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Directors Role for Health and Safety (DRHS)

CITB Site Safety Plus course
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DRHS - Health and Safety for Construction Directors – SSP

Course Information

The Directors Role in Health & Health Safety is a one-day interactive course aimed at Directors & Senior Managers who are actively involved with strategic management in their organisation in the built environment and is focused on health and safety strategic roles in the built environment to identify the director's duties of care and outline implications of non-compliance with current health and safety legislation.

The DRHS course is endorsed by Build UK as the standard training for all senior managers (as specified above) and company directors.
Entry Requirements
To attend this course delegates must demonstrate the following:

Either previously completed a CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety Course, OR working knowledge of health and safety legislation with the requirements that the course content and end of course assessment as learners will be required to understand this legislation in context with the directors role and responsibility.

Key Course Details

Course Logistics

Duration: 1 day

Location: For groups - Closed Course Delivered on-site nationwide or remotely. For individuals - Open Course schedule can be booked remotely.

Dates: Call 01623 287830

Minimum numbers: 5 (Individuals can be booked onto our remote open course schedule)

Maximum numbers: 20 classroom / 12 remote

Course Details & Recognition

Cost: Per person - £195 + VAT

Price subject to confirmation*
*Final price may vary depending on location.

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Accreditation: CITB Site Safety Plus Certification

Certificate Validity: 5 years

Funding & Grants

CITB Short Course Grant Code: Automatic - Tier 1: £60 per person

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Option 1
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Net Cost to You

£0

Who It's For
CITB Levy Registered Companies

Funding Route
Skills and Training Fund

Option 2
70% Funded

Net Cost to You

£58.50 + VAT

(per person)

£585 + VAT

(10 people)

Who It's For
CITB Levy Registered Companies

Funding Route
Employer Networks (70% funded)

Option 3
Pay-then-claim: Reduced via Grant

Net Cost to You

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Medium Group
(12 people)

£1620 + VAT

Small Group
(5 people)

£675 + VAT

Who It's For
CITB Levy Registered Companies

Funding Route
Short Qualification Grant (£60 per person)

Option 4
Standard Payment

Net Cost to You

£195 + VAT

(per person)

£1950 + VAT

(10 people)

Who It's For
Not CITB Levy Registered Companies

Funding Route
No CITB Grant Available

Please note:

  • Funding is subject to CITB eligibility checks.
  • Final price may vary based on your location and will be confirmed at the time of booking.

How is this course Delivered?

This course is available exclusively for groups and can be delivered in two formats:

Remote closed session – Live tutor-led via Microsoft Teams or Zoom
In-house classroom delivery – We come to your site

Choose your preferred format using the toggles below.

Whichever option you choose, this is a private, closed session for your team only. All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance on completion.

Maximum numbers: 20 classroom

We come to you
This course is delivered in person at your chosen location, exclusively for your team. (per person charge)

What to expect:

  • Expert trainer on-site
  • Hands-on interaction with your group
  • No travel needed for your staff
  • Certificate of attendance for each participant
  • Each course combines thorough theoretical instruction with practical, hands-on exercises. Participants benefit from real-time feedback and guidance from experienced trainers, ensuring they gain valuable skills ready for practical application.
  • We can arrange a local venue close to your site if preferred
    • Please note: using an external venue may affect the day rate.

Maximum numbers: 12 remote

Live tutor-led session

Delivered remotely for your team only, at a time that suits you. 

What to expect:

  • Private online session for your staff
  • Interactive format with breakout discussion
  • each course combines thorough theoretical instruction with practical, hands-on elements. Participants benefit from real-time feedback and guidance from experienced trainers, ensuring they gain valuable skills ready for practical application — even in a virtual environment.

What are the requirements?

To take part in a remote tutor-led course, you’ll need:

  • Laptop or computer with a working camera – you must remain visible to the tutor throughout the session
  • Microphone and speakers – to interact with the tutor and other delegates
  • Reliable internet connection – essential for participating in the full course
  • Email address – to receive course materials and exam instructions
  • Photographic ID – such as a driving licence or passport
  • Access to Zoom or Microsoft Teams – a meeting link will be sent prior to the course
  • Complete and return - the delegate information form prior to course attendance

Electronic CITB mandatory publications will be e-mailed before the course; hardcopies may be available upon request (please enquire at the booking stage).

Maximum numbers: 12 remote

Live tutor-led session

Delivered remotely, at a time that suits you. 

