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This CSCS thing - Dirty Boy - 2nd September 2010
squeejay Wrote:More interesting for Bajrites is possibly the section on PPE. It just reinforces how badly most archaeologists fare in this aspect of work; most of the answers are 'the employer must pay for all ppe etc' but how many people here have had more than a hi vis bought for them? Apparently we are all entitled to waterproofs and boots! As well as a covered seated area with hot water facilities for break! :face-approve:
Steady on man! soon you'll be wanting a regular job, a liveable wage, a work life balance, training, benefits and cake.
And I would have answered: cats. because cats would be funny. and a useful food source when the cake runs out....
This CSCS thing - Dirty Boy - 2nd September 2010
And if we need a few extra quid, we could kill the cats, sew up all the holes, fill them with helium and attach a string, and have dead cat balloons. We'd make millions!
Hmmm... maybe I shouldn't post whjile drunk and sleep deprived....
This CSCS thing - Dinosaur - 6th September 2010
Somewhere under cover for us smokers on a wet windy day would be nice.........
This CSCS thing - Dinosaur - 6th September 2010
........or getting rid of the pointless hardhats which seem especially designed to drip right onto the burning end
This CSCS thing - trainedchimp - 6th September 2010
see, your employer is thinking of your health as well as your safety...
:face-approve:
This CSCS thing - Gravedigger - 7th December 2010
I am a new graduate and want to apply for field archaeology jobs, which most want the CSCS card for, however looking at the form I need to fill in to get the card I need an employer to verify that I am competent in Health and Safety. But in order to get the opportunity to show this competence I need the card especially as I haven't had any experience on a construction site yet...this feels like Catch 22. Or maybe I'm missing something? I have already passed the H&S test so this is the last hurdle...Any help would be amazing...
This CSCS thing - gwyl - 7th December 2010
@Gravedigger
don't know where you are based, but smaller companies will often not require CSCS prior to starting and if they are IfA ROs then they will provide such as and when, which can then of course be taken to your next job
This CSCS thing - Dinosaur - 7th December 2010
gwyl Wrote:@Gravedigger
don't know where you are based, but smaller companies will often not require CSCS prior to starting and if they are IfA ROs then they will provide such as and when, which can then of course be taken to your next job
What's RO got to do with it? We're not and we do
This CSCS thing - gwyl - 8th December 2010
Dinosaur Wrote:What's RO got to do with it? We're not and we doi didn't mean to suggest otherwise :face-kiss:
This CSCS thing - Dinosaur - 8th December 2010
Sorry, possibly a bit abrupt - long day shovelling snow off frozen landscape, am sure eventually a site will reappear....:face-kiss::face-kiss:
Don't want to be re-igniting the RO/non-RO thing, enough of that on here last year! Basically any unit that has clients that require CSCS (any large construction company, these days), whether RO or non-RO (ie there shouldn't be any difference), has to produce workforces armed with cards, so have to send people to the test centres. Any unit that's requiring people to turn up with them is to my mind taking the p***, although it's not unreasonable to be pleased when people already have them (all money saved is good in our merry commercial world)