Accredited Heritage Building Contractors Register
The NHTG Traditional Building Craft Skills in England 2008 research identified the need for a UK wide unified Accredited Heritage Building Contractors Register, with regional and national emphasis.
The aim is to develop a unified accredited register for use by public and private stockholders and in particular, to provide consumer protection to homeowners when selecting a suitable experienced and competent contractor for pre-1919 building work.
The unified register will be open to use by built heritage professionals and the general public and will provide the details of contractors with the right qualifications and experience to work on pre-1919 buildings in the UK. It will ideally be based upon publicly available information, such as, size of company, turnover, degree of work in the built heritage sector, craft occupations and also include skills and competencies of employees (qualifications and CSCS Cards, including the new CSCS Heritage Skills Card for craft operatives).
The NHTG has established a working group, which is now working with a number of industry partners, including Trustmark, to explore the possibility of establishing a heritage-specific register.
National Heritage Roofers List
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors approves, vets and maintains a list of specialist heritage roofing contractors.
Lead Contractors Association
LCA members are graded according to the quality and complexity of work inspected during an annual vetting programme, and grades are published annually in the Directory of Specialist Leadwork Contractors.
Heritage Skills NVQ + CSCS card
Heritage Skills NVQ 3: the principal qualification for craftspeople who work on historic buildings.
CSCS Heritage Skills Card: proof of competence to work on historic buildings.