CITB has developed this standard in discussion with industry
Duration
Minimum half-day of three learning hours.
Purpose/Scope
The purpose of this standard is to provide candidates with the knowledge relating to: equality and diversity.
The scope of this standard covers the following:
- Fairness, inclusion, respect, equality, diversity, bias,perceptions, expectations,stereotypes, personality, culture, values, consistency, transparency, sharing knowledge, collaboration, reputation, change, communication, and people skills
- Types of discrimination
- Individual and team behaviours at work
- The importance of equality and diversity
- Main standards, services, and legislation for equality and diversity.
Occupational relevance
Training delivered against this standard is relevant to the following occupational group(s):
Candidate pre-requisites
There are no candidate pre-requisites as part of this standard.
Instruction/Supervision
As a minimum, course instructors must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:
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A Train the Trainer or instructional techniques course certificate
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Successfully completed training to this standard
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At least two years relevant industrial experience
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A verifiableCV.
Delivery
The following methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:
All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for candidates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.
The class size and candidate/instructor ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable candidates to achieve the learning outcomes.
This standard is considered to contain 51% or more theoretical learning.
This standard is set at a basic level.
Assessment
For the successful completion of training, candidates must complete an end-of-course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures the learning outcomes and has a pass or fail criteria.
Quality assurance
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/refresher
Norenewal/refreshment requirements- there are no mandatory renewal or recommended refreshment requirements for this standard.
Approval date
June 2020
Review cycle
Three years from approval date or on request.
Learning outcomes
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The candidate will be able to:
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Additional guidance to support learning outcome
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Describe the topics of equality and diversity
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To include:
- Fairness, inclusion and respect
- Describe the types and categories of discrimination
- Unconscious bias, perceptions, expectations and stereotypes
- Personality, culture and values
- Consistency, transparency and sharing knowledge
- Collaboration, reputation, change, communication and people skills
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Describe the types and categories of discrimination and the different ways in which this may be carried out
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To include the following categories;
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief or lack of either
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
for at least three of the following types of discrimination:
- Direct
- Indirect
- Harassment
- Victimisation
- Perceptive
- Associative
- Positive
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Give examples of positive individual,team and management attitudes and behaviour sto help ensure removal of discrimination at work
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Using three of the followingtypes and categories:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief or lack of either
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Communication
- Third party harassment
- Mental health
- Health and wellbeing
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Describe the value of equality and diversity to a construction company
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To include:
- Making the construction industry more attractive to new entrants
- Helping the construction industry retain existing workforce
- Other business benefits such as: construction workforce through better communication and teamwork; construction business though more diverse input and views; better legal compliance; reputational dividend.
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Describe the main standards, services, and legislation for equality and diversity
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To include consideration of:
- Equality Act 2010, Human Rights Act 1998 and its practical implications
and company policies including consideration of the following factors:
- Recruitment in construction including ex-offenders
- Workforce imbalance, e.g. gender, ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+
- Renumeration imbalance
- Terminology used.
Reasonable adjustments for those protected by the Equality Act and potentially others to ensure inclusion of:
- Ladies’ and gender-neutral room facilities on construction sites
- Prayer room facilities on construction sites
- Access facilities
- Changing facilities on construction sites - gender specific
- Adequate and appropriate PPE for all those working on-site
- Health and safety control measures
- Methods of work.
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Additional information
Equality and Human Rights Act 2010
Examples of other relevant legislation
- Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Marriage (same sex couples) Act 2013
- GenderRecognition Act 2004
- Protection from Harassment Act1997
- Rehabilitation ofOffenders Act 1974
- FlexibleWorkingRegulations 2006/2007/2009
- Equal Pay Act 1970
ACAS service
Equality and Human Rights Commissions
HSE
International standards
- ISO 44001 Collaborative business relationships management system.