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CITB Understanding Commercial Awareness

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November 2025

Monday, 3 November 2025Friday, 7 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (5 days)

  • Online
  • £439.00 excl. VAT

Mon 3 Nov 2025Fri 7 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (5 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is for you if you’re considering, or already have, responsibilities for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff e.g. site manager.

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Tuesday, 4 November 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 12:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 30 minutes)

  • £75.00 excl. VAT

Tue 4 Nov 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 12:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 30 minutes)

The Fire Marshal/Warden and Safe Use of Fire Extinguisher training course gives an understanding of how to deal with fire hazards and how to lower risk in the workplace in the event of an emergency.

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Tuesday, 4 November 2025

12:30 PM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 30 minutes)

  • £75.00 excl. VAT

Tue 4 Nov 2025

12:30 PM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Abrasive Wheel Awareness training is a safety program designed to educate individuals about the safe and responsible use of abrasive wheels in various industries, such as construction, manufacturing, and metalworking.

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Wednesday, 5 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (1 day)

  • £130.00 excl. VAT

Wed 5 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (1 day)

Renew your ECITB CCNSG Safety Passport and enhance your safety awareness on construction sites with our comprehensive training program. Led by experienced trainers, this course equips you with essential safety knowledge and skills endorsed by the Construction Clients National Safety Group.

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Thursday, 6 November 2025Friday, 7 November 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

  • £175.00 excl. VAT

Thu 6 Nov 2025Fri 7 Nov 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

Gain your ECITB CCNSG Safety Passport and enhance your safety awareness on construction sites with our comprehensive training program. Led by experienced trainers, this course equips you with essential safety knowledge and skills endorsed by the Construction Clients National Safety Group.

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Thursday, 6 November 2025Friday, 7 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

  • £285.00 excl. VAT

Thu 6 Nov 2025Fri 7 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

Get certified with our CITB SSSTS training, focusing on the Site Supervision Safety Scheme. Equip yourself with essential skills in health and safety legislation, risk assessment, and effective supervision techniques. Led by experienced trainers, this course offers practical insights and case studies to reinforce learning.

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Thursday, 6 November 2025Friday, 7 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

  • Online
  • £249.00 excl. VAT

Thu 6 Nov 2025Fri 7 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

Get certified with our CITB SSSTS training, focusing on the Site Supervision Safety Scheme. Equip yourself with essential skills in health and safety legislation, risk assessment, and effective supervision techniques. Led by experienced trainers, this course offers practical insights and case studies to reinforce learning.

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Saturday, 8 November 2025Sunday, 9 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

  • Online
  • £279.00 excl. VAT

Sat 8 Nov 2025Sun 9 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SMSTS-R) course is for you if you have previously passed the Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course, or a subsequent refresher course.

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Saturday, 8 November 2025Sunday, 9 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

  • Online
  • £249.00 excl. VAT

Sat 8 Nov 2025Sun 9 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

Get certified with our CITB SSSTS training, focusing on the Site Supervision Safety Scheme. Equip yourself with essential skills in health and safety legislation, risk assessment, and effective supervision techniques. Led by experienced trainers, this course offers practical insights and case studies to reinforce learning.

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Monday, 10 November 2025Friday, 14 November 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (5 days)

  • £495.00 excl. VAT

Mon 10 Nov 2025Fri 14 Nov 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (5 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is for you if you’re considering, or already have, responsibilities for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff e.g. site manager.

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Monday, 10 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 12:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 15 minutes)

  • £75.00 excl. VAT

Mon 10 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 12:00 PM GMT (3 hours, 15 minutes)

The Fire Marshal/Warden and Safe Use of Fire Extinguisher training course gives an understanding of how to deal with fire hazards and how to lower risk in the workplace in the event of an emergency.

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Nov

IOSH Managing Safely

Stoke

Monday, 10 November 2025Wednesday, 12 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 days)

Provided by Acadame Ltd
  • £455.00 excl. VAT

Mon 10 Nov 2025Wed 12 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 days)

Enhance your safety management skills with our IOSH Managing Safely course. Designed for managers and supervisors, this training program equips you with the knowledge and tools to effectively manage safety in the workplace.

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Provided by Acadame Ltd

Monday, 10 November 2025Friday, 14 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (5 days)

  • Online
  • £439.00 excl. VAT

Mon 10 Nov 2025Fri 14 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (5 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is for you if you’re considering, or already have, responsibilities for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff e.g. site manager.

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10

Nov

Manual Handling

Stoke

Monday, 10 November 2025

01:00 PM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 hours)

  • £75.00 excl. VAT

Mon 10 Nov 2025

01:00 PM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (3 hours)

This Manual Handling course teaches delegates how to improve their manual handling technique, how to conduct a personal risk assessment, and how to understand the risks linked with manual handling.

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Tuesday, 11 November 2025Wednesday, 12 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

  • £310.00 excl. VAT

Tue 11 Nov 2025Wed 12 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SMSTS-R) course is for you if you have previously passed the Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course, or a subsequent refresher course.

