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CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety

Official CITB Site Safety Plus scheme. Nationally recognised certificate on completion, delivered through accredited providers.
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About the 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.

Who it's for

  • 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

Entry requirements

  • 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

What you'll achieve

  • 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

What you'll learn on the CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety

1
The duty of care for directors
The legal and moral responsibilities directors hold for health and safety.
2
Health and safety law for directors
The legislation directors must understand and comply with.
3
Implications of non-compliance
What can happen when health and safety legislation is not met.
4
Leadership and organisational culture
How directors shape a positive health and safety culture from the top.
5
Strategic health and safety management
Setting policy, allocating resources and leading on safety at board level.
6
Risk and resource management
Managing risk and allocating resources at organisation level.
7
Monitoring and review
How directors monitor health and safety performance and review it.
8
Worker engagement and consultation
Engaging the workforce and consulting on health and safety.

CITB Director's Role for Health and Safety FAQs

It is a 1-day CITB course for directors and senior managers in a strategic health and safety role. It covers a director's duty of care, the implications of non-compliance, and how to lead a positive health and safety culture. It is part of the Site Safety Plus scheme.
The course runs over one day, with around nine hours of learning, plus a pre-course eLearning module to complete beforehand.
Yes. You must complete a pre-course eLearning module before attending. The certificate it generates must reach the training provider at least 24 hours before the main course.
Company directors, business owners and senior managers who hold a strategic health and safety role in construction or the built environment.
The certificate is valid for 5 years. You complete the full course again to renew it.
Yes. Many providers deliver it as a live online course as well as in a classroom, with the same content and CITB certificate.
SMSTS covers health and safety management at site level for site managers. This course covers health and safety leadership at board level, for directors and senior managers who set strategy and policy.
Prices vary by provider, location and whether you choose a classroom or online place. Compare live dates and prices at the top of this page.
The course is built around discussion and group exercises rather than a formal exam, with a pre-course eLearning module to complete beforehand. Delegates receive a CITB certificate on successful completion.
The eLearning is a short module completed online before the course. The certificate it generates must reach your training provider at least 24 hours before the main course begins.
It is aimed at directors and senior managers in construction and the built environment, but the principles of leadership and duty of care apply to any director with health and safety responsibilities.
SMSTS is the site-level course for those managing a site day to day. This course is the board-level counterpart. A director who is also hands-on with site management may benefit from both.
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