CSCS Supervisory Specialist Test
SUPSite supervisors and those applying for the Gold Supervisory CSCS card.
Sitting the SUP test soon? Practise under exam conditions on our timed paper: 50 questions in 45 minutes, 20 on Supervisory and 30 from the core.
50
questions
45
minutes
45/50
to pass (90%)
£23.50
test fee
What the Supervisory test covers
The Specialist test combines the five core Operatives knowledge areas with questions specific to Supervisory, which is what CITB calls this specialism. Expect the specialist section to focus on:
- Leading and monitoring safe working on site
- Permits to work and method statements
- Induction, competence and stopping unsafe work
- Near-miss reporting and toolbox talks
- Supervising high-risk activities
Practise Supervisory questions
A practice quiz of 20, drawn fresh each time from 122 exam-style questions with worked explanations, drawn from our Leadership & Management (MAP) bank.
Supervisory (SUP): practice quiz
- 20 questions · 30 minutes · pass mark 90%
- Answers and explanations are shown at the end, with every question to review.
- A fresh 20 questions every time, drawn from all 122 in this bank.
- About 90 seconds a question, against about 54 in the real test, so there is time to think.
How the Supervisory test is structured
CITB builds every Specialist test the same way: the five core knowledge areas from the Operatives test, plus questions specific to your specialism. Those core areas are working environment, occupational health, safety, high risk activities and specialist, and they account for the larger share of the 50 questions. The practical consequence is that most of your revision for the SUP test is the same revision every operative on site does, so start there and add the specialist material on top.
Same format as every HS&E test
50 questions in 45 minutes with a 45 out of 50 pass mark. Five wrong answers are allowed and a sixth fails you.
Booked as one exam
The core and specialist questions come in one 45-minute appointment costing £23.50, not as two separate sittings.
Your card decides it
The specialism follows from the CSCS card you are applying for. Confirm with the official Card Finder before booking.
Revising for Supervisory: fix the core first
Because the core is shared, the fastest way to raise your score on any specialist test is to fix weaknesses in the core knowledge first. Sit a full CSCS mock test for Operatives cold, read the per-topic breakdown, then drill whichever of the CSCS test questions and answers cost you the most marks. Come back to the specialist material once the core is reliable, because a specialist section cannot rescue a weak core: the core is simply the bigger half of the paper.
When you are clearing 45 out of 50 consistently rather than once, read what ID to bring and how to book the CSCS test. Turning up without the right identification means no test and no refund, which is the commonest avoidable way to lose the £23.50.
Related specialist tests
These sit closest to Supervisory in trade and in hazard. If you are unsure which specialism your card requires, compare them before you book.
Next steps
Confirm this is the right test with the official CSCS Card Finder, then book your Specialist test. Compare the other 11 specialist tests if you are unsure.
Sit a timed 50-question SUP paper, 20 Supervisory questions and 30 from the core, on the CSCS Specialist mock test.
Topic name and code verified against citb.co.uk, July 2026.