My CSCS app support

My Skills is a section within the My CSCS app, designed to consolidate all your qualifications, skills, CPD and CITB Health, safety & environment test (HS&E) records in one place. This makes it easier than ever to showcase your professional profile, manage your credentials, and share an up-to-date CV-style skills summary. 

Qualifications and CITB HS&E tests can then be verified by employers from within the app via CSCS Smart Check. 

Your digital CSCS card can be used to prove your qualifications and training in the same way a physical CSCS card can be. To use your virtual card:

• Sign into the CSCS app.
• Tap the “My Cards” icon on the navigation bar. This will take you to the “My Cards” tab, which displays the CSCS cards you hold.
• Tap the image of your current CSCS card. This will show:
  • The front and back of your virtual CSCS card.
  • Your occupation, qualification and card expiry date.
  • A QR code that can be used to check your virtual card using the CSCS Smart Check app. Virtual CSCS cards can also be checked manually or via Contactless (NFC) using CSCS Smart Check.

To find out which type of CSCS card to apply for, use Card Finder.

You can search using your occupation or your qualification.

Searching by qualification

• Tap the qualification field. This will bring up a list of qualifications recognised by CSCS.
• Search for your qualification. This will automatically reduce the qualification list to those which match the qualification name you have begun to type. Make sure that you type in the name printed on your qualification certificate, and choose your qualification when it appears.
• Tap the occupation field and select your occupation from the list of occupations applicable to your qualification.

Searching by Occupation

• Tap the occupation field. This will bring up a list of occupations recognised by CSCS.
• Search for your occupation. This will automatically reduce the occupation list to those which match the qualification name you have begun to type, and choose your occupation when it appears.
• Select whether you have a qualification in this occupation or are a member of a professional body relevant to this occupation.
• If you have a qualification or professional body membership tap the qualification field and select your qualification or professional body membership from the menu which appears.
• If you do not have a qualification or professional body membership:
  • Select whether you are registered for a qualification or have applied for membership of a professional body.
  • If you have, tap the qualification field and select the qualification you have registered for or professional body membership you have applied for.
• Card finder will now display the type of CSCS card you should apply for and the level of CITB Health, safety and environment test required. If you have passed the CITB Health safety and environment test within the last 2 years and have copies of your qualification, or registration onto your qualification (where applicable) tap the ‘Apply Now’ button to go straight to a card application where you can enter this information.

Within the My Skills section, certain elements are verified by CSCS using APIs to awarding organisations or other industry bodies. Some parts of My Skills are Self-Verified which means they are uploaded by the cardholder and are not verified by CSCS.

• Verified means that a document uploaded as part of the card application has subsequently been approved by CSCS. This could be an S/NVQ or a CITB Health, safety and environment test.
• Self-Verified means a document that has been uploaded by a cardholder but has not been verified by CSCS. This could be a Toolbox Talk or Continuous Professional Development certificate.

When exporting and sharing your skills summary, please be vigilant and ensure you only send it to trusted individuals and organisations.