The Construction Skills Certification Scheme, or CSCS, is the industry standard measure of competence and health and safety knowledge. The CSCS Card, which is awarded to all construction site workers who have completed the relevant CSCS Test, denotes the level of experience and qualification each worker has in his or her field: and acts as… Read More »
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card lets potential employers know what you are qualified to do on a construction or demolition site. Since the Card has become an industry standard, with more than 80% of all UK building sites operating a “No Card, No Work” policy, attaining the right CSCS Card has become extremely important.… Read More »
Revising for the CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test will help you make sure that your studies are properly directed towards the questions you are going to be asked in the exam. Most site workers applying for a CSCS Smart Card (the modern version of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card, which stores the worker’s… Read More »
Health and safety is the lifeblood of the construction industry – which is why CSCS was set up in the mid 1990s, to try and regulate the more than 350 trades, professions and work schemes in the sector. The purpose of CSCS is to ensure that every employee working in the construction industry is measurably… Read More »
There are rare cases in which an applicant for a CSCS Card does not have to first pass a CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test. The Eire (FAS) Safepass system is held in place of the CSCS in the Republic of Ireland: and in the UK, a very limited number of construction employees will qualify… Read More »
Health and safety in the workplace is clearly very important no matter what trade or industry you are in. When you are in the construction industry though the importance of employee and site health and safety can become a matter of life and death. Building sites and construction trades are littered with risks and potentially… Read More »
Many of the trades available in the construction industry are skilled, and are best learned through apprenticeship. Indeed, the traditional “way in” for most new employees in the construction trades is through apprenticeship, where most of the wage is paid in experience and qualification. Getting an apprenticeship in a skilled trade will give you the… Read More »
All heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration operatives are required to complete the CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test for HVAC before qualifying for their correct level of CSCS Card. The HVAC Health, Safety & Environment Test is designed to ensure that all HVAC employees in the United Kingdom are trained to the same level… 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 »