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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:
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.
CITB pay grants for the achievement of approved short courses, which last from 3 hours to 29 days and are focused on the core construction skills needed across the industry.
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:
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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.
Suitability
Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational groups: supervision, management and leadership:
• 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
Assessment
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.
Duration
This classroom or virtually delivered course is held over 2 days.
Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
We recognise that everyone is different, which is why we offer a choice of study routes. We can deliver the course in your workplace, you can visit one of our training centres or you can complete the course via an online virtual live class.
This training standard is derived from the ILM Level 3 in Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector, unit 8626-302 Understanding Commercial Awareness
There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.
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