ECS Card 2020 Archives - ISCVE

How long is the card valid for?

An ISCVE Sound Engineer or AV Engineer ECS Card is valid for 3 Years.

When an ECS card has less than 3 months to run it can be renewed. The holder will need to sit a HS&E assessment in order to obtain a new card.

ISCVE Sound Engineer or AV Engineer ECS cards will be withdrawn and therefore struck off the national database upon lapse of ISCVE membership. Withdrawn, invalid cards must be returned to the ISCVE upon receipt of formal termination of membership, to be destroyed as per the members declaration upon joining.

What if I lose or damage my card?

If an ISCVE ECS card is lost or damaged it can be re-issued using our replacement service. An exact copy of the last card issued will be provided on application and payment of the replacement card fee. The application for a replacement card is available up to three months before the original ECS card is due to expire. If there is less than three months left on the card an application to renew the ECS card will need to be made in the normal way.

Can I use my existing Health, Safety & Environmental certificate as an exemption?

You may already hold a Health and Safety certificate from another organisation, but the agreement between the JIB and the ISCVE is that ALL applications made electronically via ISCVE, must have a valid ECS Health, Safety and Environmental certificate in order to obtain an ISCVE Sound Engineer ECS or AV Engineer ECS card.

An ECS HS&E certificate is valid for two years.

If a person is working in the electrotechnical industry and would like to use an H&S exemption that is recognised for an application for an ECS craft card, they can apply directly to the JIB for a card and present their exemption as part of that application.

Can I book my ECS HS&E Assessment at alternative testing centres?

The ECS HS&E assessment is available directly from the JIB and several other organisations.

The JIB – To book an assessment through the JIB please call the bookings team on 01322 661 633.

The ECA – To book an assessment please call the ECA Administration team on 01582 531 047 or visit their website

Unite – To book an assessment with Unite please visit their website

ISCVE also runs its own own public HS&E Assessments from time to time and details are listed on the www.myiscve.org.uk events portal. For a large number of delegates from the same company, ISCVE will consider running in-house assessments for you.

If I have an ISCVE Sound Engineer ECS Card, can I work on site in another capacity I.e. non-sound engineer role, or will I require a separate ECS card?

This is usually decided by the site owner / operator granting access. In most cases this should not be an issue if it is a related discipline.

Some site operators will only grant permission for you to work on the discipline which your ECS card states. As an example a general labourer would not normally be allowed to carry out electrical works without an ECS card for electrical or related tasks.

If I already have a CSCS card, at renewal can I automatically apply for an ISCVE ECS Card?

Having a CSCS card, does not allow automatic renewal for an ECS card. The two schemes run separately.

CSCS are withdrawing the Construction Related Occupation (CRO) cards, so anyone who has a CRO card will need to apply for an ECS card.