Editorial Policy
This page sets out how content on this site is produced, checked and corrected. It exists so you can judge whether to trust us, rather than having to take it on faith.
It applies to everything we publish: practice questions, explanations, guides and news about scheme changes.
1. What we publish
We do not publish general construction news, job listings, training course sales, or health and safety guidance for real-world workplaces. Those are outside what we can do well, so we leave them alone.
- Practice questions and worked explanations for the CITB HS&E test.
- Guides to the test itself: format, pass mark, cost, booking, ID and test day.
- Guides to CITB Site Safety Plus courses such as SMSTS and SSSTS.
2. How we verify facts
Every factual claim about the test, its cost, the card scheme or the rules is checked against the primary source, which means citb.co.uk for the test and cscs.uk.com for cards.
We record the date we checked and publish it on the page. Where a fact is time-sensitive, such as a fee or a validity period, we re-check it on a schedule rather than assuming it holds.
We do not treat competitor revision sites as sources. During research we found several publishing an out-of-date fee, an out-of-date list of specialist topics and a retired publication code, which is precisely why they cannot be relied on.
3. How practice questions are written
3.1 Original wording
The official CITB question bank is protected by copyright. We do not have it and do not reproduce it. Our questions are written in our own words to test the same published syllabus knowledge.
3.2 Every question gets an explanation
An answer without a reason teaches nothing. Each question carries a written explanation of why the correct answer is correct, which is what turns a scorecard into revision.
3.3 Confidence labelling
Questions carry an internal confidence rating. Where an answer needs further verification against the official revision publication, it is flagged internally and disclosed publicly rather than presented with false certainty.
4. Authorship and accountability
Content is written and reviewed by the CITB Practice Test Team, and the site answers for it as a publisher rather than hiding behind an individual byline.
5. Editorial independence
The site currently carries no advertising and no affiliate links. If either is added, neither would buy influence over our content, and the rules we would follow are published in advance in our Affiliate Disclosure.
No advertiser or affiliate partner sees content before publication, or has any right of approval. We will report a fee, a rule or a limitation accurately even where it costs us a commission, including telling readers when a free official resource is a better option than a paid product.
Sponsored content, if we ever publish any, will be labelled clearly as such at the top of the page.
6. Updates and corrections
Pages covering time-sensitive facts are reviewed on a regular cadence and carry a visible verification date.
When we get something wrong we fix it and say so. The process, including how to report an error, is in our Corrections policy.
7. Guest contributions
We accept contributions from people with genuine, relevant construction health and safety experience. We do not accept guest posts placed for links, and we do not sell placements.
Contributions are edited for accuracy and house style, published with a byline and a statement of the author's relevant experience, and are subject to the same verification standards as our own work. Pitch to [email protected].
8. Use of AI tools
We use software tools, including AI-assisted research and drafting, in producing this site. Every published fact is verified by a human against the primary source, and a human is accountable for what appears.
We disclose this because you deserve to know how the material was made, and because a tool that is confidently wrong is a real risk on a topic where the answer matters.