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Remote CITB Directors Role in Health & Safety

Delivered over Teams technology, the Directors’ role for health and safety (DRHS) is a one-day interactive course that has been designed for company directors and senior managers active in a health and safety strategic role in the built environment, with the aim of recognising directors’ duties of care and the implications of non-compliance with health and safety legislation.

These Scheme Rules are implemented by CITB to ensure that a minimum level of 
understanding is maintained when the DRHS course is delivered by remote means. 

The course will provide a summary of how to promote a positive organisational culture for health and 
safety. Group exercises throughout the day will give delegates the opportunity to discuss their 
thoughts about health and safety and their responsibilities in an open forum.

The DRHS course is endorsed by Build UK as the standard training for all senior managers (as 
specified above) and company directors

£220.00 + VAT  per person Booking

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Remote CITB Directors Role in Health & Safety

Level:Send to Booker Only

Accredited by:CITB

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.

On successful completion of the course, delegates will receive a CITB Certificate that is valid for 5 years.

Who Should Attend?

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 enrolling 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 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

Delivery:

Delivered via Teams technology, the training follows the same curriculum as the classroom course and is delivered to the same standard.  The same examination takes place but via our secure online assessment technology.

Duration:

1 day