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035			_a(Sirsi) u119487
245			_aUp to the job?
260			_c2002
490			_aSurveyor _v 15 August 2002, 12-14(3)
520			_aDiscusses training and education of the construction workforce and the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS). Argues that there is a clear need for such a system that proves competence. The scheme is expanding to cover supervisors and managers but at the moment it is not mandatory. The Major Contractors Group which represents 23 of the top construction companies in the UK said it is on target to achieve its target of the registration of all operatives by the end of 2003. Some members privately dispute this arguing that there is often no attempt to check that workers hold a qualifcations card. Notes that there have been other training and development schemes that have been developed some many years before the CSCS. Some of these provide the benchmark for the likes of highway sector schemes but the CSCS does not want to duplicate any existing schemes.
590			_aABS
650			_aCONSTRUCTION SKILLS CERTIFICATION SCHEME
650			_aCSCS
650			_aCONFEDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS
650			_aCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD
650			_aNVQS
650			_aTRAINING SCHEMES
650			_aCONSTRUCTION TRAINING
690			_aTRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
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999			_c71043 _d71043