CSCS Health, Safety and Environmental Test
Changes to the health & safety test ( soon to be …. health, safety and environment test)
Please see below details of a recent announcement by CITB-ConstructionSkills about forthcoming changes to the Health & Safety Test which will come into effect in April 2012.
In order to allow you or your delegates to sit the existing exam through Prometric before these changes come into effect you can book online at CSCS Health and Safety Test or alternatively call our contact centre on 0800 1488 677.
-ConstructionSkills have announced that the re-named CSCS health, safety and environment test will replace the former health and safety test in April 2012. The new test will be required for all construction workers seeking to hold a construction skills competency scheme (CSCS) card or a construction plant competency scheme (CPCS) card.
New features of the CSCS Health, Safety and Environmental Test include:
- An updated question bank including the new universal hazard symbols;
- Questions on respiratory risks and the hazards they can pose;
- Questions on the environment;
- Behavioral case studies which tests how a candidate would respond to health and safety situations to highlight safe working practices on site.
Candidates wishing to take the existing CSCS health and safety test will be able to do so at a Prometric test centre or through a Prometric partner testing centre up to 31 March 2012. Tests can be booked in the normal way here CSCS Health and Safety Test
Get on with CSCS Tests & CSCS Cards
With regard to the construction industry, CSCS cards are obviously the wave of the future. CSCS cards are designed to properly categorise the skill set of every single person to set foot on a project. Before being issued one of these cards, the applicant must undergo a rigorous program of CSCS tests and, increasingly, CSCS training classes as they enter the industry and work their way up the ladder of success.
Before anything else, CSCS training in Health and Safety, and successful passing of the CSCS tests on these subjects, is required. Once this initial hurdle has been overcome, the applicant is eligible to apply for several base level CSCS cards, including the yellow Site Visitor card and the various forms of red Trainee cards. Workers that meet higher level NVQ/SVQ levels, or take CSCS training to raise their skills, can become eligible for the green CSCS cards after passing the intermediate CSCS tests.
Workers proceed up the ladder, with each step requiring a new series of CSCS training, new CSCS tests, and new CSCS cards. While not every construction project in the UK currently requires CSCS training for its workers, it is clear that not needing CSCS cards on the job will soon be the rare exception to an increasingly ironclad rule. CSCS tests represent assurance to the employer that the worker is up to the job, even as the CSCS tests also tend to become the worker’s guarantee of employment, as unskilled and semi-skilled labour finds themselves excluded from consideration due to their lack of CSCS training.
Obtaining CSCS cards is not difficult. Those desirous of making a career in any of the building trades are advised that now is the best time to get started on the regime of CSCS tests and CSCS training. Courses and certification are on offer practically everywhere. Getting in line for CSCS certification now means that everyone else will have to get in line behind you.
CSCS Cards for Managers and Supervisors – The new route.
The new route to getting a CSCS Card for managers and supervisors
Construction Skills Certifcation Scheme (CSCS) has been working with a experienced team of industry professionals to develop a route to CSCS cards for highly experienced construction managers and supervisors which provides an appropriate alternative to achieving S/NVQs or gaining membership of a Professional body.
This process will be called the Profiling Route. Following extensive consultation and piloting of the Profiling Route, it will be introduced over the next few months and more information will be provided through CSCS enewsletters and briefings about how it will work.
If you are are a manager or supervisor and interested in receving more information on CSCS Cards for Managers or Supervisors please let us know. For advice and information you should phone veritas consulting safety services on 0800 1488 677
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How to apply for a CSCS Card Health & Safety CSCS Test
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How long do I have to wait get my CSCS Health and Safety Test?
You can simply be in front of a test screen within 3 days from making your booking and payment for your CSCS Card Test.
Where can I take the Health and Safety Test?
You can take the CSCS Card Health and Safety Test anywhere you like! There are over 300 CSCS Card test centre’s in the UK, so you are able to book your health and safety test where close to where you live or even near to where you work, it’s totally up to you.
How do I prepare to take the CSCS Card Test?
So that you pass first time we can provide you with a CSCS card health and safety training just call FREE 0800 1488 677or visit our website and send an email CSCS Card Training and we will make sure this happens so you don’t waste your money on re-tests over and over again.
How do I take the CSCS Card Test?
The CSCS card test lasts for 45 minutes. But you can finish the test once you have answered all the questions. 45 multiple choice questions will appear on a computer screen and you just touch the answer you feel is the correct one. No computer skills are needed.
How difficult is the Health and Safety Test?
The health and safety test will cover questions related to your day-to-day job on a construction site. However, you will be expected to have knowledge on construction health and safety procedures.
How do I prepare for the CSCS card test?
Probably the best way to prepare for the CSCS Test is by purchasing a Construction Skills Health and Safety test training book or CDM Rom.This is an excellent source of information to help you get through the test. Or you can attend one of Veritas Consulting Healthy and Safety Test training days which will prepare you for the test.
What if I do not pass the CSCS test?
Don’t worry – you can take the test again and again. In case you fail consider obtaining the Construction Skills Health and Safety test training book and put in some time and effort revising prior to re-sitting your CSCS card test if you did not do so before.
How do I apply for my CSCS Card?
Pass the Construction Skills Health and Safety Test first, once you have done so, you will want to get your CSCS Card as soon as possible to do this you can contact the Construction Skills who will explain how you can get the correct card for your occupation.
