CSCS Rip Off

Br00nie

I'm just wondering if there's anyone else out there that thinks paying £30 for a Construction Skills Certification Scheme(CSCS) card is a total rip off ? How much does it really cost to produce a bit of plastic with your photo on it ?

pmduk

Doesn't that actually include the test fee?

Br00nie

no the test fee on top of that £17.50 I think

Br00nie

also if you have to sit a seperate health & safety 5.0 course which costs >£100 absolute rip off

Raxiel

It is a bit of a racket. Started off reasonable, and then the price started rising sharply once they were widely adopted.

Never once been asked for mine, but I still have to have one. My firm insists everyone does, someone's making a pretty penny out of it.

Inner_Zone

Br00nie wrote: »

I'm just wondering if there's anyone else out there that thinks paying £30 for a Construction Skills Certification Scheme(CSCS) card is a total rip off ? How much does it really cost to produce a bit of plastic with your photo on it ?

Br00nie wrote: »

no the test fee on top of that £17.50 I think

Br00nie wrote: »

also if you have to sit a seperate health & safety 5.0 course which costs >£100 absolute rip off

£147.50, Clearly you are paying the wrong people:

https://cscs.uk.com/applying-for-cards/

"CSCS cards cost £30 and the separate CITB Health, safety and environment test costs £19.50. There are organisations that offer card application services. If you are being charged more than £30 for a card or £19.50 for a CITB Health, safety & environment test, check that you understand what additional services you will receive."

Total £49.50

deanos

most of the big builders wont let you on site if you dont have one

pmduk

I've checked a few of the local test centres near me who charge £30 for test and card incl.

Ganga

I also had to have one but the company paid for it,was never asked on site for it,i used to think that it was a joke having to take a test to prove what i had done since leaving school,5 years apprenticship then over 40 years in the industry.

ComicGeek

Ganga wrote: »

I also had to have one but the company paid for it,was never asked on site for it,i used to think that it was a joke having to take a test to prove what i had done since leaving school,5 years apprenticship then over 40 years in the industry.

You say that, but I still know of a few people who failed the test - given that most of the questions have 3 answers that will kill you and 1 that won't, I think it's a really good thing that people who fail don't work on building sites!

Br00nie

£147.50, Clearly you are paying the wrong people:



"CSCS cards cost £30 and the separate CITB Health, safety and environment test costs £19.50. There are organisations that offer card application services. If you are being charged more than £30 for a card or £19.50 for a CITB Health, safety & environment test, check that you understand what additional services you will receive."

Total £49.50


You can't now get a Green Card (Operative) without this course. Now what they are doing is forcing people , like myself, to have a SVQ/NVQ level relative to your job, my job requires a level 5 costs £3000.00 & up. Last time i sat an exam was at school, to many years ago to remember !
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