Site Safety Plus Site Safety for Shopfitters and Interior Contractors (SSSIC) Course appendix E 1. Introduction 2. Aims and objectives 3. Entry requirements 4. Assessment 5. Delegate numbers 6. Course duration and attendance 7. Course progression 8. Course publications and materials 9. Notes to training providers 10. Suggest timetable 11. End of course examination rules 12. Tutor requirements 13. List of abbreviations Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1
1. Introduction This course is for first line managers, supervisors, foremen and those who have, or are about to acquire, supervisory responsibilities within the shopfitting and interior contracting industry. The course covers all relevant legislation and other issues that affect safe working in the shopfitting and interior contracting industry. It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures and communication of health and safety, welfare and environmental issues. The course will also help site managers, supervisors, and foremen to develop a better understanding of the legal, moral and social responsibilities of their role and to supervise health and safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions. 2. Aims and objectives 2.1. Aims The course aims to assist managers and potential managers to: develop knowledge, awareness and an understanding of their legal, moral and social responsibilities in respect of health, safety and welfare in the shopfitting and interior contracting industry manage health and safety on site in accordance with current legal provisions and within the context of their management or supervisory role develop an understanding of their responsibilities and accountability for site health, safety and welfare recognise that a safe site is efficient, economical and productive. 2.2. Objectives At the end of the course, delegates will: understand the problems of the shopfitting and interior contracting industry have an understanding of how health and safety law is structured identify the need for a safety management structure in controlling site safety carry out risk assessments and understand the need for method statements carry out site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate the need for monitoring on site. 3. Entry requirements There are no formal entry requirements however delegates should be or are about to be responsible for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff and workforce. Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1
4. Assessment The method of assessment will be by multiple-choice questions at the end of the course and through assessed exercises throughout the course. 5. Delegate numbers The maximum number of delegates per course is 15. The recommended minimum number of delegates per course is 6. 6. Course duration and attendance 6.1. Duration It is recommended that this course runs consecutively over three days to maintain continuity and flow. However, day release is an option, based on one or two days per week for up to a maximum of three weeks. Where courses are interrupted by Bank Holidays, this time period may be extended to five weeks. Should a training provider wish to deliver the course over half-days or as an evening course, the minimum required contact time is 21 hours. Half-day courses will require an attendance of a minimum of four hours and evening classes for a minimum of three and a half hours at any one time. These extended hours take into account the stop-start nature of the delivery. Only in extenuating circumstances should courses be run any differently to the above alternatives and permission must be granted by Cskills Awards at the registration stage. 6.2. Attendance Delegates are required to attend all three sessions in accordance with the course programme (regardless of delivery method undertaken) to achieve the necessary learning objectives to qualify for the certificate. If this is not possible the delegate must enrol on a new course and retake the full three-day course. However, if this is not possible due to extenuating circumstances (for example bereavement or certified illness), the delegate may enrol on a new course to complete the missing days ensuring that they maintain the correct sequence of days, training and exercises. This must be authorised by Cskills Awards prior to confirmation with the delegate. Extenuating circumstances do not include work based issues such as workload or holidays. This should be made clear to the delegates prior to booking places on the course. Delegates unable to complete the course due to certified sickness or extenuating circumstances must complete the remainder of the course within 90 days of the last day of attendance. Under no circumstances may a delegate be allowed to sit the compulsory objective examination unless all days have been attended and no delegate is allowed to attend more than two courses of split attendance. Delegates will be charged an attendance fee, as shown in the scheme fees Schedule 1.8, for each course attended. The training provider may also have additional costs to be recovered from the delegate and these should be agreed in advance. Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1
Where any doubt exists the training provider should seek advice from Cskills Awards however, the Scheme Rules will be strictly adhered to in these circumstances. 7. Course progression This course forms an ideal progression for the shopfitting and interior-contracting sector to obtain an accredited understanding of health and safety duties and responsibilities for those occupations overseeing this particular sector within the construction industry. The intention in moving forward is that site managers who work on larger more complex projects within the shopfitting and interior contracting sector will have the opportunity to study for the five-day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course for this sector. 8. Course publications and materials Construction Site Safety GE 700 - Mandatory Site Safety for Shopfitters and Interior Contractors Course notes SCS - Mandatory 9. Notes to training providers Not all sections of GE 700 have been included in the suggested programme. Training providers may adjust the programme to meet delegate needs provided that the aims and objectives of the course are met. Any changes made to the programme must be submitted and approved prior to delivery of the course. The provision of homework between each day is recommended as revision for the final examination. Where there are presentations to be made by the delegates, the programme should be adjusted to allow sufficient time for the presentations to be made and feedback to be received. The examination paper number will be notified when the course booking is accepted by Cskills Awards. Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1
11. End of course examination rules 11.1. Exam details The examination paper is compulsory and consists of 25 multiple-choice questions covering all aspects of the course and selected by Cskills Awards. It forms part of the overall assessment as to whether or not the delegate has successfully achieved a level of understanding to be awarded the certificate. The examination lasts for 30 minutes and must be completed within this time. Delegates are permitted to use the Construction Site Safety (GE700) publication for the last ten minutes of the examination period. The examination pass mark is 72%. 11.2. Re-sits procedure 11.2.1. Obtained marks 64% 68% Where a delegate has achieved 70% in the core exercises and the tutor s review, and gained between 64% 68% in the multiple-choice examination, the delegate may re-sit the multiple-choice examination by attending another course on the final day. Subsequent arrangements will be at the delegate s own expense. The training provider must make the arrangements with the delegate and ensure that the same examination is not used twice. The delegate must re-sit the examination within 90 days of the last day previously attended. A charge may be made to the delegate; however, this fee is left entirely to the discretion of the training provider. 11.2.2. Re-sits - failing a second re-sit. Delegates are eligible for two re-sits only. Should a delegate fail for a second time, the delegate will be required to attend the three days again or offered an alternative course which is considered to match the delegate s level of knowledge and understanding of health and safety on site. Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1
12. Tutor requirements In additional to the minimum tutor requirements, for the courses listed above the tutors must have attended and achieved the course(s) they intend to deliver and hold a current certificate and ONE of the following qualifications: NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Safety and Health NVQ/SVQ Level 5 in Occupational Health and Safety* A Health and Safety degree NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health Part 2/ NEBOSH Units A, B, C & D DipSM Level 6 *Note: The Level 5 NVQ/SVQ in Occupational Health and Safety has replaced the Level 4 within the Qualifications and Credit Framework. Holders of the Level 4 qualification with a valid certificate will be accepted. 13. List of abbreviations CDM COSHH HFL LOLER LPG PPE PUWER SSSIC Construction (Design and Management) Regulations Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Highly Flammable Liquids Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations Liquid Petroleum Gas Personal Protective Equipment Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations Site Safety for Shopfitters and Interior Contractors Construction Industry Training Board 2015 Appendix E September 2015 version 1