CITB DIRECTORS ROLE FOR HEALTH & SAFETY
The Directors’ role for health and safety (DRHS) has been designed for company directors and senior managers active in a health and safety strategic role in the built environment, with the aim of recognising directors’ duties of care and the implications of non-compliance with health and safety legislation.
The course will provide a summary of how to promote a positive organisational culture for health and safety. Group exercises throughout the day will give delegates the opportunity to discuss their thoughts about health and safety and their responsibilities in an open forum.
The DRHS course is endorsed by Build UK as the standard training for all senior managers (as specified above) and company directors
Duration: 1 day
Entry requirements: This course has been developed for 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, and therefore this should be considered before enrolling delegates on to this course.
Examples of relevant roles (not exhaustive) are:
• Financial/Operations director
• Senior quantity surveyor (QS)
• Private QS
• Principal designer
• Senior/principal engineer
• Company secretary
• Contracts manager
• Senior project manager
• Non-executive director
Delegates must be able to demonstrate the following:
EITHER previously completed a CITB Director’s Role for Health and Safety course
OR have a 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 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
*This is attracts a CITB short course duration grant at tier 1