Leadership and management practice in construction

Duration

14 guided learning hours

Purpose/scope

The purpose of this standard is to enable the delegate to develop knowledge and understanding of using leadership and management skills to ensure safety and quality requirements and appropriate standards of behaviour are met when achieving project and work plans as required by a practising or potential team leader or site supervisor.

Scope:

• roles and responsibilities of a site supervisor or team leader
• the differences between leadership and management and the relationship between the two
• quality management in site management
• the importance of health and safety in site management

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational groups: supervision, management and leadership.

Delegates pre-requisites

There are no delegate pre-requisites as part of this standard.

Instruction/ supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

• an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
• successfully completed training to this standard (within the last three years)
• at least 3 years relevant industrial experience
• a verifiable CV
• knowledge of ILM VRQ learning and assessment processes (optional)

Delivery

Delivery may be in an on or off the job environment.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for delegates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.

The class size and delegate/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable delegates to achieve the learning outcomes. Number of delegates not to exceed 20 per trainer.

The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard: face to face; virtual.

This standard is considered to contain 51% or more theoretical learning.

This standard is considered to be set at an advanced level.

Assessment

For the successful completion of training, delegates must complete an end of course assessment that measures all learning outcomes and meets the pass criteria for each.

The method of formal assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard is by a paper of 21 questions based on one question per assessment criteria point within the learning outcomes with a bank of 2 sets of question papers. Delegates must achieve 80% correct answers to pass. For the avoidance of doubt there must be model answers for consistency.

Quality assurance

Assured

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Renewal

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.

Classification 

Lifetime (Please note standards using this classification will only be grant aided once per delegate) 

Approval date 

May 2022

Review cycle

On request or 5 years from approval date.

Learning outcomes

The delegate will be able to:

• describe the roles and responsibilities of a site supervisor or team leader
  • Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
    • describe the responsibilities of the site supervisor or team leader in ensuring safety on site
    • describe the responsibilities of the site supervisor or team leader in ensuring quality requirements are met
    • describe the responsibilities of the site supervisor or team leader in ensuring productivity targets are achieved
    • describe the responsibilities of the site supervisor or team leader in ensuring behavioural standards on site are appropriate and contribute to the achievement of project and work plans
    • explain the role of the site supervisor or team leader in organisational procedures relating to poor performance or behaviour
      
      
• explain the differences between leadership and management and the relationship between the two
  • Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
    • describe the practices of both a manager and a leader to explain why a site supervisor or team leader needs to be both a manager and a leader
    • explain the site supervisor’s or team leader’s role as a manager in achieving team objectives and outcomes
    • describe the principal features of two leadership styles to explain how to apply a range of leadership styles
    • explain how you set direction and communicate this to others
    • describe how you motivate and empower your team
    • identify and prioritise two or more areas for personal development to improve own ability to lead within a detailed and appropriate context
      
      
• describe the role of quality management in site management
  • Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
    • describe the practices of quality management to explain, with examples, what is meant by the ‘cost of quality’
    • describe one quality standard for internal customers and one quality standard for external customers to explain how or why they are applicable to internal and external customers
    • describe the principal features of the record-keeping process for maintaining quality
      
      
• explain the importance of health and safety in site management
  • Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:
    • list current legislation and industry regulations relating to health and safety at work that are relevant to the responsibilities of a site supervisor or team leader
    • describe your organisation’s policy in relation to one specific item of legislation or regulation
    • describe the principal features of a risk assessment and how to conduct one
    • explain the difference between a risk assessment and a method statement
    • describe how to ensure the team is aware of health and safety requirements
    • explain why it is important to monitor health and safety and keep accurate records
    • explain the supervisor’s or team leader’s role in monitoring health and safety and maintaining accurate records

Additional information about this standard

This training standard is derived from the ILM Level 3 in Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector, unit 8626-300 Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector.