The National Chimney Sweeping Safety Association is a Professional Trade Association formed in September 2017 by experienced professional Chimney Sweeps with the aim of taking the ancient art of chimney sweeping into the 21st century. NCSSA Members are Fully Trained and Highly Specialised Chimney Sweeps. They operate and adhere to the NCSSA stringent code of practice, working to the highest possible standards in their field.
Back in 2018 the only formally recognised accreditation for chimney sweeps was launched by CITB. This accreditation is the NVQ Qualification. The NCSSA were the first chimney sweeping association to fully encompass our industries only formally recognised accreditation and are, to this date, still the only non training Chimney Sweeping Association to do so. This fact is something we hear at the NCSSA are extremely proud of and we work continuously and tirelessly alongside our colleagues at Chimney Skills Training to promote and support it.
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The NCSSA are one of the six founding members of the Federation of British Chimney Sweeps.
All our members are fully qualified to not only sweep your chimney but to also offer other services such as Safety Inspections, Maintenance and Surveys.
For every chimney swept the customer will receive a Certificate of Chimney Sweeping upon completion. This will document faults, if any and recommend when your chimney will next require cleaning, your sweep will advise you of anything that needs to be done.
NCSSA Chimney Sweeps carry a wide range of equipment required to sweep and check your chimney flue system.
All NCSSA Chimney Sweeps are trained in the use of, and carry other equipment such as the latest in Power Sweeping Technology and state of the art CCTV Equipment. CCTV Systems are mandatory to ALL NCSSA Members.
All NCSSA members are expected to have an NVQ in chimney sweeping or working towards gaining the qualiication within 2 years of becoming a member.
All NCSSA Members are Fully Insured for a minimum of 2 million Public Liability Insurance and carry a copy with them at all times.
All NCSSA Chimney Sweeps are vetted and carry a current NCSSA ID badge.
We insist they are courteous in all aspects of the services they provided.
So, when you are next thinking of having your chimney swept look on our find a chimney sweep locator and relax with confidence that you have put your trust in a Fully Trained, Qualified and Professional NCSSA Chimney Sweep.
The Standards & Frameworks Executive for Skills Development have confirmed the devolved Governments of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have approved and unanimously support Chimney Skills Training and CITB’s request to review the National Occupational Standards review of the Chimney Occupations. This review includes the Chimney Sweep and Chimney Engineer/Installer trades. The industry wide consultation will involve a review of the competencies of the chimney sweep, engineer and installer as the industry and associated trades move forward to meet the challenges of the future. The NOS form the foundation from which the depth and scope of the trades’ knowledge and skills are defined, and any present and subsequent training should be mapped to.
NCSSA believes the review presents the opportunity to promote and consolidate the increasingly important role the chimney sweep plays within the solid fuel and biomass industry. A role which is to become ever more essential and influential in line with the development of the Government’s future energy strategy. NCSSA will be representing you, its members by accepting a seat on the NOS National Working Group to promote the wider interests of the chimney sweep trade.
In addition, the Clean Air for Scotland 2-Towards a Better Place for Everyone paper has been published NCSSA will also be representing its members directly and through the role we have within the Federation of British Chimney on the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Ministerial Group.
NCSSA participation in these consultation processes will ensure the NOS review and the implementation of any policy driven changes in Scotland will maintain and reflect the industry’s best practices ensuring the future development of the trade is fit for purpose and ready to meet the present and future challenges it faces. The work NCSSA undertakes on behalf of the members as a trade association within the NOS National Working Group and
SEPA Ministerial Group will ensure the best interests of the chimney sweeps and NCSSA membership are best represented.
To maintain transparency NCSSA will issue regular updates in addition to the dissemination of the relevant information to and from the Scottish Ministerial Group, the National Occupational Standards Working Group and CITB.
The NCSSA and it’s members proudly support the children’s cancer charity Clic Sargent.
