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CITB welcomes CLC's Construction Skills Plan for 2022

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) today (28 April) published an update to its sector-wide skills plan for construction and the built environment. The Skills Plan is a cross industry collaboration.

Partnering for skills

It’s been great getting out and about after the pandemic restrictions we’ve endured over the last two years.

Tradespeople needed to train the next construction generation

CITB is investing in the long-term future of its National Construction College (NCC) with a recruitment drive to bring experienced tradespeople into the classroom to pass on their skills.

Working in partnership to deliver recruitment and skills solutions

CITB, FIS and the YouthBuild Project work together to provide disadvantaged young people with the skills and training to allow them to thrive in the workplace, helping to fill the skills gap in the finishes & interiors sector. Julius Debrah is a successful example of this initiative.

Employers sign up to offer a Fresh Start to ex-offenders who are due for release from HMP Berwyn

Tim Balcon the CEO of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), has written to construction employers to invite them to take part in a pilot, which will not only offer a job opportunity to an ex-offender but help employers fill their skills gap.

Setting Out For Construction launches new CITB assured drone courses with RJT Excavations and Borders College

Two new courses have been launched by one of the UK’s leading setting out training companies to help proliferate drone use in the construction industry.

Experience is the best teacher

The support I’ve had from older colleagues throughout my career has been a great encouragement to me, from starting out as a gas apprentice, to first becoming a Chief Executive, a role I found extremely tough in my early days.

Whatever you are building, CITB can help you access funding for training to help grow your business

CITB’s Engagement Advisor for Dorset, Darren Lawrence was excited to be asked to support the training needs of this creative crew at Daniel Jeffries Carpentry!

Construction Skills Fund hubs help 20,000 become site-ready

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is heralding its Construction Skills Fund (CSF) initiative a resounding success after 20,000 people became site-ready after training at its hubs; 6,000 of those from the second phase of the scheme alone. 54% of those who completed training were from groups typically under-represented in construction.

Construction needs to rethink how it attracts its workforce as war for talent hots up

Construction employers are being encouraged to rethink how they attract their workforce as competition for skilled workers gets more intense. The industry faces a tough challenge to meet its recruitment needs in a labour market that is running hot and with new CITB research showing that just two per cent of those outside construction see it as their preferred industry to work in.

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