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CCNSG Leading a Team Safely Course

CCNSG Leading a Team Safely is the one-day ECITB-accredited course for supervisors and team leaders who already hold a CCNSG Safety Passport. It builds on the two-day passport by focusing on the part a team leader plays in keeping a job safe — planning work, briefing people, communicating clearly and dealing with problems as they arise.

The course is built around the concept of “The Good Job”, working through The Team, The Plan, The Job and The Good Job. It is practical and discussion-led rather than classroom theory, and is aimed at people who supervise others day to day on engineering construction, industrial and process sites.

Course Details

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Format: Classroom
  • Awarding body: ECITB
  • Prerequisite: A current, valid CCNSG Safety Passport card
  • Suitable for: Supervisors, team leaders and anyone directing the work of others on site
  • Bring: Passport card, photo ID, National Insurance number and two passport-sized photographs
  • Cost: From £150.00 + VAT

Prices vary by provider and location. Use the course search below to compare dates and fees.

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What is CCNSG Leading a Team Safely?

Leading a Team Safely is a one-day course accredited by the ECITB as part of the CCNSG scheme. It sits above the CCNSG Safety Passport and is aimed at those who lead or direct the work of others.

Where the safety passport covers what an individual needs to know to work safely, this course covers what a team leader needs to do so that everyone else works safely — planning the job, briefing the team, spotting problems and handling them without cutting corners.

Who should attend?

The course suits anyone with day-to-day responsibility for directing others on site:

  • Supervisors and team leaders
  • Chargehands and gangers
  • Experienced operatives moving into a leadership role
  • Self-employed workers who direct subcontractors
  • Anyone a client expects to hold a supervisory-level safety qualification

Many workers take it because a client or principal contractor has asked for evidence of supervisory safety training beyond the basic passport.

Do I need a CCNSG Safety Passport first?

Yes, and it must be current. You cannot attend Leading a Team Safely without holding a valid CCNSG safety passport card obtained through the full two-day course.

If your card has expired, you will need to sort that out first — either the one-day CCNSG Safety Passport Renewal if it is still in date, or the full two-day course if it has already lapsed. Check the expiry date on your card before booking this course.

What does the course cover?

The day covers the skills a team leader needs to keep a job safe:

  • Working safely with and alongside others
  • Communicating clearly — briefings, instructions and speaking up
  • Leading a team effectively on site
  • Planning and directing work so that it can be done safely
  • Achieving safe outcomes and recognising when a job is not right
  • Self-management and personal responsibility
  • Health and safety responsibilities that come with directing others
  • Finding safe solutions to problems that arise mid-job
What is “The Good Job”?

The course is structured around the idea of a good job — one that is completed safely, correctly and without incident — and works through four elements:

  • The Team — who is doing the work, what they can do, and how they work together
  • The Plan — how the job is set up before anyone picks up a tool
  • The Job — carrying it out, adapting when things change, and knowing when to stop
  • The Good Job — what finishing well actually looks like

Delivery is interactive and discussion-based. Delegates are expected to contribute from their own site experience rather than sit and listen, which is a large part of why the content sticks.

What do I need to bring?
  • Your current, valid CCNSG Safety Passport card
  • Photographic identification
  • Your National Insurance number
  • Two passport-sized photographs

The photographs catch people out, since most courses do not ask for them. Sort these before the day rather than on the morning.

A good understanding of spoken and written English is also required, as the training is delivered and discussed in English.

Why do clients ask for this course?

The CCNSG scheme is endorsed by a number of ECITB member organisations, including clients across the engineering, gas, oil and power sectors. Many require a safety passport as a condition of site access for everyone from self-employed workers to directors.

Where someone is directing the work of others, clients increasingly want evidence of supervisory-level safety training as well — and Leading a Team Safely is the recognised step within the CCNSG scheme for that.

Leading a Team Safely or SSSTS — which do I need?

They cover similar ground for different industries. Leading a Team Safely sits within the CCNSG scheme and is the usual choice on engineering construction, industrial and process sites. SSSTS sits within the CITB Site Safety Plus scheme and is required by BuildUK on construction sites.

The practical answer usually comes from your client. If they specified a CCNSG passport, this is the supervisory course that goes with it. If they work to CITB Site Safety Plus, SSSTS is what they will expect. Some supervisors working across both sectors hold each.

Find a Leading a Team Safely course near me

CCNSG Leading a Team Safely courses run at venues across the UK, concentrated around the major engineering construction and process industry regions. If you are looking for a course near you, use the search on this page to filter by county, town or postcode, and set a radius that suits how far you are willing to travel. This course runs less frequently than the safety passport itself, so a wider radius or a longer lead time may be needed. Nothing suitable showing? Contact us and we will let you know when something becomes available in your area.

Training more than one person on this course?

If you have a group to put through this course, it can be delivered at your own premises or a venue near you, on a date that suits your shift patterns. No travel, no overnight stays, and priced for the group rather than per person — which usually works out cheaper per head than booking individual places.

Tell us the numbers and roughly where you are, and we will come back with a written quote. Purchase orders and invoicing welcome.

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