Management – ECS Card

In this, we will learn the management concept of ECS card.

For ECS Site Support Occupation – White with Black Stripe

The ECS Site Support Occupation card is for professionals who want to work as electrical contractors and need access to a building or construction site. Applicants can also apply for this card if their job requires them to support a contract, such as Design Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Commissioning Engineer, IR Specialist, H&S Specialist, CAD Engineer, Compliance Auditor.

When applying for an ECS Site Support Occupation card, candidates must first start a Managers application (not a Craft application) on the ECS Employer Portal or through MyECS.

Eligibility Criterion for ECS Site Support Occupation card

Applicants must provide proof of work with an electrical contractor and possess AT LEAST ONE of the following qualifications:

• CCNSG Safety Passport – National Course or Renewal Course
• IOSH Working Safely – (IOSH Approved Centre Classroom Invigilated Exam ONLY)
• Safety Passport Alliance (SPA) Core H & S Course

Note that these credentials qualify you for a 3-year exemption from the ECS HS&E Assessment. Furthermore, if you have earned one of these credentials within the previous three years, you will not be required to take the ECS examination individually when applying for this card until it is time to renew it.

For Manager – Black

Prominent management occupations available are –

• Electrical Site Manager
• Electrical Contract Manager
• Site Manager
• Project Manager
• Contract Manager

Eligibility Criterion for ECS Card Manager Level

• Existing cardholders only need to meet this criteria when they come to renew their card. There are two routes depending on your existing qualifications –
  • Route 1: If you have or meet gold card requirements
    • However, if you already have an ECS gold card, or meet the requirements, you are eligible for a Manager’s card once you undertake one of the specified Health & Safety courses.
  • Route 2: Level 4 qualification
    • Candidate can also apply with a Level 4 management qualification such as BTEC, degree or JIB-recognised company programme.

PLUS H&S specified course

Whether candidates take route 1 or route 2 they would also need to take one of the following courses –

• Construction Skills (CITB) Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
• IOSH Managing Safely in Construction
• CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
• CCNSG Safety Passport – Supervising / Leading a Team Safety Course
• AND ECS HS&E Assessment (only if you’re not exempt by taking one of these courses)

All of the indicated courses qualify for a three-year exemption from the ECS HS&E Assessment. If you completed one of these courses within the previous three years, you will not need to take the ECS Assessment again until your next renewal period.

Existing Cardholders

Please keep in mind that your previous card is remain valid till it expires. All of these conditions must be satisfied at the time of card renewal, not after January 1, 2019. If your card expires on March 15, 2020, for example, you will not need to act until then, and your present card will be valid until then.

Changes in the ECS Manager Level Card

By 2020, the Construction Leadership Council, which promotes industry reform, expects all construction-related vocations to have nationally recognised qualifications. CSCS has also revised its partnership criteria in acknowledgment of this, and the ECS will need to make these modifications in order to fulfil the new standards. As part of the general push to increase standards across the electrotechnical industry, the JIB also promotes the adoption of relevant credentials for managers.

Learn more here.