ALLMI and CPCS have formed an agreement that sees ALLMI cardholders made eligible to apply for red CPCS cards, providing the cardholder has passed the ConstructionSkills Health & Safety Touch Screen Test within the two years prior to application.

ALLMI cardholders using this route will then have until the end of the life of their red CPCS card to achieve the relevant S/NVQ which will qualify them for the blue CPCS card. Please note that, under the terms of this agreement, the expiry date on the card issued by CPCS will match the expiry date on the applicant’s ALLMI card. However, there are two exceptions to this rule, which are as follows:

• Should the expiry date on the ALLMI card be more than two years from the CPCS card’s issue date, then the maximum two year card life will be given by CPCS in order to ensure compliance with standard CPCS rules.
• Should the remaining life of the ALLMI card be less than six months, then ALLMI refresher training will need to be undertaken before a CPCS application can be made. In accordance with the above statement, this will then result in a CPCS card being issued with a two year life span.

Please note that this agreement applies to ALLMI lorry loader cardholders only (not Slinger / Signaller cardholders), and that the ALLMI lorry loader categories eligible for CPCS applications are C & D, 1-6. Should applicants hold categories outside of this list then they will need to approach ALLMI for further advice.

In order to apply, cardholders must complete and return the appropriate application form to ALLMI (please contact the ALLMI office for a copy of the form), together with a cheque for £25 made payable to ConstructionSkills (or a purchase order number if an account is held with ConstructionSkills).

This agreement between ALLMI and CPCS is expected to be in place for a period of one year, during which time ALLMI and CPCS will hold further discussions in order to continue to support each other’s activities, to build upon this positive step forward and to determine the nature of a permanent agreement.

ALLMI Executive Director, Tom Wakefield, comments “we’re very pleased to have reached this agreement. It represents significant progress and it demonstrates the strength of the relationship between ALLMI and CPCS. The next step in this process is to form a working group consisting of ALLMI, ConstructionSkills and industry representatives, with a view towards further aligning the two schemes and to formulating a permanent arrangement.”