All UK construction workers need to take the Health Safety Test to ensure that they get work: but not all UK construction workers speak the same first language, or have the same backgrounds. Candidates with special requirements are sometimes worried that their needs will prevent them from taking the Health Safety Test. ConstructionSkills has made… Read More »
The Health Safety Test is used by the construction and demolition industries (as well as all their associated partners, like geology firms, surveying companies and even academics who need access to sites) to provide an incontrovertible way of tracking the competence of all site personnel. In terms of health and safety, that means knowing that… Read More »
Not everyone will pass their Health Safety Test first time. Don’t panic. You will be able to rebook your test once 48 hours have passed. Simply contact us and we’ll help you book your Health Safety test online. Once you receive your Health Safety test date, time and location, check all your information thoroughly to… Read More »
When you apply for a CSCS Smart Card, you will in most cases need to pass a health, safety & environment test before the card can be awarded. The Construction Skills Certification Scheme covers more than 350 jobs, all of which have different health and safety needs according to their emphases. A scaffolder, for example,… Read More »
Revising for the CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test will help you make sure that your studies are properly directed towards the questions you are going to be asked in the exam. Most site workers applying for a CSCS Smart Card (the modern version of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card, which stores the worker’s… Read More »
Health and safety is the lifeblood of the construction industry – which is why CSCS was set up in the mid 1990s, to try and regulate the more than 350 trades, professions and work schemes in the sector. The purpose of CSCS is to ensure that every employee working in the construction industry is measurably… Read More »
There are rare cases in which an applicant for a CSCS Card does not have to first pass a CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test. The Eire (FAS) Safepass system is held in place of the CSCS in the Republic of Ireland: and in the UK, a very limited number of construction employees will qualify… Read More »
Health and safety in the workplace is clearly very important no matter what trade or industry you are in. When you are in the construction industry though the importance of employee and site health and safety can become a matter of life and death. Building sites and construction trades are littered with risks and potentially… Read More »
All heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration operatives are required to complete the CSCS Health, Safety & Environment Test for HVAC before qualifying for their correct level of CSCS Card. The HVAC Health, Safety & Environment Test is designed to ensure that all HVAC employees in the United Kingdom are trained to the same level… Read More »
Before you arrive for your CSCS Health and Safety Test, be sure that you have arranged the correct test for your CSCS Card colour and level. Just pick up a phone or get in email contact with Construction Site Skills and talk to us about your work – what job you do, how long you have… Read More »