In message , Kipper at sea writes
But if you failed their test then I wouldn't trust you to do any DIY, or even walk the streets unaccompanied. It has to be one of the most basic, common sense, H&S schemes ever invented.
I'm going to have to Google "anencephalics" now.....
"An" is a fairly common prefix on words, which means "no", eg in anhydrous it means no water, in anaesthesia it means "no" aesthesia - the latter bit is a lot like aesthetics, the feel of things... so you can see why "no feel" makes sense.
Encephel... words are all to do with the brain. So anencephalic is literally a no-brainer.
Thank you.
It showed how to find something out yourself quite easily.
On Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:23:47 PM UTC+1, Jeremy Nicoll - news posts
The question or Jim K?
I would not bother doing that. Just ask on a newsgroup what it means and get someone to do to it for you:-)
Oh no! The plumbers back.... Splendid!
Jim K
You will only need one if you are trying to get work through an agency. If you go to a large well run site, 30% of the security will be checking your CSCS card. Sometimes the bullshit will occupy a couple of hours. It used to be an induction by a suitably embarrassed clerk but we seem to have gone G ermanic since the British government got involved.
I think it was so that building sites could import foreign labour without a ny more fuss than 1 wasted morning per person per contract. It is one of t he saddest things that happened to the industry.
In message , Weatherlawyer writes
My main line of work is radio, walkie talkie type radio.
One day I went to a site to install a desk top radio in a security control room. The radio sat on top of the desk and the power supply underneath the desk. There was a small cable access hole in the desk that I could pass the
12V dc supply cable through. I'd made provision for this by having screw terminals on the back of the PSU.Upon arrival I was asked for my CSCS card, at the time I didn't have one, not spending a lot of time in the building trade I had, at the time not even heard of it!
I was told that "on this occasion" we will allow you access to the control room but that I would need escorting in and out, OK, no worries, all I had to do was screw the 2 wires onto the PSU.
When I started to do this I was stopped and told that if I continued I would be removed from site as I could not demonstrate that I was qualified and safe to do the work!!! No CSCS card!
So I left it unwired and left site, I never heard back from the security company that had bought it and expected to walk into a new building with fully working radio system, but I expect that one of their guards got his multi tool out and screwed the wires in, after muttering about the lazy s*d of a radio eng' who couldn't be bothered to do the job properly.
Let me qualify that Yes, no.
f you go to a large well run site, 30% of the security will be checking you r CSCS card.
Most sites require them. Construction skills certification scheme. I think it is useful, in that it ensures every clueless cretin on the sit e has some brief introduction to H&S and won't be a hazard to everyone else. It consists of a quick scan through a book (you don't have to but it, but i t's advisable) or practice CD and a 1 hour or so multi-choice test on a lap top. It would pose no problem to anyone with an IQ of 75+ and a grasp of English .
I think it has been diverted into a money scam, £75 or so for the test. I suspect the motivation was to identify those working on construction site s for the purpose of ensuring they're taxed and legal arse-covering by the employers so they can demonstrate due diligence in vetting those they emplo y for minimum H&S understanding.
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