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Thank you for choosing to study for your Temporary Works qualification with PCR Global.

This Learning Zone has been designed specifically to support you through your training, and beyond.

At PCR Global we recognise the convenience that Virtual Classroom learning brings to both businesses and individuals. Whether your aiming to gain you Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) or Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) qualification, you will be able to study from the comfort of your own home/office and access a great deal more content than what is typically available for this course.

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We have been using remote technology to support our clients and our own business operations since day one of starting the business and possess over 5 years experience conducting remote Audits, from the UK, with clients all over the world. We hope to utilise this experience to maximise the benefit of yours.

The popularity of Virtual Classroom learning has undoubtedly spiked amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with very many countries instigating nation-wide lock-downs.

To provide the best possible learning experience, that can continue to assist you both between and beyond online classroom sessions, we’ve developed this Learning Zone to allow you access to relevant information, support materials and an easy link to access the support of our risk management professionals.

We hope you find it beneficial!

Introduction

Who is CITB Temporary Works training for?

The Temporary Works Co-ordinator Training Course (TWCTC) is designed to assist those on site who have responsibility for managing all forms of temporary works. The course has been designed to give confidence to senior management, and to ensure that those who engage contractors have an assessed standard of knowledge.

The course is supported by a number of organisations, including the Temporary Works Forum, CECA, Build UK, HSE and FMB. This enables transferability of the training within the industry.

Temporary works are safety and business critical, and require careful co-ordination. An accepted way of achieving this is through the adoption of the management process outlined in BS 5975:2019, which introduces the temporary works coordinator (TWC) as a key figure. This course explains the role and its overall management context.

The Temporary Works Supervisor Training Course (TWSTC) is designed to perfectly compliment the TWC course, and provides training for those undertaking the role of temporary works supervisor (TWS), as defined in BS 5975:2019.

The TWS role can be defined by relating it to four clauses within BS 5975:2019.

1. (Clause 12.2.1.) The TWS, where appointed, should be responsible to the principal contractor’s temporary works coordinator (PC’s TWC) or the temporary works coordinator (TWC), as appropriate. The TWS should assist the PC’s TWC or TWC, as appropriate, in the supervision and checking of the temporary works.

2. (Clause 12.2.2.) A TWS should only be authorised to issue a permit to proceed (for example, to load or unload) if the designated individual (DI) of their organisation and the PC’s TWC are satisfied that:

   1. the individual TWS is competent and has been given appropriate authority in respect of that individual, and

   2. the risk classification (6.2.3) has been identified as low or very low.

3. (Clause 12.2.3.) The role of the TWS is to provide on-site support to the PC’s TWC or TWC for the control of temporary works. The TWS should not be responsible for the design or checking the design of temporary works but should be responsible for implementing the PC’s or contractors’ procedure for the control of temporary works.

4. (Clause 12.2.4.) However, appointing someone to be the TWS should not prevent them from carrying out the design or checking designs if they are considered competent to do so.

Temporary works on both smaller and larger sites can be high risk. Therefore, understanding the essentials of good risk and safety management, as outlined in BS 5975:2019, is relevant for projects of all sizes.

These courses will provide you with a thorough knowledge of the TWC and TWS and roles entail. However, training alone does not make any one competent by itself. Competence requires other attributes, such as experience.

Course Objectives

Although both the TWC and TWS courses are similar, much of the content is covered in more detail during the Coordinator course. A comparison of each courses objectives can be seen below:

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