How to become a Site Safety Plus (SSP) provider

Site Safety Plus (SSP) provides the construction industry with a suite of courses for health and safety awareness and career development to help maintain a safe workforce.

Training providers interested in offering SSP courses should first read the following information to ensure you can meet the requirements:

How to apply

If you meet the scheme requirements you need to apply to become a Training Provider Network (TPN) member offering Site Safety Plus (SSP) products.

You will also need to:

  1. Select which SSP courses you want to offer - please refer to the relevant appendix in the Scheme rules for each course you want to take up

  2. Refer to Scheme fees to work out how much it will cost you to become a SSP centre.

Find out more about becoming an TPN member and apply.

SSP approval support guide

This guide aims to provide you with the information and guidance needed to ensure that new applications are approved on their first submission.

Take ownership of your role in the application process by following the ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’ cycle.

SSP approval support guide (PDF, 5.83MB)

Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands

If you would like to apply to offer a Site Safety Plus (SSP) products, and can meet the scheme requirements, fill in an initial enquiry form

This form should be completed in full, even if you are an existing CITB Internet Test Centre or Approved Training Organisation (ATO) applying to offer a different product.

We will be in touch within 10 working days of receiving your initial enquiry to advise you on how to make a full application.

You will also need to:

  1. Select which SSP courses you want to offer - please refer to the relevant appendix in the Scheme rules for each course you want to take up

  2. Refer to Scheme fees to work out how much it will cost you to become a SSP centre.

SSP approval support guide

This guide aims to provide you with the information and guidance needed to ensure that new applications are approved on their first submission.

Take ownership of your role in the application process by following the ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’ cycle.

SSP approval support guide (PDF, 5.83MB)

Information you’ll need for your application

To complete your application you will need to have the following information available

  • Your Companies House registration number (if applicable)

  • Your company’s registered name, trading name, registered address, contact details and details of your company accounts department

  • Organisation name (if not a company), trading name, registered address and contact details including for accounting purposes

  • Sole trader name (if applicable), address, contact details and accounts information

  • Your CITB Levy Registration Number (if applicable)

  • Your registered charity number (if applicable)

  • Proof of approval from any Awarding Organisations (if applicable)

  • Appropriate authority within your organisation to sign the Forms of Agreement with CITB.

Fees

Site Safety Plus fees

Centre visit fee

Prior to obtaining centre approval a visit will take place with one of our Quality Advisers to ensure you have everything in place – this fee needs to be paid prior to the visit taking place

£250 + VAT

New centre approval fee

This fee will be charged once your visit has taken place and all relevant contracts have been returned and accepted

£1000 + VAT

Renewal fee

This fee is charged annually in line with your centre expiry date on return of your authorisation to renew the centre approval

£1000 + VAT

These fees are chargeable for any trainer application submitted outside of new centre approval/centre renewal.

New trainers

Those not currently registered with any other SSP providers

£100 + VAT

Other trainers

Trainers already registered with another SSP provider for the same courses being applied for

No fee

Trainers registered with another SSP provider, but not approved to deliver the course being applied for

£100 + VAT

Trainer interviews

Where the trainer has not demonstrated through a CV their previous onsite experience and requires a professional interview to demonstrate their on-site experience

£100 + VAT

This fee is charged per delegate as an administration fee, this is charged for all course assessment reports returned to us detailing pass, fail or re-sit

Delegate course registration and certification:

  • HSA course

£25

  •  Non-HSA course

£39

Appeals, by the training provider and/or delegate

(See CITB Appeals Policy for details)

  • First

No Fee

  • Second

£150 + VAT

  • Final

£400+ VAT

Cancelled visits within five working days of planned appointment

• Endorsed • Recognised • Assured • Licensed

£250 + VAT

Additional unplanned quality assurance visits

Additional unplanned quality assurance visits will include:

• Advisory visits

• Additional approvals

£250 + VAT

Malpractice, maladministration, and fraud investigations

This will be charged where the case of malpractice, maladministration and/or fraud have been proven.

100% of costs incurred

+VAT

Quality assurance

Our Site Safety Plus and Construction Training courses are CITB training products delivered by a network of centres and providers. To ensure a standardised and reliable programme is delivered, our training providers are quality assured by occupationally expert and qualified external quality advisers.

As an approved training provider, you can expect to receive an annual monitoring visit. The quality adviser’s key role is to give you guidance, advice and support in relation to the course content and administration process. The visit will also focus on the robustness of training delivered to delegates to constantly improve the standards of delivery. You will be notified in advance of a visit taking place.

Our quality advisers possess professional qualifications, have relevant industry experience and are expected to provide annual proof of ongoing continuous professional development (CPD).

Full details, including the QA appeal process can be found in the scheme rules.