To a reasonable degree, the issues that used to exist in construction recruitment have been taken away by the widespread uptake of the CSCS and its colour coded cards. Historically construction recruitment was difficult from quality control and health and safety viewpoints. With no way of measuring the experience of a new employee, construction employers… Read More »
The process of applying for a CSCS Card can look a little daunting at first. There are 11 different types of card that can be applied for and a variety of different Health Safety Tests that have to be passed in order to qualify for each of them. The first thing to do, then, is… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »