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CITB Temporary Works Co-ordinator

The two-day Temporary Works Co-ordinator Training Course (TWCTC) is designed to help those who have responsibility for managing all forms of temporary works on site. The course seeks to improve the knowledge of this role and the temporary works environment. 

The development of these courses was supported by several organisations, including the Temporary Works 
Forum and the Health and Safety Executive. 

Temporary works are safety- and business-critical and require careful co-ordination. An accepted way of 
achieving this is through the adoption of the management process outlined in BS 5975:2024, which 
introduces the temporary works co-ordinator (TWC) as a key figure. This course explains the role and its 
overall management context.

Temporary works on both smaller and larger sites can be high-risk activities. Therefore, understanding the
essentials of good risk and safety management, as outlined in BS 5975:2024, is relevant for projects of all 
sizes.

The course gives emphasis throughout to the importance of communication, co-ordination, co-operation and competency (the 4Cs), risk management, safety and business relations, allowing the TWC to:
• understand the need for and duties of a TWC
• understand the role of others
• have a detailed knowledge and understanding of BS 5975 in respect of this role.
Important notes
• The main aim of these courses is to focus on the process of co-ordination of temporary works, 
commonly expressed through the role of the TWC.
• These courses are not temporary works technical awareness courses, although there are 
elements of technical awareness that are signposted throughout and that must be included in the 
course exercises.
• Attendance does not confer competency as a TWC; this comes from a mixture of education, 
training and experience and should be judged by an appropriate senior individual, usually referred 
to as the designated individual (DI).
• Training is considered an essential element of TWC competence.

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CITB Temporary Works Co-ordinator

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The aim of these courses is to focus on the risk management of temporary works with particular attention on the role of the TWC. 

They seek to consolidate and build on the risk management knowledge that learners undertaking this role 
will have established through other experiences on site (likely in other supervisory and management roles) 
and focus on how to avoid failure in temporary works by adopting appropriate procedural controls, as 
outlined in BS 5975:2024.

The TWCTC course will cover the following topics:
• the need for and duties of a TWC
• the other key roles involved in temporary works
• the use of BS 5975:2024 in relation to the role
• typical documents used in temporary works
• other legislation and guidance that interact with temporary works
• the importance of the 4Cs: communication, co-ordination, co-operation and competence
• the need for risk management.

Entry requirements:

There are no entry requirements for the TWCTC.

Learners are expected to have a working knowledge of the following legislation: 
• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022
• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• The Work at Height Regulations 2005.

A key issue for temporary works is health and safety, so learners need to be prepared to discuss how health and safety legislation is relevant to temporary works, as well as which Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) and guidance notes may assist or contribute to safe practices in temporary works.
Learners need to be prepared to discuss and explore all the core health and safety factors that are 
integrated into temporary works processes at all stages of a project, from initiation to closure. They will need to have working knowledge of all associated legislation, specifically the Construction (Design and 
Management) Regulations 2015 in terms of its intention and compliance.

Learners must also have a thorough understanding of health and safety principles and understand the importance of risk management, design considerations, inspection and testing and recording and monitoring requirements.

Learners who have achieved a certificate approved against the Health and Safety in Construction Site 
Supervision standard (such as SSSTS or SSSTS-R) or the Health and Safety in Construction Site 
Management standard (such as SMSTS or SMSTS-R), will have gained the knowledge to meet these 
expectations. This is not a mandatory pre-requisite, but learners with these achievements will benefit from 
having this knowledge before attending the course.

In addition to classroom tuition time, we have created Supplementary Guidance Notes for the delegate to read as pre-course material, this can be found here.

Who Should Attend?

There are no formal entry requirements.  However, delegates should hold or be about to hold the role of a Temporary Works Coordinator.

Duration:

Two days