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Diggs World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:18 - 26 Jul 2019 Post subject: CSCS Card |
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My eldest needs a labouring CSCS Card for building work this summer. Has anybody done the test recently and if so, are the on-line mock tests anything like the actual one? I ask because we sat down this afternoon and did a couple of the mocks, and even I passed when I haven't done anything more than DIY for decades. I don't want him lulled into a sense of false security as surely the actual test is harder? ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting... |
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Posted: 19:32 - 26 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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What test was it - basic site safety? If you can process oxygen you can pass that one just about. Anyone who didn't pass it first time I'd issue with slip-on shoes. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Riejufixing World Chat Champion
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Posted: 00:01 - 27 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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https://cscstest.org.uk/#start-practice
Going at it completely green.
44/50, fail.
Wrong, should have guessed:
Small cut on finger. *
Male & female using lavatories. *
Inserting disposable ear-plugs.
Wearing a back support belt. *
Lifting a load from the floor. *
Making sure a ladder won't slip. *
* - "Duh, I knew that". Time taken, 4 minutes. |
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Diggs World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:08 - 27 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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I am guessing that the actual test is no harder than the on-line mocks going by Pete and Stevo's experience. He's not doing the classroom bit, just the test, so I reckon if he does all the mocks on line plus learns his fire extinguishers and utility pipe colours that should cover everything.... He got 47/50 in the two mocks he did yesterday so the common sense element is already there.
A word of advice for anybody wanting a labouring job - get this qualification before you start because most reputable contractors won't take you on unless you have it.... It doesn't cost much but it does open doors! ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting... |
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Posted: 09:48 - 27 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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I saw those £300 ones - a real con by the look of it.... The cost of his exam is only £41, so all's good there! ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting... |
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43/50 oh dear, no chance of me escaping my air conditioned office and doing any real work ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 11:52 - 28 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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44, also failed
I worked on a few major construction sites in Australia when I first arrived there. I was a total fraud just looking for cash and I think a few of the supervisors saw through it. They only had me on menial work anyway, but even then I knew literally nothing about the ins and outs of the industry.
I remember being put with an Irish lad on a new project which I think became Perth's big new hospital. At the time it was just the foundations. We were tasked with wading across the iron gridding of the foundations and getting on our hands on knees to reach the couple of feet below to pick up snippets of wire tires from the floor. All day every day. We were the absolute bottom rung skivvy immigrant workers doing the lowest of the low tasks, while skilled Ozzie and Kiwi (plus a few British) tradesmen of all kinds did skilled trade things all around us.
It was 44 degrees C on the hottest day, sun cream was a freebie and it was a priority every morning. I remember one afternoon, after a sweltering day of constant sweat and humidity, I did that thing where you've been squatting in a funny way, then you stand up and blood leaves your head too fast so you start to black out. I was right in the middle of the foundation gridding and a faint of any kind would have looked extremely bad and probably would have had me sacked instantly. I had to do everything in my power to not fall over while my vision faded to black and my level of consciousness fizzled to about 1% capacity. I could feel myself slowly tipping, like the Titanic in its final moments before going under. Then pressure began to restore, my vision came back and normalcy was regained. Somehow, I had not fallen over. Win .
A week or so later I got a job in a factory paying way too much money and had some of the best 6 months my early 20s ever saw. |
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Posted: 12:23 - 28 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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Mine expired in 2011. So obvs I didn't fail. Not much point renewing, I only work on already built houses which I own
now, not on building sites. I don't remember it being difficult tbh. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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I did the MAP test (manager CSCS) in June, but in terms of the best revision, just get the (right!) app - there's one for each test and it'll prepare better than anything else. When I did my first CSCS test back in 2005 it was a book-only revision but it was rubbish. In this day of everything-apps it's the way forwards. ____________________ TG. |
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Posted: 12:22 - 30 Aug 2019 Post subject: |
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My lad passed with no problems. My advice to anybody wanting summer holiday work - get your card!!! ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting... |
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Old Thread Alert!
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Posted: 15:11 - 05 Jan 2022 Post subject: Here Is the one more website to apply for CSCS Card |
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You can apply CSCS Card or CSCS test online at construction Helpline.
Call our construction expert at 0207 199 9800 and know about all types of CSCS Card or CSCS Test etc. ____________________ CSCS Card,
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Posted: 15:40 - 05 Jan 2022 Post subject: Re: Here Is the one more website to apply for CSCS Card |
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Leena990 wrote: | You can apply CSCS Card or CSCS test online at construction Helpline.
Call our construction expert at 0207 199 9800 and know about all types of CSCS Card or CSCS Test etc. |
Great 1st post. Posting spam on a thread that has been dead for 2 1/2 years. ____________________ Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red" |
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Ste for mod.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 109 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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