Construction Safety Cards

The UK Government has introduced the CSCS (Construction Services Certification Scheme) Construction Safety Card, which requires anyone accessing a building site to be in possession of the appropriate Health and Safety training. If you do not currently have a Construction Safety Card, here's how to go about getting hold of one, and exactly why you need it.

Construction Safety Cards prevent accidents and injury on construction sites and ensure that the government protects employees from potentially dangerous situations. If you are not adequately trained in Health and Safety, and basic construction awareness, you will find it difficult to gain work in any building site.

All you need to do to get your CSCS Construction Safety Card is to sit the appropriate online tests. These tests are related to your expertise. The colour coding of the card represents the skill level of the holder. Green, for example, is for persons with no direct construction skills, while red is used for trainees, and blue is for skilled workers. This goes right the way up to gold.

Over one and a half million workers in the UK are in possession of a Construction Safety Card, which are split into three groups. Craft and Operative encompasses trades like aerial and satellite dish installers and carpenter/joiners. Technical, supervisory and management includes trades like architecture and any on site clerks, while construction related occupations, the third category, includes metalwork sprayers and asbestos analysts.

Taking the appropriate training quickly will speed up your application. If you already have the appropriate qualifications, you may be eligible for a card based solely on the strength of your course. If you have ever held a CSCS Construction Safety Card before, you will be able to update and renew it with a phone call to CITB SkillsDirect. The same body will arrange your card if you have an NVQ or SVQ in your field. If you have a City & Guilds qualification, the area is slightly grey and you will need to phone CITB SkillsDirect, who will confirm which details you require to organise your card.

If you have none of these qualifications, you will need to sit the online courses and undergo on site assessment in order to get your Construction Safety Card. The final route is the experience worker practical assessment, which is primarily for older skilled workers who have all the appropriate skills, but entered the trade before any formal qualifications were introduced.

Getting hold of a Construction Safety Card isn't expensive at all. The card itself costs £24.47, while the health and safety test costs £17.50, with an additional £9.99, should you need the revision booklet. Having the appropriate safety training and qualifications are essential for anyone looking to work, or further their career in the construction industry. If you are looking for work in the UK on construction sites, a Construction Safety Card is the optimum way to start the process.

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