APPLY AS REGISTERED SPECIALIST TRADE CONTRACTORS
Note:
- With effect from 1 April 2019, the Subcontractor Registration Scheme (SRS) has been renamed as the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS). Except designated trades under the RSTCS Register of Specialist Trade Contractors, all other subcontractors who are registered under the remaining trades of the SRS have been retained as Registered Subcontractors under RSTCS and no application is required. All reference to the SRS shall be substituted by the RSTCS with effect from 1 April 2019. For existing construction contracts where subcontractors are required to register under the relevant trades available in the SRS, such subcontractors shall be deemed to have fulfilled that requirement if they are registered under the relevant trades in the RSTCS
- Concreting (S01), Concreting Formwork (S02), Curtain Wall (S03), Demolition (S04), Erection of Concrete Precast Component (S05), Reinforcement Bar Fixing (S06) and Scaffolding (S07) have been included as the first seventh designated trades on 1 April 2019. Plastering (S08) has been included as the eighth designated trade since 1 January 2021. Suspended Ceiling (S09) and Tower Crane (Erecting, Dismantling and Altering Height) (S10) have been included as the ninth and the tenth designated trades since 1 April 2022. Building Drainage Installation (S11) has been included as the eleventh designated trade since 1 September 2022. Levelling and Setting Out (S12) has been included as the twelfth designated trade since 1 March 2023. Building Maintenance (S13) and Interior Fitting-out (S14) have been included as the thirteenth and fourteenth designated trades since 1 October 2023. Painting (S15), Metal Work (S16), Structural Steelwork (S17), Horticultural Works (S18), Arboricultural Works (S19) and Skyrise Greenery Works (S20) have been included as the fifteenth to twentieth designated trades since 1 May 2024. Truss-out Scaffolding has been included as the twenty-first designated trade since 1 January 2025.
- With effect from 2 March 2026, the Site Lifting Operations trade has been upgraded as the twenty-second designated trade (S22). By then, all Registered Subcontractors of Site Lifting Operations trade have been automatically become Group 1 S22 RSTCs and no application is required, but they are required to submit supplementary information to demonstrate compliance with the registration requirements within the 13-month Grace Period (i.e. on or before 31 March 2027).
- To enhance the level of integrity management of Registered Specialist Trade Contractors and Registered Subcontractors, the Construction Industry Council added the new registration requirement of ‘Integrity Management’ since April 2022:
- All applications for registration (including New Application, Renewal of Registration, Change of Registration Status/Designated Trades/Grouping, Inclusion of Additional Trades and Specialties) should be submitted together with the company integrity policy;
- All applications for Renewal of Registration should be submitted together with record of a minimum of 1 hour integrity training taken by at least one top management personnel within the valid registration period.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
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Submit the application form and supporting documents |
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Acknowledgement of application in 5 working days upon receipt |
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Vet application by the Committee on Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of CIC |
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Notify application result within 25 working days upon receipt of completed application information |
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Accession to the register
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How to Apply
Submit via Online Application System (Please use Google Chrome internet browser) (Please download and see this Step-by-step Application Guide(Chinese version only)
Code of Conduct Guidance Document and Sample Integrity Policy (Please download Page 6 for Sample Integrity Policy)
Declaration on involvement of safety conviction records
Apply for Induction Workshop for Registered Specialist Trade Contractors
Rules and Procedures
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