Monthly Archives: February 2012

Your Route Through the Construction NVQ

The Construction NVQ and its equivalents are designed to give you structured training in your chosen building trade. You start at Level 1 and work your way up to Level 4. City and Guilds qualifications run a roughly equivalent set of grading levels, as do industry-specific qualifications. The Construction NVQ Level 1 is a nominal… Read More »

Realising Your Employment Potential With the CSCS Card

If you want to work in rewarding roles in the construction industry, you need to be able to prove that you have the skill and experience necessary to do them. That’s why CSCS Cards and the Construction NVQ have been dovetailed. Your CSCS Card is like a portable CV, showing prospective employers than you have… Read More »

Why the Construction NVQ is Right for You

The Construction NVQ is designed to provide training in the skills and knowledge you need to perform your chosen trade to a specified level. Each NVQ Level is identifiable with the Levels achievable in other trades and other industries. So anyone who has a Construction NVQ Level 2, no matter what their trade, has a… Read More »

How to Make a Molehill Out of a Mountain

Sustainability is the watchword for the construction industry these days, even when it comes to demolition. The most destructive part of the construction industry can often be one of the most renewable and energy efficient, thanks to a keen emphasis on regeneration, land preparation and reuse. Holders of the affiliate CSCS Card for Demolition Operatives… Read More »

Basic Safety Measures to take on a Construction Site

Construction sites are dangerous places. Statistics show that, on average, a person is killed every four days and hundreds are injured. More worryingly, if you work in the construction industry for twenty years, you have a one in two chance of being injured. It might not happen of course and even if it it does,… Read More »

IR35 and How It Affects You

IR35 tax legislation has been in force for over ten years yet still remains a mystery to many. The coalition government has announced a commitment to review it and possibly replace it with something simpler. However, as yet, its future is not resolved. The aim of introducing IR35 was to clamp down on individuals who… Read More »

Deciding which Construction Job is right for you

Despite any short-term economic problems, construction is an industry where there will always be demand. Homes and commercial property have to be built, infrastructure projects undertaken and anything that’s already built has to be repaired and renewed. So, although the level of demand changes, it will never go away and there will always be a… Read More »