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Recruiting and Selecting Site Staff
Recruiting and Selecting Site Staff, online in about 30 to 45 minutes on any device. The course covers capability against the programme, identifying shortfalls, fair recruitment, and selection and checks.
Who it is for
Who this course is for
Site supervisors, foremen, site managers and contracts managers in construction who identify staffing needs and take part in recruiting and selecting site staff. No previous recruitment training is assumed.
- Site supervisors and managers
- Hiring managers on site
- HR and recruitment staff
- Interview panel members
- Anyone recruiting site staff
Course content
What the course covers
Four short lessons covering capability against the programme, shortfalls and options, fair recruitment, and selection and checks, then a 12-question assessment.
Capability against the programme
Programmed productivity, labour histograms, outputs and assessing your team.
Shortfalls and options
Types of shortfall and options for filling them, including training, redeployment and agencies.
Fair recruitment
Organisational procedures, job descriptions and person specifications, advertising, shortlisting and equality.
Selection and checks
Interviews, trade tests, references, competence cards, right to work and offers.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Assess team capability against the programmed productivity
- Identify shortfalls in numbers, knowledge, skills and competence
- Describe an effective, fair recruitment process within organisational procedures
- Select the right candidate and complete the right checks
Your legal duty
The law behind this training
This eLearning course covers the learning outcomes of the CITB standard Understanding the recruitment and selection of new staff in construction. It is Acadame's own course, not the CITB standard itself, and it does not lead to a CITB certificate or qualify for CITB grant. It is not legal or HR advice; always follow your organisation's procedures and involve HR.
One thing to be clear about: recruiting the wrong person, or recruiting unfairly, costs time, money and safety. Follow your organisation's procedure, check competence properly, and treat every candidate fairly.
- Equality Act 2010, including s60
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Prefer a tutor-led, certificated route? Our CITB Leadership and Management courses cover these topics in the classroom, carry a CITB certificate and can qualify for CITB grant.
For employers
Buying for a team
Buying for more than a couple of people is easier on an account: one invoice, licences you allocate as staff join, and a report of who has done what and when it expires.
- One invoice instead of one card payment per person
- Allocate licences as people join
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Bespoke versions written around your own procedures
Recruiting and Selecting Site Staff: common questions
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. Each lesson ends with short knowledge checks, then there is a 12-question assessment with a pass mark of 70% (9 of 12). You can retake it as often as you need.
The certificate is valid for 3 years, and we recommend a refresher every 3 years.