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What do you mean who cares, it's your responsibility to know the do's and don'ts and if you need a guy to tell you the answers you don't deserve a cscs card because the test is common-sense.
As Whitebeam says, and the guy that will care is the guy that gets hurt or killed by the idiots that don't know the first thing about site safety and what to do in an emergency, that's a very poor attitude on your part, knowing what you've picked up on these forums
How can you be all for it when people you are potentially working alongside are unsafe and a danger to YOU?
You say above "fairplay to the bloke for helping people out getting work", just cast your memory back a year. Do you remember when you couldn't get any work and no one was willing to give you a chance to train? Did you say you worked 1 month out of the year was it? Just have a guess at one of the reasons for that Ash. CSCS cards where designed not only to make site safety better but also to try and stop unskilled labour on to sites, not least when years back we had a massive influx of cheap foreign labour. So all that struggle you went through and yet a foreigner can leap frog you and take a potential job because he has a bit of spare cash. It gets worse because some of these test centers aren't just handing out basic cards but give them enough money and they will give you a skilled card and even supervisor cards. Yeah fair play to the bloke
to Mr Tiler ?
Worth renewing regardless imho
It's all health and safety based, whether you realise it or not !
always willing to hold your hands up though. Top lad, keep learning and entertaining mate
Every day IS a school day, the older you get though, seems sometimes there's more of them ????
let it out mate... its no good bottled up inside
I'm terrible under pressure, I'd crumble befor I even say the test... Sounds like Guantanamo bay prison...
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White Room
What do you mean who cares, it's your responsibility to know the do's and don'ts and if you need a guy to tell you the answers you don't deserve a cscs card because the test is common-sense.
Alan.P
TF
As Whitebeam says, and the guy that will care is the guy that gets hurt or killed by the idiots that don't know the first thing about site safety and what to do in an emergency, that's a very poor attitude on your part, knowing what you've picked up on these forums
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On one
I could say quite a few lippy comments to the above statement,but I will keep them to myself.
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Dougs Third Go
if you were bleeding out or needed CPR would you like your workmates to have the "who cares" attitude Ash?
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Mr Tiler
Who learned cpr at cscs card test cuz i certainly didnt mate. Im all for learning health and safety guys i am all for it. Hardly any of the questions in my cscs test related to health and safety it was stuff inwould never come accross
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Dougs Third Go
you can either be a follower or a leader then Ash,,get ahead of the game and learn some (at least) first aid. I've been on receiving and giving end of first aid quite a few times in my 35 year career, it's no joke that when you're young you can have a "it'll never happen to me" attitude,,accidents aren't discriminatory
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Colour Republic
How can you be all for it when people you are potentially working alongside are unsafe and a danger to YOU?
You say above "fairplay to the bloke for helping people out getting work", just cast your memory back a year. Do you remember when you couldn't get any work and no one was willing to give you a chance to train? Did you say you worked 1 month out of the year was it? Just have a guess at one of the reasons for that Ash. CSCS cards where designed not only to make site safety better but also to try and stop unskilled labour on to sites, not least when years back we had a massive influx of cheap foreign labour. So all that struggle you went through and yet a foreigner can leap frog you and take a potential job because he has a bit of spare cash. It gets worse because some of these test centers aren't just handing out basic cards but give them enough money and they will give you a skilled card and even supervisor cards. Yeah fair play to the bloke
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Gazzer
Can I like this post 1000 times ? And can I give a bigHow can you be all for it when people you are potentially working alongside are unsafe and a danger to YOU?
You say above "fairplay to the bloke for helping people out getting work", just cast your memory back a year. Do you remember when you couldn't get any work and no one was willing to give you a chance to train? Did you say you worked 1 month out of the year was it? Just have a guess at one of the reasons for that Ash. CSCS cards where designed not only to make site safety better but also to try and stop unskilled labour on to sites, not least when years back we had a massive influx of cheap foreign labour. So all that struggle you went through and yet a foreigner can leap frog you and take a potential job because he has a bit of spare cash. It gets worse because some of these test centers aren't just handing out basic cards but give them enough money and they will give you a skilled card and even supervisor cards. Yeah fair play to the bloke
to Mr Tiler ?Alan.P
TF
Worth renewing regardless imho
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Mr Tiler
Sorry guys i didnt realise the cscs was such a big deal, shouldnt it be more in depth in the aspect of health and safety though? When i took the test a couple of years ago the only real safety questions i can remember was which fire extinguisher to use in an emergancy for what sort of fire, all the others seemed irrelevant
Alan.P
TF
It's all health and safety based, whether you realise it or not !
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On one
Honestly,if anyone needs a hand doing a basic health and safety you HAVE got to be worried.
I reapplied for my CSCS card last November after letting it lapse for about 5yrs,
I read the book ,(it's not that hard is it?,for christ sake they even give you the answers underneath the questions.) took the test and away you go!
I reapplied for my CSCS card last November after letting it lapse for about 5yrs,
I read the book ,(it's not that hard is it?,for christ sake they even give you the answers underneath the questions.) took the test and away you go!
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stephenoneill
Poor old mr tiler lands himself in it again.naivety on his part. Dont forget that your a debutant in the tilingworld.well loved here on the forum and well earned the hard way.but leave the advice to the professionals because your still learning yourself.in my opinion your a tiler after 5 or 6 years of work and we never stop learning.
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Perry
I did mine again Alan in the end lol.
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Mr Tiler
I think you may be right mate, jumped the gun after a bad day at work and looking at people on here moaning about a petty cscs test, seems its not such a small thing sorry guys.
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Ian
Always the first to cause a stir Ash
always willing to hold your hands up though. Top lad, keep learning and entertaining mateAlan.P
TF
Every day IS a school day, the older you get though, seems sometimes there's more of them ????
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bcd-87
let it out mate... its no good bottled up inside
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Unused Account 1
I worked formyself for ten years ,now moved areas to south east /kent ,so to start off again going to start working for contractors or anyone really ,site work ,so had to renew my goldcard ,where i did my test was so strict i actually laughed about it ,have to put everything in a locker ,everything ,they check all your pockets,had to roll sleeves up so nothing on your arms,then went into the test room they checked you again lol haha thought it was mi5
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bcd-87
I'm terrible under pressure, I'd crumble befor I even say the test... Sounds like Guantanamo bay prison...
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On one
Yeah,me too. That's how I can't understand it.
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