CITB ONLINE Health and Safety for Directors Course (Remote Learning)

Boardroom decisions carry real weight when it comes to workplace safety, and the CITB ONLINE Health and Safety for Directors Course (Remote Learning) brings the CITB Health and Safety for Directors qualification straight to your screen, without needing to travel to a training venue. This one day virtual course is delivered remotely using instructor-led online learning, and the course content remains the same as classroom-based training, though delegates attend a scheduled, interactive class via online video rather than in person.

Aimed squarely at directors and senior managers, the CITB ONLINE Health and Safety for Directors Course (Remote Learning) builds a clear grasp of the human, legal and financial implications of getting health and safety wrong, along with the tools to drive a genuinely proactive safety culture from the top down. Anyone weighing up remote against classroom delivery may also want to look at the CITB Health and Safety for Directors Course, which covers identical content in person for those who prefer face-to-face learning.

Where the IOSH Managing Safely Course focuses on day-to-day operational risk management, this course sits a level higher, dealing with boardroom accountability and the personal liability directors carry when things go wrong. It draws directly on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and related legislation, giving directors a working understanding of exactly where their legal responsibility begins and ends.

Many organisations pair this course with the Risk Assessment Online Course for middle managers, ensuring the risk assessment principles discussed at director level are properly reflected in how risk gets managed on the ground. It also works well alongside the Online CDM Regulation Awareness Course (Remote Learning) for anyone involved in construction projects specifically, since CDM duties often sit directly with client and principal contractor organisations at board level. For directors wanting a broader, more technical grounding in health and safety management, the NEBOSH National General Certificate is a natural next step once this course is complete, while those overseeing larger sites often look at the CITB SMSTS Course to make sure operational management reflects the same priorities set from the top.

To take part, delegates need access to a laptop or desktop computer with a webcam, microphone and speaker; tablets aren't supported for this course. Before attending, delegates must complete the CITB Pre-Course E-Learning and provide the resulting digital certificate at least 24 hours before the course starts, alongside a working knowledge of the key legislation the assessment draws on.