Construction skills register offers more time

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme is extending the period of "grandfather rights" under which established operatives may be registered on an employer's recommendation, rather than an approved formal qualification.

The cut-off deadline for "grandfather rights" for the first five trades covered by the CSCS scheme was set for this September - 18 months after the launch of the register. That deadline has now been put in abeyance. The trades affected are bricklaying, painting and decorating, partitioning, piling, and roof slating and tiling.