At the end of the Certificate in Site Management Course, successful participants will be able to:

• Manage quality control on a construction site
• Manage legislative requirements for health, safety and welfare practice within a construction site
• Manage contractual and legal responsibilities to ensure compliance

Have a total understanding of the site management process

Course content is delivered in a variety of ways, including reading material, case studies and live webinars. Each Unit will have specific objectives for you to work through, these include:

Unit 1 – Contractual and Legal Responsibilities within a Construction Environment

• Understand the importance of legislation, and how assuring standards can improve design work in the planning stage.
• Apply principles of compliance under a construction project.
• Explain the key processes which deal with claims and variance – a crucial transferable skill which translates into other roles within the built environment.
• The application of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations.

Unit 2 – Managing the Quality of Construction Works

• Understand quality assurance within the construction site environment, including the usage of recycled and recovered materials.
• Learn project management essentials and how to optimise team functionality on-site.
• Utilise construction quality control to streamline your project.

Unit 3 – Managing Health, Safety and Wellbeing in Construction Works

• Apply principles of compliance under a construction project.
• Understand health and safety wellbeing regulations, legislations and working practices.
• Solve defined problems and evaluation solutions.

This course is specifically for entry to and progression in the construction industry.

Candidates should have at least ONE of the following to start the course:

• Three years’ experience on site with some general management responsibility
• Completion of a NVQ level 3 in a relevant industry subject
• Completion of CIOB Level 3 Diploma in Site Supervisory Studies

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)

The Level 4 Certificate and the Diploma in Construction Site Management provide exemption for either the White:

• Academically Qualified Persons CSCS card; or
• Professionally Qualified Persons CSCS card.

depending on industry qualifications and/or professional body membership.

CSCS cards demonstrate the cardholder in addition to holding a certified specialist skill for the job they do and also possess an appropriate health, safety and environmental test attained within the past 2 years.

Whilst not a legal requirement; the vast majority of contractors require that all personnel hold an appropriate CSCS card at the right level before they are allowed on site.  For more current information visit: www.cscs.uk.com.

Please note these are guidelines, if you feel your experience and skills will allow you to complete the course, then contact the Academy.

Each unit comprises several modules that can be finished at a pace suitable for you, at the end of these units, an assessment must be completed. This means that three individual assessments must be completed in total. Those who have successfully completed all three assessments will have gained a clear understand of site management and quality control processes and will have gained all the necessary abilities to begin the Diploma in Construction Site Management qualifying course.