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Health, safety and environment (HS&E) test and cards
Book and prepare for your HS&E test and learn about other construction cards
Standard Results
Standard Results
Book a test
Information on this page is for those looking to book the CITB Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) test.
Course Booker Search
Course Booker Search
Consensus 2021
Consensus 2021
About the Health, safety and environment (HS&E) test
The CITB Health, safety and environment (HS&E) test is an important way for construction workers to show they can work safely. For employers, having workers who have passed the CITB HS&E test is assurance that their workforce can keep themselves an
Courses and qualifications
Courses and qualifications
How to get a CISRS card
What you need to gain a green, red, blue or gold CISRS scaffolder card, and the courses you can study at the National Construction College for each.
Executive Management Team Bios
Find out more about the management team
Funded project results
Funded project results
Hints and tips
These hints and tips come from real-world experiences of National Skills Academy for Construction (NSAfC) project leaders and co-ordinators.
CITB eCourses | Health & Safety Courses, 100% Online
All of CITB's online eCourses are ideal for anyone who wants to learn at their own pace, anytime, anywhere. No tutor required, 100% remote.
Supervisory and management assessment
Are you a supervisor or manager with a significant amount of experience in your current role? This option involves a number of one-to-one assessments carried out at your place of work. You will normally be expected to achieve your qualification
Results of CITB funding
Find out how commissions have benefitted the construction industry
Third party booking agent resale policy
CITB's approach to third party resellers of the Health Safety & Environment and CPCS Renewal tests
Changes to the HS&E test
Important updates and changes to the HS&E test.
Investing in labour
Investing in labour
Top 100 most influential women in construction
The Top 100 most influential women in construction was launched in 2022 and intended to showcase the influential women that work in the sector, making female and non-binary role models more visible and accessible. Now in its 3rd year, we continue to
CITB: Construction Industry Training Board
CITB is the Industry Training Board for the construction industry and a partner in ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council, devoted to building competitive advantage for the construction industry and the people who work in it
Ancillary licensed maintenance engineer
Ancillary licensed maintenance engineer
Construction Skills Fund
Learn about the DfE funded on-site training hubs and how it will get people into construction jobs
Asbestos air monitoring and clearance procedures
Asbestos air monitoring and clearance procedures
Scottish housebuilders team up to change the industry
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has changed the world of construction, but adopting it can be difficult for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).
Construction’s biggest challenge
I’d like to start this blog by thanking everyone who has completed their CITB Levy Return. Let’s be honest, paperwork is not an enticing task. However, it is a vitally important one where the Levy is concerned. So, to all those who have met
Experience is the best teacher
The support I’ve had from older colleagues throughout my career has been a great encouragement to me, from starting out as a gas apprentice, to first becoming a Chief Executive, a role I found extremely tough in my early days.
East Midlands
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in the East Midlands
Levy Calculator (Guide for What You May Pay)
Levy Calculator
Audit and Risk Committee
Find out about the Audit and Risk Committee who ensure that CITB is properly managing risk.
Into Work grant
We pay grants for completed work experience for an individual on an approved further education course, where the work experience started on or after 1 September 2023, and subsequent grant for three-months completed direct employment. This grant is a
Leadership and Management training with CITB
Leadership and management are key skills for all construction sites and an area where the industry has identified a need for greater support and training. CITB has a range of different resources from short course grants to funded ILM qualifications
Mind the Gap (commission)
The project will reduce skills gaps and crime re-offending rates by working with construction industry partners and rehabilitation specialists to offer sustainable employment opportunities to serving prisoners and ex-offenders.
Concrete identity testing
This training standard is designed for candidates who undertake or supervise identity testing on site and to understand the significance of the test methods and assessment of results.
Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 18 June 2020
Today’s email is a little longer than usual as I would like to bring to your attention a few matters: Fairness, Inclusion and Respect, the recent CLC People Survey results and the regular update on CITB’s support measures for industry.
Short-period qualification grant
We pay grants for the achievement of approved short-period qualifications which take less than one year to complete that are focussed on the core construction skills needed across the industry.
Long qualification grant
We pay grants for approved higher level qualifications which take more than a year to complete and that focus on the core construction skills needed across the industry.
Master Ground Worker Programme
The project will pilot and test a programme of training which will instil the latest technical and practical skills in the ground working sector, an area which is increasingly focussing on environmental and technical concerns.
CITB: Construction Industry Training Board
CITB is the Industry Training Board for the construction industry and a partner in ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council, devoted to building competitive advantage for the construction industry and the people who work in it
New campaign to change young people's minds about…
With 168,500 construction job opportunities being created by 2023, CITB has launched a new campaign to help get more young people on the tools. The industry needs to change the hearts and minds of under-25s to address the skills shortage, as 71% of
Online and virtual reality training
The project is based on Hire Association Europe’s objective to invest in new technologies and make training more readily accessible to a wider audience using innovative solutions including 360 degree video, 3D animation, Virtual and Augmented
Personal track safety (PTS)
Personal track safety (PTS)
Foresight workshop report 2001
Foresight workshop report 2001
Towers with Cantilevers
This standard ensures that the training experienced tower users receive equips them with the skillset for more complex tower builds, taking into account the principles of counterbalance calculations for the use of kentledge in cantilever
Green roofs
The purpose of this standard is to provide the candidate with the knowledge and skills to install Green roofs onto an existing liquid roofing system.
Personal track safety (PTS) DCCR
Personal track safety (PTS) DCCR
Shingles
The purpose of this standard is to provide the candidate with the knowledge and skills to install wooden shingles.
Personal track safety (PTS) DCCR Refresher
This standard is held by NSAR
Migration and UK Construction June 2023
After the referendum decision to leave the European Union (EU), CITB worked with industry to develop an evidence base, looking at how and why construction was using migrant workers, the key occupations they were working in and how employers planned
Wallpapering intermediate - Refresher
The purpose of the Wallpapering intermediate - Refresher standard is for delegates who have previously passed training to the full Wallpapering intermediate standard or subsequent refresher training and can provide proof of attendance.
Scottish construction employers help shape future of…
The survey, conducted in collaboration with the Scottish Construction Modern Apprenticeship Task Force, sought to understand the views of employers on their immediate and longer term plans, and received over 600 responses.
Applying for short course grants
CITB Registered employers can apply for CITB grants for approved short courses (training that lasts from a minimum of 3 hours to maximum 29 days).