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The Managers and Professionals (MAP) test

Site managers, and people with a construction degree or professional membership. Updated in June 2023. 50 questions in 45 minutes, 45 to pass.

Facts checked 25 October 2026

Who sits it

People applying for the black Manager card, and usually the white Academically and Professionally Qualified Person cards. See black cards and white cards.

How it differs

• Questions are written for people who plan and run work: duties under the law, managing risk, and leading others safely.
• Voiceover is in English only, with Welsh shown on screen.
• You can't book a translator for MAP.

Practice for MAP

Our free MAP mock test has 128 questions written for managers, with no sign-up. Every option is explained, with a link to the HSE guidance or law behind it.

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MAP topics

• Health and safety law and enforcement (4)
• CDM 2015 duties (4)
• Risk assessments and method statements (4)
• Managing contractors and competence (4)
• Consultation, induction and communication (4)
• Reporting and investigating incidents (4)
• Emergency planning and first aid (4)
• Fire safety management (4)
• Occupational health and health surveillance (4)
• Hazardous substances (COSHH) (4)
• Managing asbestos (4)
• Noise and vibration (4)
• Construction dust and silica (4)
• Manual handling (4)
• Welfare facilities (4)
• Stress, fatigue, drugs and alcohol (4)
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) (4)
• Site security and protecting the public (4)
• Electrical safety (4)
• Work equipment and hand tools (4)
• Slips, trips, housekeeping and storage (4)
• Working at height (4)
• Excavations and underground services (4)
• Confined spaces (4)
• Lifting operations (4)
• Plant and workplace transport (4)
• Temporary works (4)
• Demolition and structural stability (4)
• Waste management (4)
• Preventing pollution (4)
• Noise, dust and neighbours (4)
• Wildlife and protected sites (4)