Description: The director’s role in health & health safety is a one-day interactive course aimed at those in a director or senior manager role and is focused on health and safety strategic role in the built environment, with the aim of identifying the directors duties of care and outlines implications of non-compliance with current health and safety legislation. This course will summerise how to promote positive health and safety culture within the organisation. Group exercises throughout the course will allow learners to discuss their thoughts about health and safety responsibilities and outlines the requirements of the HSE guidance HSG65 - Managing for Health and Safety (Plan, Do, Check, Act). Entry Requirements: Recommended course entry requirements To attend this course delegates must demonstrate the following: Previously completed a CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety Course OR working knowledge of the following health and safety legislation with the requirements that the course content and end of course assessment will require learners to understand this legislation in context with the 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. CITB recommend participating in the interactive course prior to your DRHS course, it takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete, but you don’t 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. Completion of the pre-course eLearning can be accessed via http://ecourses.citb.co.uk. Course duration and attendance: This is a one-day course classroom base course. Delegates are required to complete the full course (7.5 hours) to be eligible for certification.

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Course Code: GET0038

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Standard: Health and Safety for Construction Directors - SSP

Duration of Course: 1

Cost From: £195.00

Approved Training organisation: Workforce Skills Support Ltd