Cscs Card - Tiling Cscs Card For Site Work

[Diggy]

Worked on a site recently ( large builder ) and they don't use the CSCS system , instead opting for their own 'passport' . Which of course you have to sit through ANOTHER obligatory dvd on H&S to obtain.

Diggy

 

[Dan]

Worked on a site recently ( large builder ) and they don't use the CSCS system , instead opting for their own 'passport' . Which of course you have to sit through ANOTHER obligatory dvd on H&S to obtain.

Diggy

Their own? Is this in the UK?

 

[Diggy]

Their own? Is this in the UK?

Yes.

Of the 3 big name builders ( ones most people would know ) I've worked for recently and regularly ( within the last 12 mth period ) , only 1 has asked for my card.

Diggy

 

[Dan]

I didn't realise they were allowed to do it their own way.

 

[Diggy]

Well I don't think CSCS is compulsory , YET.

 

[Dan]

I thought by definition it was! Totally wrong then it seems.
@deanotile confirm?

 

[Diggy]

There is no legal requirement to have a card before you carry out construction work. However, all the major contractors who are members of UKCG, the UK Contractors Group, have agreed that workers on their site must have a CSCS card. The law allows principal contractors to set site rules all workers are expected to follow. Many other contractors have now followed this practice.

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