Nine testing centres suspended after thousands of CSCS cards incorrectly issued to workers

By Jordan Marshall2021-08-03T05:00:00

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CITB says pandemic closing other industries has driven rise in fraudulant activity

The number of construction workers using fraudulently obtained qualifications has rocketed because of the covid-19 pandemic with nine testing centres suspended amid allegations hundreds of workers were handed CSCS cards when they shouldn’t have been.

The Construction Industry Training Board told Building it has been forced to suspend the centres after results were falsified or the people taking them were given help to pass.

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