Overview
The site manager and assistant site manager play a key role in ensuring all aspects of the Home Building site are delivered to specified quality, construction standards, financial plan and programme, managing all occupational groups involved in the construction process. A clear emphasis is placed on health & safety; cost management; customer satisfaction; quality and direct employee/subcontractor management & development.
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Regulatory, Environment & Standards
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Building Regulations | Building Regulations and control for residential homes (GET1439) | NHBC | CITB | £320 | £30 |
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Warranty certification | NHBC | CITB | £150 | £30 | |
Defects prevention | NHBC | CITB | £450 | £70 |
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
CDM Regulations | CDM awareness (GET0032) | Various | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Health, Safety & Environment
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training |
CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)/ IOSH or equivalent | Health & Safety in construction site supervision | Various | CITB | £300 | £70 (automatic grant) |
Hazards & Controls | Hazards and controls associated with the home building sector (GET2090) | Hamilton Deed | CITB | £150 | £30 |
First aid in the workplace | First aid (CITB-registered levy-exempt employers only) (GET0026) | Various | CITB | £130 | £70 |
Working at heights & lifting operations | Working at height awareness in construction (GET0020) | Various | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Scaffold awareness | CISRS scaffolding awareness (GET1315) | Various | CISRS | £150 | £30 |
Mandatory for Site Managers
Unit of Training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) | Health & safety in construction site management - SSP | Various | CITB | £550 | £120 (automatic grant) |
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS) | Introduction into environmental awareness in construction training (GET0701) | Various | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Construction Process
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Dimensional positioning & site levelling | In development | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Groundworks & foundations awareness | In development | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Understanding road construction | Road construction for home build programmes (GET1910) | Various | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Effective handovers | Home builder handover (GET1875) | Hamilton Deed | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Mandatory for Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Defects prevention introduction | Defects prevention introduction (GET2089) | CITB | CITB | £150 | £70 |
Site & Project Planning
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Software & hardware skills | N/A | Various | N/A | £150 | N/A |
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Compiling site programmes | Develop and maintain a home build programme (GET1871) | Hamilton Deed | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Mandatory for Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional Provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Understanding drawings & specs | Interpreting plans and drawings (GET1873) | NHBC | CITB | £150 | £30 |
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | Courses available | Course Trainer | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Costings & Finance | In development | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Management
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of training | CITB training standard | Optional provider | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Managing Teams Managing Meetings Assertiveness Handover Sales Customer Service Managing Performance |
Hamilton Deed | CITB | £130 per training standard | £30 per training standard |
People Management
Mandatory for Assistant Site Managers and Site Managers
Unit of Training | CITB training standard | Course trainer | Accreditor | Average course cost | CITB grant value |
Roles & responsibilities Conflict resolutions Motivating Others |
Home build site management (GET1869) | Hamilton Deed | CITB | £130 | £30 |
The Supply Chain Sustainability School also has a number of free CPD accredited e-learning modules and toolbox talks available that cover key topics highly relevant to Site Managers, including a Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Toolkit that aligns closely with the Skills Frameworks.
The School supports home builders and their supply chains to meet the challenging targets set out by UK government, and is backed by leading home builders including Barratt Developments, Bovis Homes, Kier, Linden Homes, Redrow, Taylor Wimpey, Telford Homes and Willmott Dixon.
- Ethical Business
- Introduction to Water
- Introduction to Waste
- Introduction to Materials
- Environmental Management
- Climate change and carbon
- Biodiversity
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Delivering energy and carbon efficient buildings
- Getting value out of your EMS
- Modern Slavery
- Reduce carbon, reduce costs
- Plant
- Labour
- Introduction to Sustainable Homes
- Overheating in Homes
- The Performance Gap
- Sustainability in Groundworks
- Sustainability on Site