What to expect:

  • Private online session for your staff
  • Interactive format with breakout discussion
  • each course combines thorough theoretical instruction with practical, hands-on elements. Participants benefit from real-time feedback and guidance from experienced trainers, ensuring they gain valuable skills ready for practical application — even in a virtual environment.

What are the requirements?

To take part in a remote tutor-led course, you’ll need:

  • Laptop or computer with a working camera – you must remain visible to the tutor throughout the session
  • Microphone and speakers – to interact with the tutor and other delegates
  • Reliable internet connection – essential for participating in the full course
  • Email address – to receive course materials and exam instructions
  • Photographic ID – such as a driving licence or passport
  • Access to Zoom or Microsoft Teams – a meeting link will be sent prior to the course
  • Complete and return - the delegate information form prior to course attendance

Electronic CITB mandatory publications will be e-mailed before the course; hardcopies may be available upon request (please enquire at the booking stage).

Directors Role for Health and Safety Course Aims

This course will summarise how to promote a positive health and safety culture within the organisation. Group exercises throughout the course will allow learners to discuss their thoughts about health and safety responsibilities and outline the requirements of the HSE guidance HSG65, Managing for Health and Safety (Plan, Do, Check, Act).

This course is endorsed by Build UK, and upon completion of the course, candidates will be able to:
  • Understand good leadership and worker engagement can aid with protecting the workers and continually improve organisation risk management
  • Recognise purpose of health and safety legislation and the different requirements that must be followed to ensure this is achieved
  • Be able to effectively plan health and safety in an organisation
  • Recognise how to implement a health and safety plan including the key actions for leaders, managers and the involvement of workers in an organisation
  • Understand how to monitor health and safety arrangements and measure its performance in an organisation
  • Identify how to review health and safety performance to ensure high standards are maintained and continually improved

Learning Outcomes

Delegates taking the DRHS course should be able to achieve all of the learning outcomes listed below by the end of the course:

Explain how good leadership and worker engagement can aid with protecting the workers and continually improve organisation risk management.

Describe the purpose of health and safety legislation and the different legislative requirements that must be followed to ensure this is achieved.

Explain how to effectively plan for health and safety within an organisation.

Explain how to implement a health and safety plan, including the key actions for leaders, managers and workers in an organisation.

Explain how to monitor the effectiveness of health and safety arrangements and measure performance in an organisation.

Explain how to review health and safety performance to ensure high standards are maintained and continually improved.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions about this course? Here is a compilation of our most frequently asked questions.

This course is designed for directors and senior management who are actively involved with strategic management in their organisations within the built environment of any size in construction, civil engineering, or allied trades and therefore should be considered before enrolling. Examples of relevant roles (not exhaustive) are:

  • Financial/Operations Directors
  • Senior Quantity Surveyors (QS)
  • Principal Designers
  • Senior/Principal Engineer
  • Company Secretary
  • Contracts Manager
  • Senior Project Manager
  • Non-executive Director

To attend this course, delegates must demonstrate the following:

Either previously completed a CITB Directors Role for Health and Safety Course, OR working knowledge of the following health and safety legislation with the requirements that the course content and end-of-course assessment will require learners to understand this legislation in context with the directors role and responsibility:

  • Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974
  • Employers Liability (compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
  • Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015
  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

CITB recommends participating in the interactive course before your DRHS course; it takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete, but you don’t have to do it all at once. You can close the eLearning at any time and, on your return, pick up where you left off. Your progress will be saved automatically. We recommend that you take the course in 30-minute chunks.

Click here to access the CITB eLearning Course.

The certification from this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified, candidates will need to retake the course before the expiration date.

The Health and Safety for Construction Directors course is eligible for a Tier 1 Grant claim, this grant can only be claimed once per candidate, per lifetime and the grant does not renew.

If dates are required for a classroom version of this course, please contact us on 01623 287830 for availability.

Click here to find out more about the Grants that can be claimed for this course.

Find out everything you need to know about the DRHS course here.

💥70% Savings Off DRHS Training💥Just £58.50 per person

Discover how CITB-funded Employer Networks streamline your access to funding when partnering with us.

✅ Remote Open Course for Individuals available
✅ 70% funded via CITB Employer Network

Private Closed Course (10 Attendees)

  • Host your own session – remote or face to face at a venue of your choice.
  • Total cost: £1,950 → You pay just £585 with 70% funding.

Ideal for companies training multiple staff at once.

Limited availability – book now to secure your training date!

Multiple bookings? Speak to us about CITB Skills & Training Fund to cover up to £25,000 for training.

*only available to CITB levy registered companies

Get in touch or call us on 01623 287830.