Get Your CSCS Card
We help plant operators and trades get the right card for their role on site. Red NPORS/CSCS Trained Operator card through training or an Experienced Operator Test, Blue NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator card through a Plant Operations NVQ, CSCS Skilled Worker card through an occupational NVQ.
Enquire NowWhat Is A CSCS Card?
A CSCS card proves you've got the training and qualifications for your role on a construction site. Most principal contractors and major sites won't let you on without one.
Wilson Training Services certifies through NPORS, which sits within the CSCS Alliance. We are not a CPCS provider.
The CITB HS&E Test
Officially the CITB Health, Safety & Environment Test, often called the touch screen test. Passing it is a prerequisite for most CSCS cards, whether you're applying for a new card or renewing an existing one.
Booked Direct With CITB
We no longer book the HS&E test. You book it yourself through CITB or an approved test centre, then come to us for your card. Sittings run at centres across the country and slots are usually quick to get.
HS&E test info at CITB →Which Card Do You Need?
NPORS/CSCS Trained Operator
For plant operators getting started, or working on site while they qualify before they have the Plant Operations NVQ. Gained through NPORS training or an Experienced Operator Test for a plant category, for example 360 excavator, forward tipping dumper, ride-on roller, telehandler or loading shovel.
Plant training & EOTs →NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator
The plant operator card. Shows the plant categories you are assessed as competent to operate. Gained by completing the relevant Level 2 Plant Operations NVQ and meeting the health and safety requirements, upgrading from the Red card.
Find out about NVQs →CSCS Skilled Worker
The trade card. Proves you hold the construction qualification for your occupation, such as Construction Operations or Groundworks. Gained through the relevant occupational Level 2 NVQ plus the CITB HS&E test.
Find out about NVQs →Labourer
The entry-level card for general labourers, gained via the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course. Not an operator or trade card.
CSCS Skilled Worker vs NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator
These are two separate cards with different purposes. The CSCS Skilled Worker card is occupation based. The NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator card is plant based. Depending on your job and the sites you work on, you may need both.
Get Your CSCS Skilled Worker Card
Occupation based. Shows you have achieved the construction-related qualification for your trade, for example Construction Operations or Groundworks.
- Complete the relevant occupational Level 2 NVQ for your role.
- Pass the appropriate CITB Health, Safety and Environment test.
- Apply for the CSCS Skilled Worker card.
Upgrade Your NPORS Red Card To A Competent Operator Card
Plant based. Records the specific categories of plant machinery you have been assessed as competent to operate.
- Hold the Red NPORS/CSCS Trained Operator card for your plant category, gained through NPORS training or an Experienced Operator Test.
- Complete the relevant Level 2 NVQ in Plant Operations for the categories you operate.
- Meet the health and safety requirements for the NPORS/CSCS card scheme.
- Upgrade to the Blue NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator card, showing your plant categories.
Get Your CSCS Card Sorted
Tell us where you're at now and we'll map out the route to your NPORS/CSCS Trained Operator, NPORS/CSCS Competent Operator or CSCS Skilled Worker card.
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