• Recognise the moral, economic and legal costs/implications of decisions made in the boardroom that may make their business liable
• Understand the significance of strategic management of risks
• Appreciate the range of consequences from failing to manage health and safety effectively
• Understand the importance of competent duty holders, and the significance of their cooperation, communication and coordination of health and safety on projects
• Recognise the need to appoint competent health and safety assistance, and the limitations of such an appointment, and
• Identify the basic tools to introduce a proactive health and safety culture into an organisation, and the benefits of this approach
• Group exercises will give delegates the opportunity to discuss their thoughts about health and safety and their responsibilities in an open forum

Assessment

• A combination of classroom-based theory and tutorials. You will be continuously assessed throughout the day and will have to complete a two-part written test comprising multi-choice questions and short written test associated with a case study.

• Classroom courses will provide physical CITB books on the day of training.
• Remote courses will provide digital CITB books as part of your course materials.

This course provides delegates with the knowledge and understanding required to promote a positive organisational structure for health and safety. The course aims to recognise the directors' duties of care and the moral, economic and legal costs and implications of non-compliance with health and safety legislation.

This attracts a CITB Short Course Duration Grant at Tier 1, with a value of ┬ú60.  Please see the Grants and Funding tab for further information.

A combination of classroom-based theory and tutorials. You will be continuously assessed throughout the day and will have to complete a multiple-choice test.

Upon successfully completing the course you will be awarded a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate.

The course has been designed for company 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 including: Financial/Operations Director, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Principal Designer/Engineer, Company Secretary, Contracts Manager, Senior Project Manager, Non-Executive Director. 

Even if you are not directly responsible for Health and Safety in your company, in your role as a Company Director you have joint responsibility with your fellow directors under Health and Safety legislation.

This course is recognised by Build UK as the standard for training for all senior managers and company directors.

Prerequisites

Delegates must be able to demonstrate the following:

1) Either previously completed a CITB DirectorΓÇÖs Role for Health and Safety course

or

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 directorΓÇÖs role and responsibility:

• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
• EmployersΓÇÖ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

2) Completion of the pre-course eLearning is recommended. The interactive course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete, but you donΓÇÖt 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. 

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