TempAllyConstruction staffing has its own rhythm compared to other temp sectors. Workers move between sites, not just clients, and each site can have its own induction requirements on top of the standard compliance you'd expect. If you've ever had a worker turned away at a gate because their CSCS card had expired the week before, you'll know exactly why this needs its own process.
CSCS cards aren't one thing
The CSCS scheme covers a whole range of card types, from Labourer through to Gold cards for supervisors and specific trade cards for skilled roles. Most sites won't let a worker through the gate without the right card for the work they're doing, so matching card type to role is as important as checking the card hasn't expired.
Cards typically run for three to five years depending on the type, and renewal usually needs a valid health and safety test alongside the relevant qualification. Because you're often placing the same worker across different sites and clients, one lapsed card can knock them out of every booking at once, not just one.
Site inductions are their own layer
Beyond the CSCS card, most construction sites run their own induction, covering site-specific hazards, emergency procedures and local rules. A worker might be fully compliant everywhere else and still get turned away because they haven't completed that site's induction yet.
This is where things get genuinely tricky for agencies working across multiple sites. You need to track not just whether a worker is compliant in general, but whether they're compliant for this specific site, on this specific day. A spreadsheet really struggles to hold that kind of detail cleanly.
Health and safety records matter more here than most sectors
Construction carries more inherent risk than a lot of temp sectors, which means the paperwork around training, PPE certification and health surveillance tends to matter more too. Things like working at height training, asbestos awareness, or manual handling certificates often have their own expiry dates separate from the CSCS card itself.
Agencies that do this well keep every certificate, its expiry date, and which sites it's relevant for, on the worker's profile rather than in a folder somewhere. When a shift comes in, you want to know instantly whether every certificate that site requires is current, not find out after the worker's already on their way.
What good looks like day to day
The agencies who handle construction staffing smoothly have a few things in common. They track compliance per worker and per site, not just per worker. They get automatic reminders well before a CSCS card or certificate expires, with enough runway to book a renewal rather than scramble. And they can see at a glance, before confirming a booking, whether a worker is actually cleared for that specific site.
TempAlly lets you build compliance rules that reflect this, tracking documents and certifications against both the worker and the site they're heading to, so a booking simply can't be confirmed until everything checks out. It takes the guesswork, and the gate-side surprises, out of the process.
If construction staffing is a big part of your book and you'd like to see how it works, book a demo and we'll show you around.
