CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety

The CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety course is a 1-day course for company directors and senior managers who hold a strategic health and safety role in construction and the built environment. It is part of the CITB Site Safety Plus scheme and looks at health and safety from the boardroom rather than the site, complementing the site-level SMSTS and SSSTS courses.

The course helps directors recognise their duty of care and the implications of failing to comply with health and safety legislation. It looks at how leadership shapes an organisation, and how directors can promote a positive health and safety culture from the top down. Group exercises through the day give delegates the chance to discuss their responsibilities and share experience in an open forum.

There is a pre-course eLearning module that must be completed before attending. Successful completion generates a digital certificate, a copy of which is sent to the training provider at least 24 hours before the main course begins.

Directors and senior managers who want deeper health and safety knowledge often go on to IOSH Managing Safely or the NEBOSH General Certificate.

The certificate is valid for 5 years, and delegates complete the full course again to renew it.

• Company directors with responsibility for health and safety
• Senior managers in a strategic health and safety role
• Business owners in construction and the built environment
• Board members who set health and safety policy and culture
• Senior leaders accountable for legal compliance across an organisation
• Directors who want to understand their duty of care and its implications
• Partners and proprietors of construction businesses
• Operations and commercial directors with safety accountability

• There is no formal entry qualification
• The course is aimed at directors and senior managers in a strategic role
• You must complete the pre-course eLearning module before attending
• The eLearning certificate must reach the provider at least 24 hours before the course
• Photo identification on the day
• A strategic or board-level role in the organisation

• A CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety certificate valid for 5 years
• A clear understanding of the duty of care directors hold for health and safety
• Awareness of the implications of non-compliance with health and safety legislation
• Knowledge of how to promote a positive organisational health and safety culture
• An understanding of the link between leadership and safety performance
• The confidence to set and lead health and safety strategy from the top
• A recognised Site Safety Plus qualification at director level
• The ability to lead board-level conversations on health and safety