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CSCS to Withdraw 100,000 Construction Site Visitor Cards

Most people are familiar with the contribution made by the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) towards improving standards and safety on UK construction sites. For several years now the strategic direction of the scheme has focused on ensuring that all applicants achieve a nationally recognised construction related qualification. The next step towards ensuring that allREAD MORE

CSCS to Withdraw 100,000 Construction Site Visitor Cards

Most people are familiar with the contribution made by the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) towards improving standards and safety on UK construction sites. For several years now the strategic direction of the scheme has focused on ensuring that all applicants achieve a nationally recognised construction related qualification. The next step towards ensuring that allREAD MORE

PQ Reform: Build UK Need TICA Member Support

Build UK’s work on Pre-Qualification Reform has reached an important milestone.  The Common Assessment Standard (CAS), which they have developed with members like TICA, aims to improve industry productivity through a streamlined Pre-Qualification process, is nearly finished. Build UK has now asked for TICA Members to volunteer to help support the trialling of their Pre-QualificationREAD MORE

PQ Reform: Build UK Need ACAD Member Support

Build UK’s work on Pre-Qualification Reform has reached an important milestone.  The Common Assessment Standard (CAS) which they have developed with members like ACAD, aims to improve industry productivity through a streamlined Pre-Qualification process, is nearly finished. Build UK has now asked for ACAD Members to volunteer to help support the trialling of their Pre-QualificationREAD MORE

Build UK Update

Build UK updated trade association members including TICA at the may forum and below is a summary of current topics: Duty to Report – the Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance requires all large companies who meet at least two of the following thresholds for two consecutive financial years to report on theirREAD MORE

20% Off the Job Training for Apprentices

We recently communicated with members regarding the mandatory requirement for all apprentices to spend at least 20% of their training programme time on “Off the Job Training” (OTJT), the majority of this time will be spent at the National Training Centre in Darlington.  We monitor and log the OTJT time for each apprentice as thisREAD MORE

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