How Does CSCS Chief Executive Talk About CSCS Card Related Folk Ballads?

There have been over 1.9 million CSCS cards till now, which has showed off the explosive popularity of those cards, their undeniable effect on the industry employment and their ‘ardent fanbase’. Despite the supportive opinions, there’re still unsatisfying views on it. Mentioning CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme), Chief executive of CSCS Graham Wren shared that there was a huge attention to CSCS cards though, there were still few people thinking incorrectly of them. He admitted that CSCS wasn’t flawless, but lots of criticisms were just misunderstanding! Let’s see how he made clear about the folk ballads circling around CSCS cards… (Note that below I am narrating what he shed light on, then full credit is given to m.cnplus.co.uk and the author Graham Wren)

1. There’s a myth that holding a CSCS card is of legal requirements. Indeed, it fully counts on the clients or principle contractors to determine whether employees are requested to obtain a CSCS card before they are permitted to access the site.

2. It’s commonly believed that CSCS is owned by the CITB. That’s not true though they sure provide services of card processing as well as call centre. Instead, CSCS, a non-profit company, is owned by major industry unions and associations. Its directors have been appointed by those organizations, then it can be said that CSCS is run by the industry dedicated to the industry. Subject to the latest news on the official CSCS website, Angeleen Hill has been advanced to Scheme Manager. Heart-felt congratulations to her!

3. CSCS isn’t guarantee of competency. It’s the manager or supervisor’s business to determine whether the workers possess required qualifications and skills.

The CSCS scheme, especially the existing CSO card, has been wrongly employed somewhere by someone. Lots of contractors have bragged about their 100% carded manpower though, it could be that a large number of workforce were holding the incorrect card. That’s why there has induced the misleading assumption of CSCS cards as passports, safety and health cards, competency cards, or the like. True to tell that CSCS cards are none of those; instead, its title unfolds its key purpose.You can access Watch Out! CSCS Card Has Nothing To Do With Competence to go for the details.

From July 1st 2014, CSCS put an end to issuing CSO cards, which had been least difficult to attain and hereby were used by lots of positions from labourers to managers just to set foot on site. It can be seen from some individual accounts that they weren’t allowed to enter sites because they didn’t hold a card, even though they had nothing direct to do with the site. I truly don’t know whether to cry or laugh at the following case; that was, a repairer of canteen vending machine as well as a senior executive inspector in health and safety were both turned down entering the site due to the rule of 100% CSCS card stated by the principal contractor. Grasping this chaos like situation that may have negative relation with the on-site safety, CSCS has launched a new green labourer card in replace of the CSO card. This card requires attainment of level 1 knowledge-based award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment or a recognized equivalent.

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Further, to streamline worker’s path to the site, the industry contractors and clients should apply a consistent approach to check the cards – for instance, the smart tech built in cards to attest that individuals on their construction sites get the proper qualifications and trainings. Its plus point is to swiftly define fake cards, also.