Become a CPCS approved company validator

Where a construction company regularly needs someone to make sure their Blue card holding plant operators are up-to-date with their qualifications, the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPSC) offers these companies the option of accrediting an in-house approved validator.

The accreditation process is simple provided the criteria are met. There is no charge to become an CPCS approved company validator.

Role of a CPCS approved company validator

A CPCS approved company validator is an employee who takes on the job of checking that a CPCS Blue Competent Operator card holder has met all the requirements for renewing their card.

The company usually nominates a worker who is in a managerial position to become a validator. The nominee is likely to require access to company records to be able to validate a worker's experience and skills as documented in their logbook.

The process of becoming a validator is free of charge.

How to become an approved company validator

To be a CPCS approved company validator, you need to:

be an employee of the company/organisation
have been approved for this purpose by a director/senior manager working for the same organisation
able to access company information, if needed, to confirm the work undertaken by the operator
assist CITB with quality assurance checks of CPCS logbooks
fill in the Application for a CPCS Approved Company Validator (F4/1) form (PDF, 767kb)
send the completed form together with the required supporting documents to the address indicated on the form.

There is no charge to become a CPCS approved company validator.

It normally takes 15 working days to process the application assuming that all requirements have been met. Once approved, CPCS will issue a letter of confirmation to the company, indicating the name of the employee that has been approved as the CPCS approved company validator.