At the end of last year I wrote a bit about the problems that some people were facing regarding renewal of CPCS cards because of the two web sites that now need to be used to book tests and pay- Pearson Vue for Health, Safety & Environmental and NOCN Job Cards for the plant specific questions. Well, other things have also come to light, such as a need to send pictures again as NOCN cannot access pictures on other sites and their systems went down for a while too.
There seem to be a number of problems and I am sure I do not know them all, so my suggestion is -Don’t leave renewals until the last minute and make sure you have time to deal with all that is needed!
I will be trying to get someone from NOCN to come to the March HCTA meeting so we can find out more about what has changed and any future plans.