Temporary Works for Managers & Supervisors
Nova Training – Temporary Works for Managers & Supervisors is a detailed management-level course for construction personnel who manage or interface with temporary works. It covers temporary works roles and procedures, registers, design briefs, design checking, installation and inspection, hold points and permits, construction loads, excavations, formwork and propping, working platforms, change control, monitoring, defects, emergencies and safe removal.
Approx. 4-6 hours
Online, at your own pace
16 modules
Each with a knowledge check
30-question test
Pass mark 24/30, retakes allowed
Digital certificate
With online verification
Online management theory
Approx. 4-6 hours
16 modules
30-question assessment
80% pass mark
Nova Training digital certificate.
This course is not a CITB TWCTC/TWSTC qualification and does not replace project-specific competence requirements for TWC/TWS appointments.
What you'll cover
- 01
What Are Temporary Works?
- 02
Why Temporary Works Need Management
- 03
Legal and Standards Framework
- 04
Temporary Works Roles
- 05
Temporary Works Register
- 06
Design Brief
- 07
Design and Design Checking
- 08
Installation and Inspection
- 09
Hold Points and Permits
- 10
Loads, Stability and Construction Sequence
- 11
Excavations and Support
- 12
Formwork, Falsework and Propping
- 13
Working Platforms, Plant and Lifting Interfaces
- 14
Changes and Unauthorised Modifications
- 15
Monitoring, Defects and Emergencies
- 16
Handover, Removal and Manager Final Check
Who it's for: project/site managers, supervisors, engineers, foremen, planners and H&S personnel who manage or interface with temporary works.
This is a Nova Training management-theory certificate. It is not a CITB Temporary Works Coordinator or Temporary Works Supervisor qualification and does not, by itself, establish competence for appointment to a TWC/TWS role.
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