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Welcome to CITB Wales quarterly update. Here’s news on our work that will help you get the most of our services across Wales.

The latest Local Skills Scotland report by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), shows that addressing the skills gap for local workforces is vital to support the country’s construction industry to deliver a built environment that is both energy efficient and sustainable.

Low levels of awareness and engagement with the Points-Based System (PBS) post-Brexit continue to exacerbate existing skills shortages within the sector, according to the latest Migration and Construction report by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

Opportunity – for young people, employers and society – is central to the new Construction Leadership Council’s skills plan.

Colleges across the UK are preparing to host the largest and longest-running construction skills competition, as approximately 1,000 students will compete in the SkillBuild 2023 regional qualifiers this year.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) today (20 April) published its Skills Plan for 2023 to support the net zero challenge and get young people into high-skilled, well-paid jobs. The Skills Plan is a cross industry collaboration.

Pupils from two Cornwall schools have teamed up with the Construction Industry Training Board and local business RG Kellow Ltd to try their hand at a range of building trades.

I like to keep things simple which is why CITB’s new Business Plan has one overriding aim: to put employers in the driving seat on skills and training.

Focusing on three core priorities, CITB published its Business Plan today (11 April), announcing it will be investing over £250m across Britain to support construction.

Globe-trotting stonemason Jon Langstone has packed a lot into his career. Since becoming an apprentice in 2011, CITB-supported Jon has: Guided Anne, Princess Royal, on a tour of a restoration project he worked on, Put his stonemason and project-leading skills to the test in Canada, Returned home to Swansea to study a construction manager course at university.