If you look at any busy building site in the UK, you will see heavy machinery doing the hard work. Giant excavators dig trenches, large forklifts lift materials, and supply trucks move in and out constantly. The people who drive these machines are called plant operators. They are some of the most important and highest-paid workers on a modern construction…
The Site Safety Supervisor Training Scheme (SSSTS) is a two-day construction training course run by the CITB. It is designed for site supervisors and team leaders who want to understand their health and safety responsibilities on a UK construction site. Passing it first time is absolutely doable. Thousands of workers do it every year. But you do need to go…
If you want to operate heavy plant machinery on a UK construction site, one acronym will follow you everywhere: CPCS. Whether you are speaking to a site manager, browsing job boards, or reviewing a contractor’s requirements list, the Construction Plant Competence Scheme is the industry’s benchmark for plant operator competency, and without it, you will not get far on any…