{"id":42229,"date":"2018-06-14T12:39:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=42229"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:39:40","slug":"cscs-eliminate-site-visitor-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/cscs-eliminate-site-visitor-cards\/42229\/","title":{"rendered":"CSCS eliminates 100,000 site visitor cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscs.uk.com\/\"> Construction Skills Certification Scheme<\/a> (CSCS) is continuing to streamline the skills card system with the withdrawal of the Construction Site Visitor card<\/h2>\n<p>The Construction Site Visitor card was originally intended for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/skills-cards-no-longer-necessity-non-construction-staff-site\/33685\/\">workers who did not perform a construction-related role<\/a> but visited a site on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>However, CSCS has determined that the card no longer fits with its desire for a fully qualified workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Wren, Chief Executive at CSCS said: \u201cFollowing the closure of the Construction Related Occupation card in 2017, the Site Visitor card is now the only card issued without the need for the applicant to achieve a recognised qualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Construction Site Visitor card does not support industry\u2019s desire for a fully qualified workforce and as such it will be withdrawn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following a consultation with the industry, all Construction Site Visitor Cards issued from 3 September 2018 will expire on 31 August 2020 and CSCS will stop issuing the card from 28 February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>All cards issued before 3 September 2018 will remain valid until their expiry date.<\/p>\n<p>Those holding the Construction Site Visitor card will not be required to obtain another skills card.<\/p>\n<p>Historically these workers have applied for the visitor card because they were told to do so by their employer following policies requiring entire sites to be 100% carded \u2013 as opposed to construction workers being 100% qualified.<\/p>\n<p>Wren added: \u201cThe withdrawal of the Site Visitor card will see an increase in the numbers of individuals turning up to site without a card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not suggesting site supervisors and managers turn non-cardholders away from site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a worker is there to carry out a construction-related activity then a card is required as proof of their training and qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they are there to perform a non-construction related activity it then becomes the responsibility of site supervisors and managers to induct and supervise these people to ensure they remain safe at all times when on site.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is continuing to streamline the skills card system with the withdrawal of the Construction Site Visitor card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[676,661,592],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-hr","9":"tag-skills"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CSCS eliminates 100,000 site visitor cards | Planning, Building &amp; 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