CITB Director’s Role for Health and Safety (DRHS) Course
CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety (DRHS) is a one-day training course for senior managers and company directors. Anyone playing a major role in shaping the health and safety direction of a company in the building environment will benefit from this course.
You will learn how non-compliance to health and safety legislation can lead to big risks to your company. This Directors Role for Health and Safety course also highlights the financial and human consequence of not managing a safe and healthy work environment.
With this knowledge, you will have the tools needed to make boardroom decisions which will positively impact the health, safety and wellbeing of your workforce. As one of our top CITB training courses; this CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety course should be the first one you attend if you are a senior manager or director.
CITB continues to recommend that the pre-requisite eLearning is completed by delegates prior to completing the classroom course. This is because the eLearning content provides the foundation of information that will be expanded on in this course.
This CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety course covers topics such as:
- The economics connotations of a dangerous working environment
- A company director’s responsibilities relating to health and safety
- The need to analyse your legal duties
- The construction design and management regulations
For the full list of topics covered in this course, see the dropdown below.
Benefits of this CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety course:
- Helps to implement a positive health and safety culture among the workforce
- CITB Site Safety Plus accredited
- Endorsed by BuildUK
- Helps to protect your business and employees
- You will achieve a highly recognised qualification, which is valid for five years
CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety course content
This course provides you with an understanding of how to implement the right health and safety culture in your organisation.
The tutor will cover subjects such as:
The economic connotations of a dangerous working environment
Accidents, facts and figures, causes of fatality.
A company director’s responsibilities relating to health and safety
Getting it right, encouraging a positive health and safety attitude, safety culture and behavioural safety.
Being aware of the need to analyse your legal duties
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, fees for intervention, management liability, legal aid and related legislation. Consider how their decisions affect the health and safety of the company.
Plan, Deliver, Monitor and Review
Health and safety management, monitoring health and safety. Locating and using competent health and safety assistance and the limitations of using assistance.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and duty holder roles apply
CDM, definitions, and the construction phase plan.
Putting people to work safely; the principles and importance of risk assessments.
Consider how their decisions affect the health and safety of the company.
Safety leadership action plan, compliance checklist.
Final Exam
To complete the CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety course, delegates must show that they are partaking in the classroom discussion with the tutor and other delegates. They must also pass the final multiple-choice written exam to qualify.
How long is a Director's Health and Safety course?
This is a one-day training course, and delegates will attend about 9 hours’ worth of learning.
The course duration allows busy directors to get what they need out of the training, without spending too much time out of work.
Why should I take this course?
This course has been developed for company directors and senior managers active in a health and safety strategic role in construction.
If you are looking to understand your health and safety responsibilities and the consequences of not following them, then you should attend this course.
Examples of relevant roles (not exhaustive) are:
- Financial/Operations Director
- Senior Quality Surveyor
- Private Quality Surveyor
- Principal Designer
- Senior/principal Designer
- Company Secretary
- Contracts Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Non-executive Director
This one-day course is highly interactive and allows you to discuss with other directors about their experiences with health and safety. The course will provide you with invaluable knowledge that will help to protect your employee’s safety and your business financially.
Entry requirements
Delegates will be expected to have either previously completed the Directors Role for Health and Safety course, or have a working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation to be able to attend this course. Although we don’t expect you to evidence this, the trainer will be delivering the course with this level of knowledge in mind.
CITB continue to recommend that the pre-requisite eLearning is completed by delegates prior to completing the classroom course as the eLearning content provides the foundation of information that will be expanded on in this course.
The interactive course 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.
You must be able to understand, write and speak English well. Not only is it required in the scheme rules; inability to understand the tutor or the discussions will affect how much you get from the training.
We also require you to provide photographic ID and your national insurance number on the first day of the course; we need to confirm that you are definitely the person attending.
To attend the online course:
Delegates must have access to a computer or laptop that uses a microphone and webcam. Without the above devices, you will not be able to participate properly in course discussion or complete the exam in line with the scheme rules.
Is this course accredited?
This course is accredited by CITB and part of the Site Safety Plus suite of courses. SSP courses are nationally recognised and are the leading classroom qualifications in the industry.
How is this course delivered?
Online Learning
The Director’s Role for Health and Safety course can be completed from home or your workplace via an online virtual classroom using Zoom.
To access the course, delegates must join the course using the link provided. However, they will need a computer or laptop with a screen, camera, microphone and access to the internet to attend this course online.
Delegates can still interact as they would in the classroom and are provided with a downloadable digital copy of the coursebook. The final exam is completed online.
We have multiple dates for the remote learning course available to book online or over the phone.
In-house Courses
We can also organise the Director’s Role for Health and Safety course to be delivered as an in-house course especially for your delegates.
We can deliver In-house training on-site which allows delegates to interact with each other, relate the content to their company processes, and discuss them. To deliver the course within CITB scheme rules, there must be a minimum of 4 delegates and no more than 12 delegates.
We quote our in-house courses on a case by case basis, considering factors such as location, number of delegates and delivery method. For a quote, complete the training enquiry form on this page, and one of our friendly team will be in touch.
Is this course CITB Grant claimable?
Yes, companies who are CITB registered can claim for each delegate who successfully pass this course.
You can find the list of short courses and the grant amounts you can claim here: CITB Grant Value for Short Courses
FAQs
Who is this course aimed at?
This course is designed for directors and senior managers that are active in a health and safety role for their organisations.
What types of roles should attend this course?
These roles below are some examples of relevant roles that should register for this course.
• Financial/Operations director
• Senior quantity surveyor (QS)
• Private QS
• Principal designer
• Senior/principal engineer
• Company secretary
• Contracts manager
• Senior project manager
• Non-executive director
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