Looking for a Black CSCS Card?
Looking for a Black CSCS Card?
What is the Black CSCS Card?
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) aim is to increase safety on construction sites and ensure that those in the construction industry work to an industry standard and have the ability to carry out their role safely and effectively.
The Black CSCS card is the Managerial Level card that is accessible to those that have achieved a Managerial NVQ Level 6 & 7 in the Construction Industry. This card demonstrates that you have the skills, knowledge, experience and capability to manage personnel in a construction environment.
How can I access this card?
Completion of a any of the NVQ qualifications below at Level 6 or 7 will enable individuals to access the Black CSCS card:
- Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Construction Senior Management -NEW for senior project managers, contracts managers, operations managers and directors of construction companies.
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Senior Site Inspection – for experienced site inspectors, architectural inspectors and quality inspectors.
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management – for those working at senior site management level.
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management – for estimators, quantity surveyors, buyers, planners, logistics managers, site agents and lifting managers, as well as project managers and site managers overseeing smaller parts of the overall project.
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Practice – for those senior personnel involved in the practical application and/or management of health and safety.
How are these qualifications assessed?
Most our of our qualifications can be assessed one of two ways:
- Through written work – where work is submitted to the assessor for review and feedback through our online ePortfolio portal.
- Through a discussion-based assessment – where you will ‘talk your way’ through the qualification criteria over a series of online Zoom meetings. This method involves no written work.
The discussion-based assessment is usually recommended for the more experienced candidates who are established in their role and can talk very confidently ‘off the cuff’ about their work.
Less-experienced candidates are generally best suited to the written-work (ePortfolio) assessment where they can progress at their own pace, developing themselves along the way with advice and guidance from the assessor.
Prior to enrolment (during the initial profiling process) one of our assessors will speak with each candidate directly to determine whether they would be best suited to the discussion assessment or the written assessment.
What do you offer at Level 7?
Although generally our Managerial NVQs at Level 6 are delivered ‘interactively’ online, we can now offer new help candidates complete their New Level 7 in Construction Senior Management qualification in a very short space of time. This will involve you and your assessor engaging in a professional discussion. Learners will need to prepare all the required evidence and documentation for the assessor to review beforehand.
In order to be successful in this on-site fast-track route, candidates will need to be very experienced and be able to confidently speak about their job role in detail. These Managers will have already gained the skills, knowledge and experience required to complete this qualification on the job, over time, in a real construction-site environment.
How much do these qualification cost?
The Level 6 NVQs costs £1850 + VAT and the New Level 7 NVQ in Construction Senior Management costs £2100 + VAT (This included registration fees, assistance with CIOB etc).
Where can I get some more information?
If you need more information on any of these qualifications, click the appropriate link(s) above to visit the specific qualification page on our website. Here you can also download the ‘initial profile tool’ for each of these qualifications to find out if you skills, knowledge and experience to complete them.
Alternatively call CADUK on 01952 287 366.
