Three Directors Jailed over Workers Roof Fall Death. Three company directors have been jailed for Health & Safety Offences after a 63 year old worker fell to his death. Two directors from a Essex-based Property Company and one from a Architectural Metalwork Firm have been handed jail terms of between 8 and 12 months over […]
A man who used a false name to work on UK construction sites has been sentenced to six months’ jail, following a Home Office and Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) investigation. Twenty-three year old Nigerian national, was sentenced on Thursday 26 January 2017 at Sheffield Crown Court. He was arrested in November 2016 and charged […]
A Luton man has been jailed for 18 months and recommended for deportation for illegally working in the UK and falsely obtaining construction skills certification cards, following a Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) investigation. The 34-year-old Indian national, paid someone to sit the health and safety tests required to obtain the Construction Skills Certification Scheme […]
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is notifying the industry that the following occupations will be transferred to the Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS): Communications Installer Communications Team Leader These two occupations will now fall under the Datacomms suite of ECS cards, with a relevant Datacomms card being issued according to the individual’s qualification level. During […]
Did you know NVQ Assessors and Verifiers do not require CSCS cards? On these occasions the CLC accepts the person visiting site would not be expected to carry a CSCS, but there should be clear industry guidance for non-construction personnel. Amongst the occupations not required to carry a CSCS card are NVQ Assessors and Verifiers. […]
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Triple Bar Nuclear New Build Sites With the confirmation that EDF Energy has reached an agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, Somerset. It will soon be time for the work to start. If you fancy a career change and want to look at applying for […]