Hows about realising data is not truly a Construction Related Occupation and start pointing the ill informed to the fact that the card schemes are drawing back from a blanket "no card - no access" policy so that a "Skills" card actually reflects construction skills rather than passing an on-line H&S test.

If we stopped having sheep we would stop getting fleeced

I'm not sure I actually get what you mean and who that apparent annoyance is aimed at. 

Data has now been forced through ECS, who demand qualifications that aren't needed by our temporary staff to do the works they do. 

Our permanent staff are not a problem but we need to be allowed to carry out our installs and to do that we need to be allowed on construction sites.  

My annoyance is with the miss-use of card schemes - just as CSCS starts to try and clean up its act Highways England announces another card.

CSCS Head of Communications Alan O’Neile: “The Construction Leadership Council announced that skills certification card schemes carrying the CSCS logo must only certify those occupations with nationally recognised construction related qualifications, i.e. NVQs or approved equivalents. For some, where their occupation is not construction related or no suitable qualification exists, a CSCS card will no longer be issued and it will be the responsibility of site supervisors and managers to ensure these workers are properly supervised and managed."

CSCS Chief Executive Graham Wren said: “I welcome this update from the CLC. It reflects industry practice in that cards are only required for those undertaking construction work. The rigid enforcement of a 100% carded workforce results in legitimate, non-construction related, workers being refused entry to site as they do not hold a card. This indicates a misunderstanding of the card schemes carrying the CSCS logo and undermines the construction industry’s desire for a fully qualified, as opposed to carded, workforce.”

With this in mind why is the Yellow Site Visitor still available? A card available to people who frequently visit site, but have no construction specific skill. Money.

It was suggested to me that I speak to some of the build contractors as what was really required, was for the people to have sufficient health and safety training.  In theory that would be great, as I am more than happy to put all of our guys through something more appropriate like the CITB or IOSH site training courses, which are more relevant than handing someone a CSCS book and booking them a test, but in practice the site manager would point blank refuse regardless of what had been agreed higher up.

It seems like they have taken away the facility for an industry like ours to install our kit into a site when it's still under the control of the build contractor.