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CITB Site Safety PlusCITB accredited

CITB SSSTS Course

Two days for supervisors, forepersons, team leaders and chargehands who need to supervise work safely and know their legal duties.

Classroom at our centresLive onlineAt your workplace
PriceFrom £249.00 + VAT
Duration2 days
PriceFrom £249.00 + VAT
AvailabilityDates through the year
CITB accredited
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About this course

This two day course covers all relevant legislation that affects safe working.

It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures and adequate communication, in order to sustain a health and safety culture in the workforce.

It looks at the impact of good leadership on site and how to embed positive behaviours into site safe practice.

  • Fulfil their role and responsibilities as a site supervisor in promoting and maintaining health, safety and welfare on construction sites
  • Apply relevant health and safety legislation, policies and management systems to support legal compliance and safe working practices
  • Identify and manage risks using risk assessments, method statements, permits to work, inspections and other appropriate control measures
  • Promote the health, wellbeing and safety of workers by recognising occupational health risks and supporting effective welfare arrangements
  • Supervise construction activities safely by applying appropriate controls to high risk work, plant, equipment and other site hazards
  • Support effective environmental management by recognising environmental risks and applying appropriate controls

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?

Designed for those who have, or are about to have, supervisory responsibilities.

Entry requirements. None formally. Delegates should hold, or be about to hold, the role of a site supervisor, and previous health and safety knowledge is recommended.

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Cards and qualifications

SSSTS, and how the gold CSCS Supervisor card actually works

SSSTS does not award a CSCS card. It is a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate, valid for five years, and it is evidence of supervisor safety training rather than evidence of occupational competence. No Site Safety Plus course awards a card.

Sites ask for it all the same, and most ask for both. Principal contractors routinely write SSSTS into the site rules for anyone running a gang, alongside the card that matches the role, which is why supervisors end up carrying the certificate and the card together.

The gold Supervisor card comes from a construction related supervisory or technical NVQ at Level 3 or 4, plus a pass in the CITB Specialist Supervisor health, safety and environment test. We deliver the course and the NVQ, so the two can be planned together rather than a year apart.

1

Get the certificate the site is asking for

Two days, in the classroom or live online. SSSTS is valid for five years and a one day refresher keeps it current.

2

Start the NVQ while you carry on working

A Level 3 or 4 supervisory NVQ is assessed on the job. No exams and no day release. Your assessor comes to you and builds the evidence around work you are already doing.

3

Sit the specialist test

The CITB Specialist Supervisor health, safety and environment test, which is the one CSCS need for this card rather than the operatives test.

4

Apply for the gold card

With the NVQ and the specialist test in hand, apply to CSCS. The gold Supervisor card runs for five years.

NVQ Level 3Level 3 NVQ Occupational Work SupervisionThe usual route to a gold Supervisor card for a working foreman or chargehand.Take a look →NVQ Level 4Level 4 NVQ Construction Site SupervisionFor supervisors running larger sections and responsible for others on site.Take a look →CSCS cardGold CSCS Supervisor cardWhat CSCS need, which test goes with it and how to apply.Take a look →

Method of assessment

How SSSTS 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.

1

Take part in full

CITB require full attendance across the 2 days before the assessment can be taken.

2

Assessment

CITB standard GET0040, Health and Safety in Construction Site Supervision (SSP). An end of course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures the learning outcomes, with a pass or fail criteria.

3

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 2, 15 learning hours, standard GET0040.

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.

Classroom

Tutor-led at one of our centres, with everything provided.

16 dates · from £285 + VATNext: 21 Sep to 22 Sep 2026 · Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Liverpool (Widnes)

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Live online

The same tutor and the same timetable, joined from anywhere.

9 dates · from £249 + VATNext: 1 Oct to 2 Oct 2026

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Onsite / in-company

We come to you, anywhere in the UK, for groups of any size.

Your datesUsually cheaper per head for six or more, and nobody travels.

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Dates and locations

Pick a date

Live availability from our booking system. Prices exclude VAT.

1 courses, 25 scheduled dates

  • Classroom and live online courses

    1CourseLengthFromAvailability
  • SSSTSCITB Site Safety Plus2 days£249 + VAT25 dates
    • 21 Sep to 22 Sep 2026Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATFully booked
    • 1 Oct to 2 Oct 2026Manchester£285.00 + VATFully booked
    • 1 Oct to 2 Oct 2026Live online£249.00 + VATFully booked
    • 7 Oct to 8 Oct 2026Liverpool (Widnes)£285.00 + VATBook
    • 19 Oct to 20 Oct 2026Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATFully booked
    • 2 Nov to 3 Nov 2026Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 5 Nov to 6 Nov 2026Manchester£285.00 + VATBook
    • 11 Nov to 12 Nov 2026Liverpool (Widnes)£285.00 + VATBook
    • 16 Nov to 17 Nov 2026Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 3 Dec to 4 Dec 2026Manchester£285.00 + VATBook
    • 7 Dec to 8 Dec 2026Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 8 Dec to 9 Dec 2026Liverpool (Widnes)£285.00 + VATBook
    • 21 Dec to 22 Dec 2026Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 4 Jan to 5 Jan 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 6 Jan to 7 Jan 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 2 Feb to 3 Feb 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 15 Feb to 16 Feb 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 2 Mar to 3 Mar 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 30 Mar to 31 Mar 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 7 Apr to 8 Apr 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 12 Apr to 13 Apr 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 4 May to 5 May 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook
    • 17 May to 18 May 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 3 Jun to 4 Jun 2027Stoke-on-Trent£285.00 + VATBook
    • 9 Jun to 10 Jun 2027Live online£249.00 + VATBook

    Prices are per person and exclude VAT. Nothing here has to be booked online: call 0330 124 2165 or email hello@acadame.co.uk and we will book you on, or put a date on to suit you.

Everything we run is on this page, whether or not a date is showing. Where a course is scheduled, open the availability column to see the dates, the centre, the price and how many places are left. Where nothing is scheduled it only means nobody has asked yet: tell us the course and the numbers and we will put a date on, here or at your place.

Also available

In-company training

We run this one to order, at your place or ours.

Onsite / in-company

Run SSSTS 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.

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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

SSSTS FAQs

No. SSSTS is a CITB Site Safety Plus certificate, not a card. The gold Supervisor card is issued against a construction related supervisory or technical NVQ at Level 3 or 4, together with a pass in the CITB Specialist Supervisor health, safety and environment test. Sites often want both, which is why they are usually done together.

Because it is the training the industry recognises for someone supervising work. Principal contractors write it into site rules alongside the card that matches the role. The card says what you are qualified to do. The certificate says your supervisor safety training is current.

Five years. A one day SSSTS refresher taken before it expires keeps it running for another five. Let it lapse and the full two day course has to be taken again.

Yes, and that is how it is designed. A supervisory NVQ is assessed on site around the work you already do, so there is no day release and no written exam.

The CITB Specialist Supervisor test, not the operatives test. CSCS need a pass from within the last two years at the point you apply.

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