CCNSG Safety Passport: practice questions and mock tests

The CCNSG Safety Passport checks that someone working on a petrochemical, power, pharmaceutical or similar engineering-construction site understands the hazards there and knows what to do about them. It is a site-entry requirement for many clients rather than a qualification in its own right. This page covers the multiple-choice assessment behind both the National course and renewal. Trade Exams is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by ECITB.

Anyone taking the two-day CCNSG National course, and card holders renewing before the three-year expiry — including the test-only route, where no training or assistance is given on the day.

The National course is taken before you need site access. A card lasts three years and can be renewed in the six months before it expires, either on the one-day renewal course or by the test-only route, which must be sat within three months of the expiry date. Let the card lapse and the full two-day national course has to be taken again.

Multiple-choice safety assessment. Sat at an ECITB Approved Training Provider. The test-only renewal route is taken on a computer, and ECITB states that no training or assistance is given at the session. Multiple-choice questions across the whole safety syllabus, asked as site situations rather than as legislation titles or dates.

80 national / 60 renewal and Set by provider. National course: 80 questions, Across the two-day course, pass One resit permitted. Renewal course: 60 questions, Across the one-day course, pass One resit permitted. Renewal — test-only route: 60 questions, Single computerised test, pass 48/60 (80%).

48/60 (80%) renewal. National course: pass One resit permitted. Renewal course: pass One resit permitted. Renewal — test-only route: pass 48/60 (80%). The national 80 questions may be split as four 20-question tests or two 40-question tests. ECITB publishes a pass mark for the test-only renewal route (80%) but not for the national course — confirm it with the training provider. Fail the test-only resit and the one-day renewal course becomes compulsory.

Closed book. No notes or reference material. ECITB's own guidance tells test-only candidates to revise beforehand because nothing is provided on the day.

The main areas are Health and safety law and duties, Risk assessment and safe systems, Permits, isolation and confined spaces, Work at height and scaffolding, Hazardous substances and asbestos, Manual handling, PPE and signs, Fire, emergencies and reporting, Electrical safety, plant and lifting and Environment and safe behaviours. The detailed coverage on this page stays within the knowledge mapped to this assessment method.

Revise situations, not statute: the assessment asks what you would do on site, not which year an Act was passed. Treat 80% as the target from the start — on renewal that is 48 of 60, so only 12 wrong answers are allowed. Book revision before the test-only slot, not after: ECITB gives no training or help at the session. Sit full 60-question timed mocks so the renewal paper holds no surprises. Give permits, isolation and confined spaces the most time — they carry the most questions and the most risk.

This page follows the ECITB CCNSG scheme document published in 2023. Question counts and the renewal window come from that document and ECITB's test-only route guidance; confirm details with your training provider when booking.

No. Trade Exams' 520 practice questions and 20 fact sheets are independently authored revision material. They do not reproduce recalled, live, confidential or password-protected EPAO questions.

The format and scope are based on the scheme owner's own published documents listed above, checked for this content pack on 2026-08-16. Always confirm current details and booking instructions with the training provider.

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