NEBOSH, IOSH and SSSTS courses for Mansfield and Ashfield

Homes, roads and business parks south of Mansfield

The Lindhurst scheme, on the south side of Mansfield, is planned for up to 1,760 homes and 23 hectares of land for new businesses, with a community park and land set aside for a school. The six-mile Mansfield and Ashfield Regeneration Route, a bypass that carries the A617, runs from Rainworth to the A38 Sutton-in-Ashfield bypass. Over the boundary in Ashfield, Summit Park at Sutton-in-Ashfield is made up of large distribution and warehouse units, and Sherwood Business Park is a 135-acre site just off junction 27 of the M1.

Between them, these places call for two kinds of training. New homes, roads and sheds need site supervisors and managers who know their CITB duties. The warehouses, factories and offices that work from these sites need managers who can run health and safety in a working business, and staff who know the basics from their first week.

NEBOSH courses for Mansfield managers

The NEBOSH National General Certificate deals with health and safety in any workplace: manufacturing, warehousing, retail, care, schools and the public sector. The NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety is written around construction work and CDM 2015. It suits site managers, contracts managers and construction safety advisers.

Both are taught live online by a tutor on fixed dates, so there's no travel at all. If set dates don't fit your shifts, either certificate can be studied at your own pace by distance learning: see NEBOSH General by distance learning and NEBOSH Construction by distance learning. Our guide NEBOSH General or Construction: which certificate? helps you choose between them.

IOSH courses for Mansfield teams

IOSH Managing Safely is a three-day course for team leaders, supervisors and managers in any sector. It focuses on managing risk in the area you're responsible for. IOSH Working Safely takes one day and gives everyone else a grounding in hazards, risk and their own part in keeping work safe.

Both are taught live online. For a group from one warehouse, factory or depot, either course can be run in-house at your premises, on dates that fit your shift pattern. That way a whole team trains together without anyone leaving site.

SSSTS and SMSTS courses for Mansfield site teams

On construction sites, the CITB courses are the ones principal contractors usually ask for. SSSTS is the two-day course for supervisors and foremen. SMSTS is the five-day course for site managers. You can take either one in the classroom at the Rotherham venue or live online with a tutor. The CITB certificate is the same whichever you choose.

With about 45 minutes on the road each way, live online is often the simpler choice, especially for the five days of SMSTS. Our guide to how live online CITB courses work explains what you need and what happens on the day.

NVQs, assessed where you work

NVQs involve no classroom days, so the distance doesn't matter. For people whose job is health and safety, the Level 3 NVQ Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is assessed on evidence from the job you already do. For site managers working towards the Black Manager card, there's the Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management. Your assessor guides you through an online portfolio and can observe you at work on site or by video. You pay in full at enrolment, and an NVQ typically takes 6 to 8 weeks.

Sutton, Kirkby, Warsop and Shirebrook

The same options apply across the Mansfield and Ashfield towns. From Sutton-in-Ashfield, the venue is about 40 minutes by road outside rush hour, joining the M1 at junction 29. From Kirkby-in-Ashfield it's about 45 minutes via the A38 and junction 28. Mansfield Woodhouse is about 45 minutes away, and Warsop about 40 minutes via the A616 and junction 30. Shirebrook, just over the border in Derbyshire, is about 35 minutes away. For Chesterfield, Bolsover and Clay Cross, see our courses for Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.