• Home
• Contact
• Grants
• SMSTS Info
• SMSTS
• SMSTS Refresher
• Supervisor's
• Supervisor's Refresher
• Awareness

CITB Grants Available

Supported Training

Grant is available for attendance on the following courses within the Site Safety Plus range:

• 5 day ConstructionSkills' Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course
• 2 day ConstructionSkills' SMSTS Refresher course
• 2 day ConstructionSkills' Site Supervisors' Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course
• 2 day Site Sustainability course
• 1 day Health and Safety awareness course

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

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

How Much Can I Claim

For courses which run between the 1st October 2011 and the 31st March 2012 a short term initiative has been agreed by the CITB-ConstructionSkills Training Committee to increase Site Safety Plus grant to a rate of £52.50 per day.

For courses which run between the 1st August 2011 and the 30th September 2011 and the 1st April 2012 and the 31st July 2012 grant will be paid at a rate of £17.50 per 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 us 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 2012 to receive your grant.