The BTP card is one of the administrative formalities to be completed when hiring a worker on a construction site. Is this card essential when a European worker is posted to France? How do I go about it? Intermann explains how to obtain a BTP card for a temporary worker.
The BTP card is the professional identification card of a construction worker. This individual card is indispensable on a building or public works site. It provides a reliable and secure means of identifying employees working on the site, in order to combat illegal employment and unfair competition. Employees in possession of the BTP card must present it to government inspectors, the project owner and the client on site.
It's up to the employer or user company to make the declaration required to obtain the BTP card. In other words, the worker is not responsible for obtaining the BTP card. The employer must therefore apply for a BTP card for all employees carrying out or directing building or public works on a site. For example, if you hire someone to do earthworks, construction or demolition work on a building, you'll need to apply for a BTP card to identify them.
On the other hand, depending on the nature of the activity carried out by the employee on the worksite, it is possible to be exempted from the BTP card. Workers employed as architects, quantity surveyors, coordinators, drivers, delivery personnel or surveyors, as well as those whose jobs do not involve work on the site (for example, those working in IT maintenance or accounting), do not need a BTP card. Similarly, trainees
The steps required to obtain the BTP card are the responsibility of the employer. The employer must apply for the BTP card at the time of hiring, by creating an account on the Carte BTP online portal. However, the procedures can also be carried out by the user company's representative. In the case of a BTP worker seconded to France, it is the company handling the secondment that can take care of the administrative formalities relating to the BTP card.
Intermann can help you apply for a BTP card. To do this, you first need to complete the SIPSI declaration, which is essential when posting a European worker to a construction site in France. Contact us for more information on the administrative procedures involved in seconding a Romanian worker to France.
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