CSCS Mock Test for Managers and Professionals

About

Applications for white and black CSCS cards involve the completion of a CSCS test for managers. As the first stage in your application, you’ll need to pass the Manager’s CITB Test before you can apply for your card.

The CITB test is necessary for both new black or white cards and renewal. As a measure to help to lower the high rates of accidents on building sites, the exam is an important way of keeping everyone safe on site. Covering a range of health and safety topics related to your role over 45 minutes, the digital examination is a robust vetting process used nationwide.

Once the Manager and Professional CITB test is complete you can proceed with your application so you’ll want to make good use of our free mock tests before taking the real thing.

Here’s all you need to know about the CSCS test for managers.

What is the CSCS test for managers?

The CSCS test for managers is an online test which you will complete at a CITB-approved test centre. There are approved test centres all over the country so you can pick the one closest to where you live or work when you book. Be careful to only book through the CITB so you can be sure the test you take is valid.

Once you take and pass the CITB test for managers and professionals you will be able to apply for your white or black card. If you don’t pass the exam, you will have to retake it because you will need to show the certificate you receive on passing when you apply for your white or black card.

The test is necessary for both new cards and renewal. Your examination will last for 45 minutes and solely covers health and safety practices for the construction industry. The examination is a robust safeguarding procedure so you’ll need to revise for the test.

When you use our free practice test for managers, you’ll get to see the types of questions you’ll encounter in the test, as well as the answers to questions you don’t know. With a range of different types of questions in the test, plus behavioural case studies, questions about legislation as well as those about keeping others safe, it’s really beneficial to take our mock tests before you sit the real thing.

It will cost you £22 to book the test. If you’re renewing you’ll pay £19.50.

What’s in the CSCS test for managers?

When you sit the CSCS test for managers, you will encounter a range of multiple-choice questions on eight areas of industry health and safety practice. Remember you’re being tested on your ability to keep yourself and others safe on site.

Questions during the exam will cover any of the following areas:

• general safety
• health and welfare,
• the environment
• high-risk activities
• legal and management
• construction (design and management) regulations
• demolition
• highway works.

The range of topics for the CSCS test for managers is, as you would expect, wider than the variety of questions asked on tests used for other types of cards. Take our mock tests for managers to ease the strain and help you ensure you’re fully prepared. Browse free practice tests.

Once you’ve passed your CITB test, remember to keep the certificate you receive safe because you will be asked for it during your card application. It’s also handy to know the photograph taken before you sit your test is the same one that’s used on your CSCS card – so make sure you smile!

Is special assistance available for the test?

If you require special assistance for your CITB test, be sure to make your needs known when you book. Double-check your requested assistance is in place before the date of your test. You can find a list of special assistance available for the CITB Managers Test below.

If you need any further help or have questions about support, call the CITB on: 0344 994 4491 or email them at: [email protected]

Special assistance available for the Managers’ CSCS Test:

• English voiceover
• Welsh voiceover
• Bulgarian voiceover
• Czech voiceover
• French voiceover
• German voiceover
• Hungarian voiceover
• Lithuanian voiceover
• Polish voiceover
• Portuguese voiceover
• Punjabi voiceover
• Romanian voiceover
• Russian voiceover
• Spanish voiceover

• Wheelchair Access
• Signer
• Reader

How do I book the CSCS test for managers?

You will need to book your CSCS test for managers on the CITB website. Booking is simple but it’s important to use the card finder tool on the CSCS website to confirm you’re applying for the right card before you book.

The CSCS test for managers is only available for those who qualify for a black or white CSCS card. In some cases, staff who have already taken a recognised national apprenticeship in construction or have a SOLAS card, do not have to take a CSCS test. Call the CITB on: 0344 994 4488 for more.

You can book your test over the phone if you wish. For telephone bookings or questions about your test, call the CITB on: 0344 994 4488. More about how to book CSCS tests.

Discover all you need to know about our practice tests for managers and how to take one. With 50 questions to complete in 45 minutes, it’s worth ensuring you don’t have to repeat the experience twice.

Read less