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Red CSCS Experienced Technical, Supervisor or Manager card
An experienced supervisor, manager or technical worker who has not yet got the qualification to match.
- Valid for
- 3 years
- CITB test
- Specialists
- You need
- You normally have at least one year of experience in the role in the last three years
- Renewable
- No
This card, together with the Experienced Worker card, is what replaced Industry Accreditation when that route closed at the end of 2024.
Card checker
Which CSCS card do I need?
Two questions. No sign up, nothing stored, and it tells you the qualification and the test as well as the card.
The pathway
How to get the Red Experienced TSM card
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1
Register for the right NVQ
Level 4 NVQ Site Supervision for supervisors, Level 6 NVQ Site Management for managers. Both are assessed on the job.
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Pass the right CITB test
Specialists for supervisory roles, Managers and Professionals for management ones.
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3
Finish inside three years
The card lasts three years and cannot be renewed. Finish the NVQ and move to the gold Supervisory or black Manager card.
Applying for the card
Apply on the CSCS website£36Paid to CSCS, not to us. Do not pay more than this: CSCS say the standard application fee is all it costs.
You qualify for this card if
- You normally have at least one year of experience in the role in the last three years
- You are registered for a technical, supervisory or management NVQ or SVQ at Level 3 or above, dated within the last two years
Course and test on the same day
We run our own CITB Health, Safety and Environment test centre, so you do not have to finish the course here and then go and find a test somewhere else. Course in the morning, test in the afternoon, one trip.
Renewal
When this card runs out
No. It cannot be renewed.
The other cards
Other CSCS cards
Red Industry Placement card
A student or learner doing a work placement that forms part of a construction qualification.
2 years
Red Provisional card
Someone brand new to construction who needs to get on site quickly while they sort out a qualification.
6 months
Black Manager card
A site manager, contracts manager or project manager running construction work.
5 years
Green Labourer card
A general site operative doing labouring work. It is not for skilled trades.
2 years on the first card, then 5 years on renewal
Gold Supervisor card
A site supervisor, foreman or ganger running a team on site.
5 years
Gold Advanced Craft card
An experienced tradesperson who has taken their trade to Level 3.
5 years
Blue Skilled Worker card
A qualified tradesperson: bricklayer, joiner, plasterer, painter, glazier, roofer, tiler and so on.
5 years
White Academically Qualified Person card
Someone with a construction related degree, HNC, HND or an accepted NEBOSH or CIOB qualification.
5 years
White Professionally Qualified Person card
A current member, at a professionally qualified grade, of a CSCS approved professional body.
5 years
Red Trainee card
Someone registered on a construction qualification and working towards it. There are now two different routes with two different cards.
5 years on the competence route, 2 years on the non competence route
Red Apprentice card
Someone registered on a recognised construction apprenticeship.
4 years and 6 months
Red Experienced Worker card
Someone who has done the work for years but never got the qualification. This is the card that buys you time to fix that.
1 year
Red CSCS Experienced Technical, Supervisor or Manager card: common questions
Three years, and it cannot be renewed.
The gold Supervisory card if you complete a supervisory NVQ, or the black Manager card if you complete a management one.
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