Safe construction sites with SCSC

Construction workers at at construction site in the UK

 The CSCS is a popular scheme certification for all construction sites in the United Kingdom. Popularly known as the Construction skillCertification scheme, the programs aims to have optimum worker abilities on UK construction sites. However, although this seems to have been the secondary goal for the scheme, the main purpose of the Construction skill Certification scheme was to reduce to a minimum, the total number of accidents that were taking place on UK construction sites. 

As a noble scheme, the Construction skill Certification scheme enjoys several fringe benefits as far as support within the construction sector is concerned. For instance, the CPSC program has been touted as the most popular of these supporters. The construction secretariat is also involved in creating programs that are looking forward to creating better construction sector collaborations to boost growth and safety in the industry. 

Whether the Construction skill Certification scheme is beneficial to the economy remains a question of fact. There are critics who look at the program as another government ploy to charge more taxes for duplicated departments. However, looking at its noble course and the results it’s produced, the CSCS remains one of the most important ways to create and develop safer construction sites.

Getting the CSCS card

Construction work in progress on a UK site

Considered as one of the UK’s most important construction industry card and armed with over 220 trades and construction professions listed, the CSCS card is one of the most sort after certifications in the UK. The card can open myriads of opportunities for work among those people who have it, which is an open fact. Of course, this equally hurts those trying to work in the construction sector, yet lack it entirely. Whereas there are several manuals and websites with different pieces of information on how to get this important card, the purpose of this article is to lay bare, working steps to help you get the CSCS card.

Generally, before you apply for the CSCS card, you first need to determine why you need to have the card. This is because there are several CSCS Cards in the construction industry/sector. There are cards available for people who have very little to do with the real construction industry protocols like visitors; to the most advanced construction industry site managers and so on. Once this is determined, one can then follow up with the requirements of the trade depending on what they want. 

One can get a CPCS card by merely following the following two steps:

1.       Get the necessary vocational training

Like in all the other sectors of the UK economy, background professional training in a certain area of the construction industry is an industry necessary. For this requirement, all you need is a necessary NVQ course at whatever field you want to work. For other people willing to work their way up as apprentices in their trade to the point they are able to serve in their jobs, it may also be an adequately easier option. 

2.       Applying for the necessary CSCS Card

This is the last and yet most important step in getting the CSCS Card. This decision can be arrived at though consensus of what cadre of card is necessary for you, based on your role on the construction site. Generally, the application for a CSCS Card costs 30 pounds in the UK. After the application process is done, the step that follows is the testing phase. 

To this end, every CSCS Card applicant is expected to sit and pass a Health, Safety & Environment Test before proceeding on to the other levels. According to experts, moving on from one card in ascending order/hierarchy is also pegged on consistently taking and passing necessary tests. However, it’s also important to note that, whereas the scope of the test handles basic areas of the different construction trades and work description; prior study of the safety standards in whatever field can have good results on the individual. 

Overall, the above simple steps indicate the easiest ways to get the CSCS Cards at whatever level one is. If these steps seem difficult, one can also use third parties to get the card. There parties facilitate the application for these cards and have a presence online; although some operate offices in different parts of the UK. 

Generally, the CSCS Card is a very important card and can help you get ahead if you work in the construction sector. Investing in enough knowledge can go a long way in achieving the card and a thriving UK construction industry.