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Works team leader
The team leader is a site's first line of supervision: turning a drawing into tasks, allocating people and equipment, holding both pace and safety. It is the role where a good tradesperson becomes a recognised supervisor.
The site, hour by hour
The day opens with allocation: who does what, with which equipment, on which zone, towards which end-of-day target. The team leader checks supplies, adjusts when a delivery is missing, protects the area and enforces protective equipment. They inspect the work as it goes, because rework costs three times the time saved. In the evening they report to the works supervisor: real progress, difficulties, needs for tomorrow.
- Read a construction drawing and turn it into allocated tasks
- Organise a work face and check material supply
- Lead a team, hold the pace, settle an unexpected issue
- Enforce safety rules and inspect quality of work
The sites that are hiring
Building and housing
Apartment blocks, public facilities, refurbishments: demand for middle supervision is constant across the region.
Civil engineering and roads
Earthworks, structures, buried networks: linear sites where organising the work face decides progress.
Works on industrial sites
Erection, heavy maintenance, planned shutdowns: co-activity and work permits structure every day there.
What the institute puts in writing
A duration, taught hours, credits and a level of responsibility: these are the four commitments the institute makes on this programme, and they are public. You will find them identical on the qualification page, in the official catalogue and on the certificate issued at the end. One figure, three surfaces, no divergence.
- qualification level
- 4
- months of programme
- 9
- taught hours
- 600 h
- credits
- 60
- competency blocks
- 5
Skilled employee and operative
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Works Team Leader » qualification, code TP43.
The blocks that make up the framework
The framework is split into self-contained blocks, each with its own taught hours. That split serves three purposes: organising the training, organising the assessment, and letting an already experienced professional have what they already command recognised. The same structure is what makes prior-learning validation possible.
- Reading plans and setting out
- 160 (27 %)
- Construction techniques
- 180 (30 %)
- Team organisation and supply
- 140 (23 %)
- Site safety
- 80 (13 %)
- Professional conduct and employability
- 40 (7 %)
- Reading plans and setting out · 160 h — Drawings, dimensions, setting out, marking, dimensional checks
- Construction techniques · 180 h — Earthworks, foundations, masonry, structure, finishing trades
- Team organisation and supply · 140 h — Task allocation, pace, materials, equipment, daily reporting
- Site safety · 80 h — Hazards, personal protective equipment, signage, scaffolding, co-activity, first aid
- Professional conduct and employability · 40 h — Frontline authority, reporting, job search
Supervising a site: where to start
This table sets side by side what genuinely prepares for this role. Credits and taught hours measure the gap between two options; fees relate that gap to a budget. Those are the three questions a candidate asks, and the three answers sit on a single row.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health, Industrial Safety and Environment · Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 5 400 000 GNF per year |
| Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management · Professional certification | 6 months | 18 | 180 h | 3 800 000 GNF in total |
Your questions, our answers
Do I need an existing building trade?
Hands-on practice helps a great deal, because it gives credibility in front of the team. The qualification supplies what a good tradesperson lacks in order to supervise: reading drawings, organisation, team leadership and safety responsibility.
What progression follows this qualification?
The works supervisor, at level 6, takes on several teams, the schedule, the budget and the relationship with the client. The design and quantity surveying technician, at level 5, opens the other direction, that of the design office and pricing.
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