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our professional standards

Maintaining professional standards and ensuring our labour force’s training is kept up-to-date is very important to us. Our minimum requirements are outlined below.

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Fulfilling the essential health and safety awareness requirement for your CSCS Labourer card (also known as the Green card), this eCourse can be completed in approximately four hours and covers the below and more to ensure you meet your responsibilities to keep yourself and your colleagues safe.

  • Accident prevention
  • Health & Safety law
  • Risk assessments
  • Reporting unsafe acts

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)

Card types

This card is available for manager and technical occupations subject to:

  • Achievement of a relevant Construction Management/Technical related NVQ/SVQ level 5, 6 or 7
  • An SVQ Level 4 in Construction Management/Technical related qualification
    or
  • Holding a pre-existing NVQ level 4 in construction management.

Achieved a construction-related NVQ or SVQ level 2.

Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)

We recommend this course if you’re considering, or already have, supervisory responsibilities.

Certification for this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to take a refresher course before the expiry date on your certificate. Otherwise, the full course will need to be re-taken.

Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Covers all relevant legislation affecting safe working in the building, construction and civil engineering industries. It highlights the need for risk assessment in the workplace, the implementation of the necessary control measures and adequate communication to sustain a health and safety culture within the workforce.

Certification for this course is valid for 5 years. To remain certified in this area, you will need to take a refresher course before the expiry date on your certificate. Otherwise, the full course will need to be re-taken.

Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) - CPCS Telescopic Handler A17 Wheeled

This course is for people with limited or no experience who want to learn to operate a telescopic handler.