When applying for your CSCS card, the photograph taken at the centre for your CITB HS&E Test or CIC Health and Safety Course will, in most instances, be used on your card.

If you are applying using an alternative to the CITB HS&E Test or CIC Health and Safety Course, you must upload a passport style photograph along with valid photo ID as part of your application.

If the photograph does not meet the requirements listed below, we may ask you to provide a new one.

Photographs to support your application must meet the following criteria:

• In colour
• Taken against a plain white background
• Clear and in focus
• No more than two years old
• Unaltered by computer software

The image must:

• Show a close-up of full head and shoulders without any other objects or people
• Be a JPG or JPEG file. Please do not send images in PDF file format.

In addition the photo must show the card applicant:

• Facing forward and looking straight at the camera
• With a neutral expression and mouth closed
• Without anything covering the face
• In clear contrast to the background
• Without a head covering (unless worn for religious or medical reasons)
• With eyes open, visible and free from reflection or glare from glasses
• With eyes not covered by sunglasses, tinted glasses, glasses frames or hair
• Without any ‘red eye’
• Without shadows