The Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course covers relevant legislation and all other aspects which affect safe working in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It is an industry recognised course providing companies who need to meet the demand for evidence of health and safety compliance with all the relevant knowledge to meet industry legislative demands.
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The SMSTS 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.
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Delegates will gain the knowledge required to comply with legislation and regulations within a construction environment, such as the Health and Safety Act 1974.
Course Overview
The Safety Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course examines the health, safety, and environmental legislation affecting workers' safety in the building, construction, and civil engineering industries. It is supported by Build UK and emphasises the importance of risk assessment in the workplace, implementation of necessary control measures, and adequate communication to maintain a health and safety culture among workers.
Who is the course for?
SMSTS is intended for those in charge of managing, monitoring, implementing, and reporting in a construction environment.
How long is the course?
SMSTS is a five-day, 37.5-hour course.
What will I learn?
This course is designed to help site managers do the following:
This course's outcome is divided into several modules that delegates should be able to complete by the end of the course.
Module 1: Legal and Management – It deals with the legal aspects of site management and touches on the following:
Module 2: Health and welfare – This section covers employees' health and welfare on site, split into various parts.
Module 3: General safety – This section, which is concerned with general safety which includes:
Module 4: High-risk activities– This section mainly discusses high-risk activities and covers:
Course Requirements
Although there are no formal criteria, participants in this course should already be in or soon to be in a position to manage a site. It is advised to have a prior understanding of health and safety, and those without it must take the two-day SSSTS course. Individuals must also be adept in written and spoken English.
Assessments and Certification
To pass this course, a delegate must complete all core exercises and pass the trainer review and end-of-course exam. The SSSTS exam typically consists of 25 questions, 18 of which are multiple choice and 7 of which are multi-response, and lasts 35 minutes, with a pass mark of 26 out of 32. The exam papers are returned to the CITB (The Construction Industry Training Board) for marking once completed. Candidates can access their exam results as soon as the examination board releases them to Training4Employment, usually within 5 to 7 working days.
Successful candidates will receive a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate that is valid for five years. There is usually no physical SMSTS Card, but your SMSTS certificate qualification can be listed when applying for a CSCS card.
Retakes
If a delegate has completed the four core exercises, passed the trainer's review, and scored 72%-78% on the exam, they are eligible to retake it. The course allows for one re-sit within 90 days, which can be on the same day or the last day of another course. If the delegate receives less than 69% or fails to retake the exam, they must complete the entire SMSTS course again before being allowed to retake the test.
The SMSTS course 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.
Content included in the course over a 5-day period include:
✅ Health & Safety Law, including CDM Regulations
✅ Health & Safety Policies, risk assessments, and method statements
✅ Induction, training, communication and leadership and worker engagement
✅ Inspection & Audit, statutory forms, notices, and registers
✅ Accident prevention, control, reporting and investigation
✅ Management of health, welfare facilities, stress and mental health at work and drugs and alcohol
✅ COSHH, Lead, Asbestos, Dust, Fumes, Noise and Vibration and Manual Handling
✅ Site organisation, fire prevention and control, electrical safety and temporary works
✅ Plant and work equipment, mobile plant and vehicles, lifting operations and equipment and mobile workforce and driver safety
✅ Work at Height Regs, safe working at height, common access equipment, scaffolding, fall arrest and suspension equipment and excavations
✅ Underground and overhead services and confined spaces
✅ Changes in accepted working practices
There will also be a multiple-choice examination at the end of the course
The SMSTS certificate is valid for 5 years, after which time candidates must sit the SMSTS Refresher course in order to renew their SMSTS certification
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SMSTS stand for, Site Management Safety Training Scheme
The SMSTS course takes 5 days. During this time, the SMSTS course covers health and safety, risk assessments as well as new legislations.
Any person within the building, construction and civil engineering industries, who has responsibility for any part of site management for example contract, project, and site managers, foremen or engineers, quantity surveyors, planners and those training to hold such positions.
After the SMSTS course you should be 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
Yes. The SMSTS certificate will expire after five years. In order to remain qualified, certificate holders are required to sit the SMSTS refresher course to renew their qualification for a further five years.
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