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Both are CITB site safety courses, but they're written for different jobs. Here's how to tell which one fits your role, what each involves and what principal contractors usually expect.
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SEATS is CITB's one-day Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme. Here's who it's written for, what it covers, how the exam works and why contractors ask supervisors to hold it.
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IOSH Managing Safely is a three-day course for managers and team leaders; Working Safely is a one-day course for everyone else. Here's how to choose, what each covers, and how employers train a whole team.
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CITB runs separate courses for temporary works supervisors and coordinators, both built on BS 5975. Here's how the two roles differ, who should attend which, what to know before you go and when to refresh.
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Live online courses are taught in real time by a tutor, with the same content and certificate as the classroom. Here's what to expect on the day and what you'll need.
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Both are well-known NEBOSH certificates, but one is built for any workplace and the other for construction. Here's how to choose, how each is assessed, and whether to study live online or by distance learning.
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The same CITB course can run as consecutive days, one day a week or over weekends. Here's how each pattern works and who it suits.
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Three well-known safety courses, built for different jobs. Here's how SMSTS, the NEBOSH certificates and IOSH Managing Safely compare, and which one a construction site manager is usually asked for.
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The law doesn't name SSSTS or SMSTS, but principal contractors do. Here's what CDM 2015 actually asks for, when SSSTS is enough, and when you'll be expected to hold SMSTS.
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