Our CITB Achieving Behavioural Change Course delivers a minimum of 7.5 hours of instruction to a maximum of 20 delegates. The course provides delegates with an understanding of how attitude, behaviour, communication and worker engagement at all levels can help prevent the chances of accidents occurring. The course can be applied to any construction situation and addresses the benefits of adopting behavioural change, for all contractors who work on construction and civil engineering projects.
This course consists of a training room lecture, presentation and written assessment.
This course is designed for operatives, contractors, supervisors and managerial staff within the construction industry who wish to gain an understanding of how they can improve the safety culture within their organisation.
There is a minimum number of 4 delegates required to run this course. This encourages discussion, best practice sharing, exercises and case study debates throughout the course. The maximum number of delegates on this course is 20 and the course content is suited for all ability levels.
Delegates must be competent in English at site manager level.
The agenda for the CITB Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) Course includes:
- Legal duties of employers and employees
- Identification of hazards and risks
- Understand the need for a risk assessment
- Understand the causes of accidents
- Understanding the costs associated with poor safety performance
- Identifying the benefits of good safety performance
- Understand and use the STAARR and TASK card systems
Upon successful completion of this course each delegate will receive a CITB Construction Skills e-Certificate of Training, valid for a period of 5 years. This is a one-day course. Delegates are required to complete the full course (7.5 hours) to be eligible for certification. Assessment will be by a written assessment paper. At the end of the theory session, delegates will take a written assessment consisting of nine multiple choice questions.
Delegates who do not successfully pass the exam will be required to attend the course again as there is no resit option.
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No. As this is a classroom-based course, you are not required to bring any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). For certain training sessions, temporary equipment such as safety harnesses may be provided if required.
Yes, we can absolutely offer you support. We understand that everyone learns differently, and we’re committed to making our courses accessible to all. Our instructors are experienced in delivering training to individuals with varying levels of reading and writing ability.
We can offer additional verbal guidance, practical demonstrations, and one-to-one support when attending training courses at one of our training centres. If required, we can also arrange for assistance during written assessments, such as a reader.
Please let our support team know in advance if you have any concerns, and we’ll do everything we can to support you in successfully completing your training.
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