Construction Plant Competence Scheme Archives

13-year-old trucking on towards career in plant

|Date: January 05, 2023

13-year-old trucking on towards career in plant

13-year-old Jay Currie has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck drivers in the UK, a ...

13-year-old Jay Currie has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck drivers in the UK, after gaining his Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) ADT (articulated dump truck) Red C ...

January 05, 2023
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CPCS pilots new ‘Provisional Card’ to support skills shortage in the piling sector

|Date: December 03, 2021

CPCS pilots new ‘Provisional Card’ to support skills shortage in the piling sector

Skills shortages in the piling sector could affect the UKs infrastructure project pipeline over the comin ...

Skills shortages in the piling sector could affect the UKs infrastructure project pipeline over the coming decades. There are several factors affecting skills shortages in piling, one of the key caus ...

December 03, 2021
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Attracting young persons into the construction plant sector

|Date: June 01, 2021

Attracting young persons into the construction plant sector

There are many construction plant operatives approaching retirement from their jobs, and the younger gene ...

There are many construction plant operatives approaching retirement from their jobs, and the younger generations will be the ones to compose the workforce of the future in the construction plant secto ...

June 01, 2021
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13-year-old Jamie Currie digs path for future with driving qualification

|Date: January 18, 2021

13-year-old Jamie Currie digs path for future with driving qualification

A 13-year-old passionate about diggers and tractors has become the youngest person to gain a Construction ...

A 13-year-old passionate about diggers and tractors has become the youngest person to gain a Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) Red Card, making him a trained operator. Jamie Currie, from Cul ...

January 18, 2021
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Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

|Date: December 02, 2020

Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come ...

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come together to tackle the widespread problem of plant operators failing drug and alcohol tests wi ...

December 02, 2020
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Unite describes CPCS plant card scheme as not ‘fit for purpose’

|Date: January 31, 2020

Unite describes CPCS plant card scheme as not ‘fit for purpose’

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has warned that the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) card ...

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has warned that the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) card scheme in its current guise is not fit for purpose and demanded that there is cross-industry ac ...

January 31, 2020
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CITB Awards Outsourcing Contract to SSCL, Secures Sale of CPCS Scheme

|Date: November 29, 2018

CITB Awards Outsourcing Contract to SSCL, Secures Sale of CPCS Scheme

CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL CITB (The Construction Industry Training Boa ...

CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL CITB (The Construction Industry Training Board) has today announced its intention to sign an enabling partner agreement with SSCL (Shared S ...

November 29, 2018
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