American Qualifications Equivalent

[Treefella2020]

Hi can anyone tell me if an American OSHA chainsaw safety & maintenance qualification would transfer over to the UKs ntpc qualifications? 

American with many years experience and foreman /trainer who migrated over from the states looking for work shocked at the expense and amount of certificates needed. 

Any information you can give is very appreciated 

 

Thank you. 

[Will C]

@AA Teccie (Paul) may be able to help with the correct answer!

I had a lad ring for work that had moved from the states, he was in the process of doing uk nptc tickets so I guess they don’t interchange easily, good luck with it.

[Dan Maynard]

I believe with NPTC to get the ticket you can just do the assessment rather than having to do a mandatory number of days training, so that so that could cut the cost a lot.

I guess you would need a bit of an introduction as to the UK ways of working and HSE topics converted from OSHA so ideally you'd find a friendly training centre prepared to do a few days conversion course.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

The general view from HSE is that it is the employers responsibility to ensure an operative is competent, and capable, to perform whatever tasks / jobs are assigned. Training and qualifications can clearly help with this and PUWER Regs also support this.

With non-UK workers you need to ensure competence in the first place, and document / record this, and within 12 months align them to the UK system, i.e. NPTC / Lantra.

Your insurance company may have an opinion too, which may not align with the above unfortunately.

 

Regards,

Paul 

[Marc Lewis]

If you are experienced you should fly through. Go through the criteria with someone and then just take the assessment.

[Paddy1000111]

Does it work the other way around out of interest? Are UK quals recognised in the US?