why do you need a CSCS card which one is the right one for you how to book a citb test and what is
the best way to prepare for it my name is Greg and welcome to SITENG in today's video i'm going
to answer all these questions so let's go so guys to start about the CSCS card you actually needed
to start work in construction especially in this construction site I'm not talking here about the
design and all other working in office stuff we're talking about the construction site and you need
this card this card is construction skill card and the main thing about it it tells your employer
that you passed your health and saved basic uh exam and these cards are actually required
to access all construction sites so that'll be the first thing you just need it guys
and depend obviously on your experience and on your qualification you're gonna get different
type of cards so guys in today's video I'm gonna focus mainly on three types of cars and
the first one gonna be the red one this is the very first card uh if you're just starting your
career in construction the second one gonna be the green one which is the labourer cards
but to be honest with you guys most guys working on this car doing all other trades as well and the
third one gonna be the white one the one I've got so once you got the degree or other qualification
you can apply for this card I'm gonna say on the back of it that you qualified engineer whatever
degree you're gonna have so guys as i said the red one gonna be the very first one you just need to
pass your exam for it and you're gonna get this card the only problem with this card is the card
is only valid for half a year and then you need to change it for another one once you're gonna
get your qualification once you're gonna get some experience so second one guys uh is the green one
for this one you need to take probably around hundred pound the course and then you're gonna
pass and then you're gonna get it and to be honest with you uh there's plenty engineers I worked with
and they're still operating on the green card and they're very good engineers so it doesn't really
matter much and for the white one you need to get your qualifications approved so if you're not from
the uk if you've done your school outside UK you probably have to send your diploma to the UK naric
and then they're going to certify that your qualifications are comparable to the uk ones
so then after this you can pass your exam but in this case it's going to be managers and
professionals exams so it's a little bit different to the laborers one to the basic one and then
you're gonna get your white card so guys how to get your cscs card i'm gonna jump now to the cscs
card website and we're gonna have a look there so I'm gonna leave the link below so you can have a
look yourself you can go through all this about the css card industry you can see the partner card
scheme so if you got some other schemes they might be a combined actually with your cscs card so you
or your qualifications might be actually on the cscs card itself so I'm gonna go now to the card
finder guys so as you can see here you're gonna ask us uh cert by occupation or the qualification
so as i said if you've got a qualification as an engineer you obviously jump here qualification
you're gonna type your civil engineering and then you're gonna apply for the card we're talking
about engineers here guys so that will be the white card in our case and the occupation as
well here so that's what i said if that's gonna be your first card you can just type here a labourer
and you're gonna go for it so that's the card finder guys and i'm gonna go now for the CITB exam
so you're gonna find it on the same website you can actually book through this here
they're gonna be linked somewhere here uh and it costs 22 pounds i believe uh so yeah you
can you can both test citb website so we're going to jump now to the citb test website
so health and safety uh you can see here the one of the first very first thing i'm going to leave
the link for this as well so book the test and we're going to go here individual booking so get
a ways to book online by phone obviously going to online so the first need to register on the view
website so you have to create your account here so create a web account uh privacy policy acceptance
so i believe you have to just click it here and agree to it so then you're going to create your
account it's very easy guys uh step by step you can actually log in later and check your
check your card and your employer actually can check you in the citb database as well
even if you don't have a card with you once you got this account you can book your test
it's going to ask you about your address about the postcode and then you can buy to the nearby
nearby you search to sit the exam so guys that'll be the way of creating your citb account and then
booking the exam but obviously before we book the exam we're gonna we're gonna prepare for it and
the best way guys for it is just to download the citb app you're gonna find it in your app store on
the google store and uh just make sure they're gonna be the CITB i'm gonna just show it here
not to be the one and if you're going to be booking with your qualification you probably
go for the MAP which is managers and professionals so the range of questions is a little bit bigger
but it's it's all simple guys it's all simple questions so uh it's just the basic ones as i said
obviously once you're going to go through all the questions obviously i'm going to spend some time
uh learning the app is really good obviously you can use it wherever you like and it costs around
five pounds so it's not that much and it gonna get you ready for it hundred percent so guys maybe a
few words about the exam obviously don't stress too much it's really simple once you get ready
for it you're gonna pass hundred percent on the day of the exam guys it's obviously good to be a
little bit ahead of the schedule and to be honest with you i was two times before much before uh
my time and they just allowed me to seat it they're gonna take a photo of you which then
gonna be later on your car so make sure you're gonna look nice if you wanna have a nice photo
on your cscs card and then uh you need to put all your stuff in the locker so make sure you're
gonna take your phone you're gonna switch off your phone put it into the locker everything into the
locker and then gonna sit your exam you can take a few more questions and if you need to use some
other language you just ask for it and they're gonna give you the earphones so you can still
use it you can take them off you don't need them obviously you're gonna be learning yourself in
english and you won't pass in english but just to make sure you understand the questions well
you can still ask for it you can put your headphones on and make sure it's right
what i'm going to also show you guys uh just if you don't have your qualification you're not going
to be applying for the white card you can actually apply it straight for the green card which might
be actually better dependent obviously what's your plans and how much money you want to spend for it
it should be more stuff popping up so you can see this you got a 90 pounds online course i'm gonna
open this link i'm gonna open this one as well so it's a one day course here you're going to
pay your 90 pounds and you're going to have your green card so guys you have to remember that once
you're going to pass your exam and everything going to be ready you need to book your card
so the card itself is another cost it's 36 pounds so what i'm saying once you gotta get the red one
uh you have to pay 36 pounds and after six months you need to pass another exam for 22 and then you
need to pay another 36 for your green one unless you're gonna be applying for some other card so
it might be actually better guys just to go for the for the for the labor one straight away it's
gonna last for longer in theory you might spend actually a few pounds more at the beginning but
i think it may pay off as well if you've got any questions about it just uh don't forget to
leave the comments below and i'm gonna reply as soon as possible so guys I think that would be
all in today's video you don't really need to know much more about the cscs card the very first thing
is guys you just need it so make sure you're gonna prepare you're gonna pass the test and
you're gonna get your first cscs card and then you're just gonna start looking for a dream job
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