CCSK assesses the Mandarin people actually use at work — taking a booking, handling a claim, briefing a client. Two workplace tiers benchmarked to CEFR, plus optional modules for eight industries.
HSK measures Chinese in general. It tells an employer very little about whether someone can actually run a shift, close a sale or calm an angry customer. CCSK is built for that gap.
Items are written around real workplace scenarios rather than abstract vocabulary, so a result maps onto what someone can do at work on Monday morning.
Certified by China’s Ministry of Education for workplace Mandarin assessment, and benchmarked against CEFR and HSK so results travel.
Delivery is fully standardised on computer and mobile with minimal human marking, so candidates and employers get results quickly.
Every candidate sits a core Workplace Mandarin module. The tier you choose sets the range your result can fall in.
For people who need to handle routine work in Chinese — greeting and directing customers, simple transactions, following instructions and taking straightforward messages.
For people whose work runs in Chinese — negotiating, explaining policy, handling complaints and complications, and writing to colleagues and clients.
Vocabulary figures are the CCSK target word lists. CEFR ranges are as published on ccsktest.org. Candidates may add an industry module on top of either tier.
A hotel front desk and an insurance claims line share almost no vocabulary. Candidates add the module that matches their work, on top of the core tier.
Take the free placement test on ccsktest.org to see which tier fits before you pay for anything.
Sit Workplace Mandarin I or II as your core module, on computer or on your own phone or tablet.
Optionally add one of the eight industry modules so the result reflects your actual sector.
Receive a levelled certificate benchmarked to CEFR, recognised by employers across industries.
Registration, the free placement test, practice modules, mock papers and corporate enquiries all live on ccsktest.org. Everything here is an introduction — the site itself is where you sit the test.