ECS Card Assessments
The ISCVE Sound Engineer and ISCVE AV Engineer ECS card scheme matches the requirements of the CSCS scheme, in that it is compulsory that all participants must hold an up-to-date health, safety & environmental qualification and an electrical safety unit qualification in order to be awarded with a card. This is designed to prevent accidents and to promote safety and quality of work.
We offer an online invigilation service for the ECS Health, Safety & Environmental and Electrical Safety Unit Assessments.
Health, Safety and Environment Assessment
The ECS HS&E assessment is specifically designed to meet the basic health and safety requirements of electrotechnical personnel.
Those who successfully pass the ECS HS&E assessment will be awarded with an ECS HS&E Certificate which can then be used to obtain an ISCVE ECS card within two years of passing the assessment. There are no exemptions to this certificate.
Once the ECS HS&E assessment has been taken, an instant result letter, informing the delegate if they have passed or failed, will be received via email to the address provided by the delegate.
A successful ECS HS&E Assessment is valid for 2 years. An ECS card must be applied for within that two year period or a new assessment will be required before the application can be processed.
If the delegate has failed the assessment they will have to re-take the assessment, after further learning, in order to meet the health and safety awareness requirement for a card application.
Electrical Safety Unit Assessment
All ECS card holders will be required to complete an Electrical Safety Unit assessment as well as the HS&E assessment and ISCVE provides approved training in preparation for the assessment.
The ECS Electrical Safety Unit assessment has been developed to provide a basic electrical industry safety qualification to support the application of an ECS Related Discipline or other defined ECS cards.
The criteria of the assessment is based around safe working of electrotechnical allied trades carrying out associated installation works with an emphasis on when to make sure electrical installation work is carried out by a suitably qualified ECS cardholder.
The ECS HS&E assessment must be booked and taken separately from the ECS Electrical Safety Unit assessment (although the two separate assessment may be taken consecutively).
If the delegate has failed the assessment they will have to re-take the assessment, after further learning, in order to meet the electrical safety awareness requirement for a card application.
HS&E Assessment Process
Further information regarding the HS&E Assessment process can be found here:
Candidates will need to bring:
- A minimum of a 9″ web enabled device in order to take the assessment. A mobile phone will not be adequate.
- Photo ID; original passport, driving licence or existing ECS card
- National Insurance Number – will need to be confirmed on the day
The Assessment
The assessment consists of multiple choice questions, randomly selected from a database of approximately 300. It is a ‘closed book’ assessment – no revision materials will be allowed into the exam room.
The ECS HS&E assessment has 50 questions to be completed in 30 minutes. 43 out of 50 correct answers will be needed to pass the assessment. Each question will require one correct answer selected from a choice of four.
The assessment comprises questions covering eleven topics. The numbers of questions randomly selected from each topic are:
6 – General Health and Safety at Work
4 – Manual Handling Operations
3 – Reporting Accidents
4 – Personal Protective Equipment at Work
3 – Health and Hygiene
9 – Fire and Emergency
5 – Work at Height
4 – Work Equipment
3 – Special Site Hazards
6 – Electrotechnical
3 – Environmental
Assessment Tests are final once submitted and cannot be amended by ISCVE.
An ECS Question and Answer Book is available to help candidates prepare for their ECS Health and Safety Assessment. Due to the specific electrical content in the ECS assessment, books supplied by other agencies (CITB etc) are not appropriate. The ECS Question and Answer Book contains all the questions and answers from the database that is currently used for the assessment.
Please note, we require candidates to obtain the question and answer book at least ten working days prior to sitting the assessment, to allow adequate time for preparation. In the case of in-company or multiple bookings, it is the Employer’s responsibility to ensure that this condition is satisfied.
Electrical Safety Unit Courses
Delegates for the ECS Electrical Safety Unit assessment are assumed to have a level of knowledge and competency in basic electrical theory and principles. It is strongly advised that all delegate undertake suitable training prior to undertaking the ECS Electrical Safety Unit assessment.
For further details of Electrical Safety Unit courses by the ISCVE – Course Information – Click Here
Alternatively, ISCVE members can take advantage of exclusive discounts with Learning Lounge for the ESU online training, which offers additional support as you prepare. The discounted training link will be included with your assessment links.
ECS HS&E and ESU Assessment Costs
The cost of the ECS HS&E Assessment or the ECS ESU Assessment is £46.50 + VAT for each assessment.
ECS Card Customer Testimonials
I commend this new facility for all ISCVE members. It’s both greener by cutting out any journey to a test centre and it’s something that can easily be fitted into a normal working day.
Thanks to the ISCVE team for saving me time, effort (and expense) by making this happen.
ISCVE has made the application for my ECS card incredibly easy and straight forward. After my initial email to enquire, through to receiving the card, I have been helped and supported throughout.
I recently joined ISCVE and when my ECS card was due for renewal, I tried to book directly with an ECS test centre. I was given an option of either a 3-month wait for a local test centre or a 200 mile round trip to a centre with available dates.
I spoke to ISCVE and the service was amazing. I just had to pay for the test online and then I sat the test at home, invigilated from my own web cam. The result came the same day. I cannot recommend the ISCVE service enough to anyone in our industry.
Thank you ISCVE for ordering my ECS card. The ISCVE team have been absolutely amazing in helping me through what could have been a very stressful process. Hats off to your customer service.
I’ve never had an ECS card before, so I was unsure of the correct process. It was so easy to take the test, pay online and then receive my results.
I received a friendly, informative and very helpful service from ISCVE and I’m now the proud owner of a shiny new ECS card ready to start work again. Many thanks to everyone at ISCVE.
When contacting ISCVE for guidance on applying for the ECS card, we were delighted with the help from start to finish. The entire process was explained in detail and allowed us to prepare and sit the test at our own pace. I can’t recommend ISCVE enough.
