CSCS Cards and Test

[fridaypassion]

Definitely cram. When I was employed one of the main irritants was a manager who used to like to trip you up. I'd been out of the office when every other engineer had been given their book and he had "forgotten" to tell me about it or give me the book so I went into the test totally unprepared and failed it by 1 point.

[CRB14]

There are a lot of common sense answers but, if you're office based like me, why would it be common sense to know how many rungs of a ladder should fly above a landing?

[dxg]

Well, I've got the test tomorrow at 8:30am (why did I book it then?).

I've downloaded the revision materials. I should probably read them...

[Napper]

I've had my card renewed either 4 or 5 times now due to the expiry date lapsing. Although I do work on construction sites (in the water industry) and am therefore exposed to the H&S all the time, there are always some questions which will trip you up. I'm electrical biased but have an appreciation for other trades due to my experience and this year I thought I'd failed it, which would have been the first time ever, but thankfully I didn't. I got questions relating to heights of scaffold hand rail, and timescales for staff tags and things I just wasn't sure of. So it definitely pays to have a bit revision because although to most people they thinks it's a waste of time and money, but if you fail it, it's an even bigger waste of time and money!

Btw no one will get on to a construction site in the water industry without a CSCS card!!

[dxg]

100% correct. It took longer to complete the tutorial on using the machines than to actually do the test!


The place was heaving. At 8:30 in the morning. There were more people doing their CITB tests than taking their driving test. The other thread about construction workload must be true...