leebo02
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the cscs is for 5 years,, (must do mine soon)
Qualifications !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Exactly mate,, NVQ;s are a load of bollox, Ive got loads of them.. however you gotta do em to get on certain jobs.. and they impress joe public....
(Ex-teacher). things change. you dont need to be on benifits to get the L2 for free
currymunster
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Oh dear! See why it was free with that grammar and spelling (Don't and Benefits)
Bet I've spelt something wrong now! :RpS_thumbsup:
carlos
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When I got my card a few years back it was a doddle. T centrex or something the firm was called. Basically they rocked up to 6 of us together at our offices and talked us throught the forms. Came a week later did a site visit, the week after that they came again and we did the computer test and the cards fame in the post.
Seemed to to is they made sure everyone passed so they could invoce the government for the amount of training they did.
Seemed to to is they made sure everyone passed so they could invoce the government for the amount of training they did.
carlos
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I have NVQ level 2 in damproofing!!!!
spunky
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I got offered level 2 or 3 free of charge I chose 2 because it was easier and got me on site
What a sad man. Big deal,
I know a tutor who lets on to be an employer, has public liability insurance. Takes on trainees (but there is actually no work) and completes the NVQ in a month, pockets £800 a trainee (goverment funding for employers who take on a trainee) prob goes through 10 trainees a year.
Frankiethespread
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I first got my CSCS card many years ago when they tried to launch it for the first time but it failed to catch on. I did half a days course and was given a card which stated on the back that I had a Plastering Industry Accreditation B (apparently or so I was lead to believe at the time higher than an A) which I was told I was entitled to through "grandfather rights" basically because I had already been plastering for many years at the time I didn't have to prove to anyone that I could do it. Anyway years later when the scheme was launched again I applied for a card and received a gold card with the same accreditation on the back. I use this card all the time on many big sites where they normally stress the need for an NVQ qualification on a skilled workers CSCS card and have never had it turned down once. 
timeservedspread
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I'm having a similar prob with the cscs bandits and the agency's are really doing there best to pay peanuts to tradesmen.
Contractors and agency's are a greedy bunch of ***** and I reckon they will be responsible for a total disappearance of quality British tradesmen on sites.
if there is a "construction boom" coming then it's not manifesting itself in the wages being offered by those unscrupulous twatbags!
As for the cscs we only have to look at the nhs to understand the problems these types of unelected morons cause, it's an absolute farce when a bloody card can stop a man getting work even though he's qualified?
What really chaffs my arse is the fact that the cscs isn't actually law in this country and any company doing what they do would be charged with extortion and fraud?
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We keep moaning about people with no quals then moaning you need them lol having quals doesn't necessarily mean your a good spread but at least your qualified. The CSCS card is a must on site now and it won't be long before gold is the accepted standard and wages will be based around the colour of your card especially were agencies are involved. Insurance is another thing on site your staff need a cscs card to bring the insurance down for the contractors as he has a more qualified work force it won't be long before public liability get onto it for the domestic market then Hopefully the customer will want to see it on the domestic market not all but some
timeservedspread
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We keep moaning about people with no quals then moaning you need them lol having quals doesn't necessarily mean your a good spread but at least your qualified. The CSCS card is a must on site now and it won't be long before gold is the accepted standard and wages will be based around the colour of your card especially were agencies are involved. Insurance is another thing on site your staff need a cscs card to bring the insurance down for the contractors as he has a more qualified work force it won't be long before public liability get onto it for the domestic market then Hopefully the customer will want to see it on the domestic market not all but some
Agreed but the cscs card scheme is based around health & safety and has very little to proving "hand on" skill sets with regard to gold card holders?
It is a purely a "paper qualifications" system and doesn't allow for any practical show of skills, i.e citb inspector comes out to view you at a job doing a float n set session or running a cornice in situ and awards a pass on your actual trowel skills?
So in theory it proves very little apart from the fact the card holder has a good understanding of health and safety regs and a basic grasp on common sense?
It does both it proves you have passed a h&s test and it has your quals on the back which is better than nothing. If you had done an apprenticeship at the end you were skill tested for two days which gets you your indentured apprenticeship so yes a gold card if gotten the right way does prove your worthy
but you should know that going off your name lolGuys, an interesting thread which has got me thinking.
I've not got any accredited quals in the trade other than two certificates in basic and intermediate plastering skills which are not nvq 2 level (I think). So according to the cscs site, I could apply for an experienced workers card? However, I do have a hnd in electrical engineering so could, according to cscs apply or an 'academically qualified' card, amongst others.
My point is, does it matter what card I have? I could quite happily carry out first and second fix and then float/board and finish a job..... If I get a cscs card on the back of my electrical quals, could I use it to get plastering work on sites????? Or vise versa for that matter.
probably won't ever do site work but you never know, if viable maybe worth investigating.
I've not got any accredited quals in the trade other than two certificates in basic and intermediate plastering skills which are not nvq 2 level (I think). So according to the cscs site, I could apply for an experienced workers card? However, I do have a hnd in electrical engineering so could, according to cscs apply or an 'academically qualified' card, amongst others.
My point is, does it matter what card I have? I could quite happily carry out first and second fix and then float/board and finish a job..... If I get a cscs card on the back of my electrical quals, could I use it to get plastering work on sites????? Or vise versa for that matter.
probably won't ever do site work but you never know, if viable maybe worth investigating.
timeservedspread
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It does both it proves you have passed a h&s test and it has your quals on the back which is better than nothing. If you had done an apprenticeship at the end you were skill tested for two days which gets you your indentured apprenticeship so yes a gold card if gotten the right way does prove your worthy
Main point of argument here is this, I'll challenge anyone to show me proof that green blue or whatever cscs card will give you a better hourly rate or price on a site?
The answer is no, the truth of the matter is you'll be able to go do site work but for piss poor rates?
If the cscs scheme fought for better rates and set wage increases i'd be right behind it, but it does nothing to protect our wages being destroyed by cheap imported labour, who also have cscs cards?
johniosaif
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Never had to show my card yet , think its a load of tosh, money making racket
scottie5
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Its absolute bullshite but Most sites do require trade specific cscs cards.
I've seen a top notch spread thrown off a job for only having a basic labourers card.
Also as theres an army of nvq assessors out there with less and less men to assess, it wouldn't suprise me if soon nvq2's will no longer be sufficient and everyone will be forced into doing a level 3.
to provide jobs for the boys for a few more years.
when you say trade specific card, do you mean specific named qualifications on the back, ie, nvq2/3 in solid plastering etc?
scottie5
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Yes mate. Most main contractors seem to be looking out for this now.
A lot of sites you can't be a labourer plastering
I've sent cscs an email, asking what is required if you're offering services for more than one trade. My long term plan is to offer electrical and plastering services.....I have loads of quals in the electrical game but only experience and a couple of **** course certificates in plastering....be interested to hear what they have to say, according to the website, without an indentured apprenticeship I'd have to apply for the annual card whilst 'training' towards a level 2 plastering award!
Olican
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I've got my nvq level 2 bumming , looking to progress to advanced rimming and then hopefully the three F diploma (felching, fisting and fibrous) is this something you can help me with?
Arti
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we can take you all the way through to a masters dry bumming degree (MDBD)
I have the PhD in bumming, im very interested in attaining the '' taking it dry '' add on diploma... any help would be appreciated.. well.. the diploma is not actually for me , its for '' mr Jones "
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