loads, carrying and team handling

Course Duration

This course is delivered over half a day at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a convenient location for you.

Assessment and Certification

Candidates are continuously assessed by the tutor throughout the course and awarded with a certificate of attendance which is valid for 3 years.

Principles and Practice in Manual Handling.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, as amended in 2002 (‘the Regulations’) apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. The load may be either inanimate – such as a box or a trolley, or animate – a person or an animal. More than a third of all over-three-day injuries reported each year to HSE and local authorities are caused by manual handling – the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force. Assured Safety Solutions have developed this course to benefit anyone who has to carry out any manual handling activities at work by introducing them to the hazards of manual handling, the risks involved and the controls that are available to help prevent injury. The course in addition will teach learners techniques to lift, carry, push and pull objects safely within their individual capabilities with the aim of reducing the number of work-related injuries associated with manual handling.

Course Content

• Manual handling hazards, risks and controls.
• How manual handling operations can cause injury and harm
• The scope of legal requirements and where guidance can be found
• The process for assessing manual handling risks
• The value of risk assessment and how it applies to safe manual handling practice
• Manual handling techniques; lifting loads from low levels, working at low levels, lowering from height, pushing loads, pulling loads, carrying and team handling

Course Duration

This course is delivered over half a day at our training facility in Lincoln, at your organisations premises or at a convenient location for you.

Assessment and Certification

Candidates are continuously assessed by the tutor throughout the course and awarded with a certificate of attendance which is valid for 3 years.