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CITB Grants Available

Supported Training

Grant is available for attendance on the following courses within the CITB-ConstructionSkills' Site Safety Plus range:

• 5 day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course
• 2 day SMSTS Refresher course
• 5 day Plant Management Safety Training Scheme (PMSTS) course
• 2 day PMSTS Refresher course
• 3 day Site Safety for Shopfitters and Interior Contractors course
• 2 day Shopfitting and Interior Contractors Structural elements course
• 2 day Site Supervisors' Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course
• 1 day ConstructionSkills' Site Supervisors' Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course
• 2 day Site Sustainability course
• 1 day Directors Role for Health and Safety
• 1 day Health and Safety awareness course
• 1 day Achieving behavioural change course

The course must be managed and run by a CITB-ConstructionSkills approved centre to be eligible for grant aid. Contact your local CITB-ConstructionSkills office for details of approved training providers and further information about Site Safety Plus.

For the 5 day SMSTS and PMSTS grant supports courses of 37½ hours duration that comply with the scheme rules.

Training days for the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) Manager and Supervisor courses have also been approved to receive this grant.

How Much Can I Claim

£52.50 for each training day

Grant is also payable for any additional days training which are required to complete the qualification, providing that the Site Safety Plus criteria are met.

You will receive an additional 22% Supplementary Payment if you are eligible. This includes a basic rate of 10% plus an additional 12% bonus.

How To Claim

If you inform your training provider of your seven-digit CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant registration number at the time of booking your course, then an automatic claim form may be issued to you on completion of your training. You must sign this form and return it CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Shared Services by 31 October 2013 to receive your grant.

If you do not receive a pre-populated grant claim form within four weeks of the course completion date then you should download and complete a grant claim form or contact your local CITB-ConstructionSkills office for a copy. Complete this form and send it to CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Shared Services by 31 October 2013 to claim grant. Claims received after this date will be rejected.