Same, I renewed my card about 4 weeks ago, was in and out in about 5 mins flat. Too easy IMO.
Thats what all your women say mate......
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A bit background history of CITB/Construction Skills and CSCS.
CITB/Construction skills.
Our governance
We are governed by a strong industry-led, non-executive Board, headed by a part time Chairman and Deputy Chairman, who are appointed by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Our Board consists of 14 employers, two members representing employees, two representing Further and Higher Education, and a client member.
Board members serve for five years. Our Board is advised by a number of industry-led committees.
As an Industry Training Board, there are 7 industry-led committees reporting into the Board, and as a Sector Skills Council, 10 committees report into the Strategic Partnership Panel (SPP), which includes the Chief Executives of CITB-ConstructionSkills, the Construction Industry Council and CITB-ConstructionSkills in Northern Ireland.
Boards & Committees
The main function of the Board is in the provision, approval and financial support of training. The Board and Committees meet regularly to ensure adequate consultation between industry representatives and staff.
Operating Structure
The organisation is structured in a way which best supports the industry’s priorities and goals. There are 6 directorates:
Employer Services
Business Services
Corporate Services
Communications and Change
National Construction College
Skills Strategy
CSCS/CISRS
About Us
CSCS exists to meet industry needs and is managed by CSCS Limited whose Directors all come from the Construction Industry. It is a Company Limited by Guarantee and therefore has no shareholders.
The members of the board are from the UK Contractors Group, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association, the Federation of Master Builders, GMB Union, National Specialist Contractors Council, T&G Section of UNITE (Building Crafts Section) and Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians. The Construction Industry Council and the Construction Clients Group are also represented on the Board.
ConstructionSkills administers the Scheme under contract.
Supporters
CSCS is demanded as proof of competence by organisations from across the industry as well as employers, clients and Government.
All sites registered under the Considerate Constructors Scheme are required to declare the percentage of workers who hold CSCS cards and to record details of site operatives' and visitors CSCS cards.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) through its document Common Minimum Standards for the Procurement of Built Environments in the Public Sector, states that governmental clients “are to include a contract clause requiring that all members of the supply teams who are workers or a regular visitor to a construction site are registered on the CSCS scheme”.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has made it clear through its support of Construction Commitments 2012 and its own health and safety standard that all professional and site staff involved in construction of the Olympic facilities will be required to hold a valid CSCS card or card affiliated to the scheme.
Collaboration
Constructing Better Health (CBH) and CSCS became sister companies in 2009 to add further value to the Scheme and to support the needs of the construction industry for the management of proof of competency and work-related health.
CISRS
cap 609
http://www.cisrs.org.uk/documents/Cisrs_Cap_609_000.pdf