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CITB SMSTS Refresher Course
Two days to renew an SMSTS that is still in date, rather than repeating the full five.
About this course
This two day course is designed for existing site managers.
It refreshes everything learnt on the five day course with up to date information about legal responsibilities, health and safety law, CDM 2015, risk assessments, site setup, managing hazards, occupational health and environmental issues.
- Implement all health, safety, welfare and environmental legislation affecting daily work
- Implement new guidance and industry best practice
- State their duties and responsibilities relating to health, safety, welfare and the environment
How completing this course helps you
- Hold a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate, recognised on sites across the UK
- Show the card checker and your employer that the training is current
- Renew before the five years are up rather than starting again
Who should attend?
For those who have previously passed the SMSTS course, or a previous refresher.
Entry requirements. Delegates must have previously completed the five day SMSTS course. Sit the refresher before your certificate expires, otherwise the full course must be taken again.
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Cards and qualifications
SMSTS Refresher, and where the black CSCS Manager card comes from
The refresher keeps your SMSTS certificate running for another five years. Like the original, it is a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate and not a CSCS card.
If you have been running sites on the strength of SMSTS alone, the card is usually the gap. The black Manager card comes from a construction management or technical NVQ at Level 4, 5, 6 or 7, plus a pass in the CITB Managers and Professionals health, safety and environment test.
A management NVQ is assessed on your own projects, so the sites you have already run are the evidence rather than a reason to start over.
Refresh before it lapses
Two days, and it has to be taken before the five years are up. Once the certificate has expired the full five day SMSTS has to be taken again.
Use the projects you have already run
A Level 6 NVQ in Construction Site Management is built on evidence from your own sites. No exams, no day release, and your assessor works to your programme.
Managers test, then the card
Pass the CITB Managers and Professionals health, safety and environment test and apply to CSCS. The black Manager card runs for five years.
Method of assessment
How SMSTS Refresher is assessed
There is an assessment. CITB set it for every Site Safety Plus course and it is taken during or at the end of the course.
Take part in full
CITB require full attendance across the 2 days before the assessment can be taken.
Assessment
CITB standard GET2768. An exam paper at the end of the course, compulsory, 25 questions selected by CITB covering all aspects of the course. The pass mark is 80 per cent.
Certificate
A CITB Site Safety Plus certificate, valid for five years. Renew before it expires or the full course has to be taken again. CITB grant Grant Tier 3 Refresher, 15 learning hours, standard GET2768.
Ways to learn
How you can take this course
Every route covers the same accredited syllabus and the same support. Pick the one that fits how your people work.
Dates and locations
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Onsite / in-company
Run SMSTS Refresher at your site
We deliver anywhere in the UK, on your dates and around your shift patterns. For six or more people it is usually cheaper per head than sending everyone to a centre, and nobody loses a day travelling.
Tell us roughly how many people and when, and we will come back with options and a price, or ask MB and get an answer straight away.
What onsite includes
- The same tutor, materials and certification as our centres
- Your venue or one we arrange near you
- Dates and start times built around your operation
- One invoice and one point of contact for the whole group
- Content examples drawn from your own workplace
SMSTS Refresher FAQs
No. It renews a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate for another five years. The black Manager card is a separate thing, issued against a construction management or technical NVQ at Level 4, 5, 6 or 7 plus the CITB Managers and Professionals test.
The refresher can only be used before the certificate expires. Once it has lapsed the full five day SMSTS has to be taken again, so it is worth booking the refresher with a few weeks to spare.
No. A management NVQ is assessed on evidence from projects you have already delivered, so experience usually shortens it. The initial assessment tells you where you stand before you commit.
The CITB Managers and Professionals test. CSCS need a pass from within the last two years at the point you apply.
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