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‘Competence interviews’ for grandfather rights CPCS card holders

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  1. Surely this move by NOCN a private company that now owns and runs the CPCS scheme, flies in the face of what the scheme is supposed to promote “A fully qualified workforce”.
    CPCS operators have had over 13 years to become qualified and have until 2024 to do so. If trades, occupational work supervisors, managers etc are required to prove their competency, consistency and knowledge through the undertaking of nationally recognised NVQ assessments, not through Grandfather Rights; why would Plant Operators be treated differently?
    Does this smack of a private company being an Awarding Organisation/Body or not twisting the ethos of the scheme and what the industry wants and needs? For its own gain?
    Not sure but seems wholly unfair and simply not right if we want a trained, qualified, verifiable and SAFE workforce.

  2. It is good to see some sense. What has been forgotten is that after 5 years of holding the grandfather rights card. We then had to sit a industry set test proving our ability in the work place. Just because some people do not hold the VQ does not mean they are not competent I have been operating plant for over 40 years DOES THIS MEAN THAT I AM SOME HOW SUB STANDARD TO SOMEONE WHO HAS ONLY OPERATED 2 YEARS AND HOLDS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS LEVEL 2. We are struggling at present to recruit good operators, at least this concession will keep the operators we have within the industry. THANKS

  3. Nvqs were supposed to be issued to people to reflect the knowledge and experience they have. Vocational qualification?
    Instead experienced operators are treated like novices because they’ve not done a particular organisations classroom work on safety or been observed by an instructor who probably has no experience of the operators machinery or job. Money making scheme once again. We are sick of this.

  4. I’ve being on Telehandler for 5 years just done my computer test and operalitives test pass .got a log book filled in but was told they don’t need it because the validated scheme has being scrapped so I just sent my pass tickets off for my new card will my card come through post anyone ???

  5. When NOCN say they can carry out and quality assure the interviews at £160.00 I have to ask some question here are the first three.
    1. Will it be NOCN only carrying out the interviews? (This can’t be as it would be creating a monopoly)
    2. Do they mean current CPCS Testers will carry out the interviews or will the require assessor
    a qualificarion?
    3. If it is current CPCS Testers working for private provider and some operator will cover one item of plant covered by a single family group if the have multiple categories and family group how can they justify or dictate a single charge?

    I think they need to sort out the detail before making such an announcement or is this to distract from the current shambles with operators waiting two months for card renewals, the card checker being out of date and some being excluded from sites as they can not prove they are operators and give the industry so confidence in their ability to manage the scheme before introducing more changes.

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