Drowning in a sea of construction accreditations?
It’s not surprising. There are now so many courses and qualifications available to workers. The CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) alone issues over 15 different cards, including Labourer, Experienced Worker, Skilled Worker, and Professional Qualified Person – to name a few.
There are also those handed out by the CPCS (Construction Plant Competence Scheme), the CISRS (Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme), the SSSTS (Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme), the SMSTA (Site Management Safety Training Scheme), as well as many others.
The list is endless. And each one reflects a different set of skills and has a different expiration date. On large or even medium-scale construction jobs, this can create an untenable situation if you don’t have the manpower or the technology to keep up with everyone and ensure all workers are suited to the job, both in terms of experience and official qualifications.
As a busy construction contractor, this variety can make it very difficult for you to keep track. Vetting and validating accreditations is just one thing on your very long ‘to-do’ list and with so many names and accreditations to double-check, it can become easy for someone to slip through the cracks, potentially causing a tidal wave of legal issues later down the line. Plus, with seemingly countless cards to check and consider, it can quickly turn into a time-consuming and frustrating task.
But here at MSite, we believe we have the solution… digitalisation.
Our digital workforce management system features a ‘Registration and Competency’ module, which is specifically designed to automate CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) checks – essentially, vetting your workers and validating their accreditations on your behalf.
Here, we take a closer at how our CITB checker works and how it could help.
How does the MSite CITB card checker work?
MSite has a fully integrated CITB card database.
This database will automatically check whether new workers are, indeed, who they say they are, and ensures they have the correct CITB card accreditations and training for a specific role. If they do, their data is then stored in a cloud-based system and attached to their unique ‘MSite profile’.
This ‘MSite profile’ subsequently acts as a ‘digital passport’. It proves the worker has the correct skills and a valid card to complete a particular task – whilst also being fully GDPR-compliant.