Carpentry and joinery Level 2 is the qualification most site carpenters need to prove they are skilled at their trade. It sits behind the blue CSCS card and is the first thing many contractors ask for when they take on a new chippy. https://www.coteca.co.uk/blog/....carpentry-and-joiner

If you are already running sites but your NVQ is still in progress, you are not stuck. Here is what you can do now, and how to make the switch to the black card as smooth as possible. https://www.coteca.co.uk/blog/....cscs-black-manager-c

Classroom courses run at a training centre, normally over five consecutive days and online course usually on a video call platform. Both formats follow the same CITB syllabus and finish with an assessment. https://www.coteca.co.uk/blog/....smsts-course-online-

Both cards start with the same step, a pass in the CITB test. After that the routes split: a one-day course for green, an NVQ for blue. https://www.coteca.co.uk/blog/....green-vs-blue-cscs-c

The card is intended for site supervisors, forepersons, gangers, and team leaders who have achieved an NVQ Level 3/SVQ Level 3 or Level 4 in a relevant supervisory qualification. https://www.coteca.co.uk/cscs-....card/cscs-gold-super