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The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is the regulated system set up to improve quality of work and reduce the risk of a construction site accident.
Increasingly, construction site workers are being asked to show CSCS cards to prove they have competence in their stated occupation and that they have relevant health and safety awareness.
All companies working for the Government, including the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), are required only to employ workers and professional staff with relevant CSCS cards or equivalent. Sites registered under the Considerate Constructors Scheme are required to declare the percentage of workers who hold CSCS cards.
The scheme is supervised by a board comprising representatives of the construction industry, both employers and trades unions, and is administered under contract by ConstructionSkills.
Depending on the level of each individual's training and experience, eight main categories of card are issued, as well as an affiliated industry one. Apart from identification, they show the official level of competency each person has attained in their particular sector of the construction industry.
Most people who apply for a CSCS card need to have passed a ConstructionSkills health and safety test within the previous two years. It is taken by more than 500,000 people a year as a PC-based touch screen test either at a mobile unit or through an approved test centre, and tests knowledge of a wide range of health and safety issues.
The CSCS card is regarded as an important development in improving technical skills and, therefore, safety on construction and building sites throughout the UK. It is a step towards reducing the number of injuries and fatalities which occur each year.
Making a compensation claim after a construction site accident
The expert personal injury solicitors at YouClaim have a great deal of expertise in handling construction site accident cases throughout the UK, and an excellent success rate. If you have had a construction site accident or other work injury, and are thinking of making a compensation claim, we may well be able to help you.
All of our panel of lawyers are supervised by the Law Society so you can be sure your case is in safe hands and that YouClaim has someone with sufficient expertise to give you the right advice and guidance in pursuing a claim for damages.
Not only that but we offer a no win, no fee commitment which means that if you make your claim through us we will take no fees or charges before or after the case. We offer a completely no-risk service with a 100% compensation guarantee.
YouClaim's friendly, helpful advisors are available to take your call and advise you on 0800 10 757 95. Other ways to contact us regarding your construction site accident claim are by completing an online form or by e-chat.
