Site Supervisors- CCDO or SSSTS course, which should they have?

We are getting lots of calls from customers saying that MCG companies are insisting on SSSTS courses for Demolition Supervisors but we don't agree so we asked NTDG what they think and they sent us this newsletter that sets out clearly what should happen;-

The NDTG has recently received numerous calls regarding UKCG Members requesting that all Supervisors on site have attended the 3 day SSSTS Course. This is in response to the attached UKCG press release being issued to its members.

As you are aware, the Demolition Industry Standard for Site Supervisors is the CCDO Demolition Supervisor Gold Card (affiliated to CSCS).

I have now sent letters to three UKCG Members who were requesting the SSSTS Course from our members as standard for Demolition Supervisors. The letter outlined the standard of our Industry Assessed Supervisors and how our course meets the UKCG Supervisor Standards Criteria. It would be unreasonable to request that a CCDO Demolition Supervisor Card holder must attend the 3 Day SSSTS Course.

Following these letters, the UKCG Members in question have accepted the CCDO Demolition Supervisor Card as an alternative to the SSSTS Course.

We have been in discussions with the UKCG Training Committee, and they are shortly going to be issuing a press release stating that any Supervisor Certificate or Card produced on site must be considered and investigated before requesting that the Supervisor attends the SSSTS Course. However, they are not able to endorse any one scheme.

I have attached a standard letter for the attention of UKCG Members. You may wish to produce this letter to any clients/contractors who are questioning the standards of the CCDO Supervisor Card. I have also attached the UKCG Press Release for your perusal.

If you do experience any problems with regards to this matter, and the attached letter does not suffice, then please do not hesitate to contact me. I can then look at it on an individual basis.

It would also be useful to hear any response that you have received from Clients/Contractors since the UKCG released this Supervisor Standard statement.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards
Sophie Francis
Training Group Manager
For & on Behalf of NDTG Ltd
Resurgam House
Paradise
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 4TF