Posted By Calogero Gattuso
Hi All,

I am a qualified & competant H & S Professional with Tech.IOSH & MIIRSM membership and NEBOSH Certificate and Diploma qualifications with over 11 years experience.

My boss has said i need to sit a H & S Test under the CSCS Scheme. To obtain a card to get me on building sites is this right? Surely with my experience and qualification do I need to do such a test to obtain a card ?? Can I just apply??

Please look forward to you comments..

Regards,

Calogero Gattuso

Posted By Ghaam
You will need to sit the test like the rest of us

Should take you abour 2mins and 30sec.

Don't look at it as a competency this look at it like a competition to see how quickly you can answere all of the questions

Any offers better than 2min28s post them here

Posted By Robert K Lewis
I am afraid that the H&S test is manadatory even for Fellows who have been active on sites for 25+ years.

Perish the thought that the scheme is designed to ensure a cash flow for some sort of organisation. Just go for the visitors card if I were you and only use it when needed. Personally I think its day will ultimately go and we will have a sensible method of assessing the H&S development of operatives and site staff.

resignedly

Bob

Posted By Michael Battman
I hate to worry you Steve, but mine was returned in that timescale.
Have you ever tried arm and chips?

Posted By Tim S
In response to all of the above. We too are going thro' same scenario. It appears that since the new CDM Reg's came into being in April all construction require ALL visitors have CSCS cards or equivalent to satisfy the "competency" criteria. We now have a large number of service engineers, sales managers etc to get thro'.

I wanted to put all our people thro' the CSNG safety passport course (bearing in mind that our Secretary score 87% on a mock H&S test) but guess what this is no longer recognised. You can now get a professional H&S card, but you have to be CMIOSH.

I have a feeling that in the very near future the H&S content of this card will be shown to fall well short and we will all have to go thro' a re-registration period.

Posted By Les Welling
Yep afraid that that is correct. I was in the same boat as you and I had to do it. It is very easy though. You will need to go on line and arrange a test at your neareast CSCS place of testing. At the moment there are no exemptions, however, I understand that this is being looked at.

Ps a monkey could pass the exam!

Posted By Richard Altoft
I had to renew my card and took the test last Friday. I am CMIOSH with 35 years construction experience and for the sake of those who face the risks day in day out I support anything that pushes up safety performance by even the slightest amount. As I was waiting one guy said he thought it was all nonsense as he knew all he needed to know about safety. His mate came right back at him and said "but does the guy working above you, or putting up your scaffold or managing the site" And that is surely why CSCS (warts and all) should matter to us professionals - because the lads and lasses out there might just get something out of it.
R (CMIOSH and CSCS qualified)

Posted By Calogero Gattuso
Dear All,

Taken the CSCS test and passed. However not sure if I have gained any extra knowledge....or competance.......

Regards,

Calogero Gattuso MIIRSM Tech IOSH AMIEE CSCS

Posted By DaveTripp
If you are considering getting a safety advisers card from CSCS you will be disappointed to know CSCS do not recognise NEBOSH general certification at the moment even though this is equivalent to an NVQ 3, their excuse is they don't recognise NEBOSH as an NVQ trainer/qualification, NEBOSH are in the process (or so they tell me)of sorting this out with CSCS but it could take a couple of years....