Who needs the SMSTS course?
Roles, and the manager's course
If you are not sure whether the SMSTS is your course, start with the job you do on site rather than the title on your card.
The roles it is written for
The SMSTS, the Site Management Safety Training Scheme, is described as the flagship health and safety course for managers, supervisors, foremen, project managers, site engineers, architects and anyone who leads a team in construction. Subcontractors are included. If people on a site report to you and you answer for how the work is done safely, it is the course to ask about.
How it differs from the supervisors course
The shorter Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme, the SSSTS, runs over two days and is written for construction supervisors, foremen and engineers. The SMSTS runs over five days and is the longer, manager level course. If you hold an SSSTS and are moving into a management role, our SSSTS course notes say the five day SMSTS is the route to upgrade, so ask us about that if it is you.
What is the same
Both are assessed throughout, both are taught in English, and both lead to a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate valid for five years.
Ask us
Message us on WhatsApp, say you are in Essex and tell us your role. We will say whether the SMSTS fits and give you the next dates.