NVQ and SVQ are used by the construction industry to provide a measurable qualification of competence in most skilled trades and construction related occupations. The NVQ and SVQ are divided into Levels, with Level 1 being the entry qualification and level 4 and higher corresponding to management skills. The NVQ and SVQ for Construction are… Read More »
Before you arrive for your CSCS Health and Safety Test, be sure that you have arranged the correct test for your CSCS Card colour and level. Just pick up a phone or get in email contact with Construction Site Skills and talk to us about your work – what job you do, how long you have… Read More »
Before the construction industry adopted the CSCS Card as a standard measure of competence there was no real way of being sure that the workers coming onto your site were qualified to do the work. Once the Card really took off (the industry started taking the Scheme seriously around 2001, just after the Deputy Prime… Read More »
While the CSCS Card is by far the most widely used, widely applicable and recognised card in the British C&D industries, there are plenty of other cards issued by trade appropriate bodies like the ECS (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme). In general these cards are now affiliated with the Construction Skills Certification Scheme. The health, safety &… Read More »
It’s still possible to walk into a labouring job in the construction industry and go from there. Even labourers need a CSCS Card these days, though – and that means passing a basic Operative level CSCS Health and Safety Test. For everyday site work with no skilled trade, your bare minimum requirement for getting work… Read More »