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Thursday, 13 November 2025Friday, 14 November 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

  • £285.00 excl. VAT

Thu 13 Nov 2025Fri 14 Nov 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (2 days)

Get certified with our CITB SSSTS training, focusing on the Site Supervision Safety Scheme. Equip yourself with essential skills in health and safety legislation, risk assessment, and effective supervision techniques. Led by experienced trainers, this course offers practical insights and case studies to reinforce learning.

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Thursday, 13 November 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 02:00 PM GMT (5 hours, 15 minutes)

  • £140.00 excl. VAT

Thu 13 Nov 2025

08:45 AM GMT – 02:00 PM GMT (5 hours, 15 minutes)

CAT & Genny is a health & safety training course designed to give operatives and supervisors knowledge of how to conduct cable avoidance operations to locate underground services.

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Thursday, 13 November 2025Friday, 14 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

  • Online
  • £279.00 excl. VAT

Thu 13 Nov 2025Fri 14 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

This CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher (SMSTS-R) course is for you if you have previously passed the Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course, or a subsequent refresher course.

More Information

Thursday, 13 November 2025Friday, 14 November 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

  • Online
  • £249.00 excl. VAT

Thu 13 Nov 2025Fri 14 Nov 2025

09:00 AM GMT – 05:30 PM GMT (2 days)

Get certified with our CITB SSSTS training, focusing on the Site Supervision Safety Scheme. Equip yourself with essential skills in health and safety legislation, risk assessment, and effective supervision techniques. Led by experienced trainers, this course offers practical insights and case studies to reinforce learning.

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Friday, 14 November 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (1 day)

  • £120.00 excl. VAT

Fri 14 Nov 2025

08:30 AM GMT – 04:00 PM GMT (1 day)

The CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) course is the most recognised qualification which is recognised towards attaining the learner Green Labourer Card, also known as the CSCS card. This training course is designed to aid the understanding of potential hazards the construction worker may face on site.

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CITB Understanding Commercial Awareness

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About Course

This CITB Leadership & Management course in Understanding Commercial Awareness was developed by the construction specialists Acadame.

Delivered at our centre in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, virtually online or on-site; the purpose of this standard is to enable the delegate an understanding of how stakeholder and client relationships and the monitoring and control of costs and waste contribute to making an organisation commercially successful as required by a practising or potential site supervisor:

  • the importance of stakeholder relationships in making an organisation successful
  • the role of the supervisor in meeting client requirements
  • the role of the supervisor in managing and controlling costs
  • the role of the supervisor in minimising waste in an organisation
  • how keeping records contributes to making an organisation successful

 

Leadership and management are key skills for all construction sites and an area where the industry has identified a need for greater support and training.

How Completing This Course Will Help You:
Course Content

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

  • explain the responsibility of the supervisor in controlling costs
  • explain two or more opportunities the supervisor has to impact on cost
  • describe the principal features of two or more mechanisms in the organisation used by the supervisor to maintain control of labour and materials costs
  • explain how the budget to build can be used as a control mechanism for managing cost

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

  • describe potential waste in the organisation within a detailed and appropriate context
  • describe two or more techniques and/or methods used by the supervisor for measuring and monitoring waste in the organisation
  • identify the main benefits of managing waste in the organisation
  • Assessment of this learning outcome must be via a scenario based practical exercise which covers the delegates ability to:
  • compile a simple action plan to minimise waste on site

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

  • explain the purpose of record-keeping for the organisation
  • identify key information to be recorded by the supervisor to meet organisational and legal guidelines
  • explain the supervisor’s role in maintaining accurate records of the allocation of labour, plant and materials
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Methods of Assessment

The method of assessment is a one-step journey:

The method of formal assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard is by a combination of a question paper and a practical exercise.

The question paper consists of 15 questions based on one question per assessment criteria point within learning outcomes 1-5 (excluding 4.4) with a bank of 2 sets of question papers.

Delegates must achieve 75% correct answers to pass.

Assessment of 4.4 is assessed by a scenario based practical exercise where the delegate must demonstrate competence of the assessment criteria.

Who Can Benefit From CITB Understanding Commercial Awareness Course?

Supervisors and managers can be site based or office based, as long as they are managing a team or could do so in the future. Although, the training has been designed to support managers and supervisors’ development, any employee who could benefit from the training can take part.

Employers who have put in place Leadership and Management training for their staff have seen:

  • An increase in productivity
  • Reduction in the number of man hours on site
  • Leadership and management training contributing towards a safe working environment for all staff
  • The benefits of improved retention by offering training that supports employees long term career ambitions and continuous professional development
What Other Leadership And Management Courses Are Available?

ILM’s level 3 Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector qualification and CITB’s Leadership and Management courses are designed to give frontline supervisors and managers the skills and increased confidence they need to carry out their roles.

By combining Acadame’s expertise in the construction industry with ILM’s market-leading leadership & management qualifications, this ensures the short courses teach best-in-class leadership & management skills and behaviours that are tailored to industry needs.

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