At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Recognise the moral, economic and legal costs / implications of decisions made in the boardroom that make their business liable
- Understand the importance of strategic management of risks
- Appreciate the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively
- Understand the importance of competent duty holders cooperating, communicating and coordinating health and safety throughout the whole project
- Recognise the need to appoint competent health and safety assistance and the limitations of such an appointment
- Identify the basic tools for introducing a proactive health and safety culture into their organisation
At the end of the courses delegates will be required to sit a multiple choice assessment.
Entry requirements:
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 enroling 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 should hold, or be about to hold, the role of director or strategic senior role. Delegates must be
competent in English at senior management level.
Who Should Attend?
Company Directors whose business is within the Construction Industry.
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, which provides the content for learning
outcomes one and two. 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. We recommend that you sit the course in 30-minute chunks.
The pre-course eLearning is accessed via http://ecourses.citb.co.uk
Duration:
1 day
On successful completion of the course, delegates will receive a CITB Certificate that is valid for 5 years.