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National Construction College Campuses & Courses
The National Construction College (NCC) has sites and training centres across the UK, providing the construction training you need - whenever and wherever you want it.
Scotland
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in Scotland
Digital skills programme
The project will pilot digital skills development for small building and construction companies (employing up to 20 people) delivering skills to compete and run businesses in a digital environment.
Find a Training Course (NCC, short, SSP, eCourse)
Find a short course offered by an Approved Training Organisation (ATO)
Approved Training Organisations (ATOs)
Approved Training Organisations (ATOs)
Plans and performance
CITB is dedicated to ensuring the construction workforce has the right skills for now and the future based on our three strategic priorities – Careers, Standards and Qualifications, and Training and Development.
Plant Maintenance Courses at the NCC
Courses in Testing and Inspecting and maintaining plant machinery
Skills and Training fund
Smaller CITB-registered employers can apply for the Skills and Training fund for their construction training needs.
Find a CITB Funded Training Group
CITB funds local, regional and specialist Training Groups that support a variety of employers across different trades. All Training Groups help employers access training that meets their needs.
Asbestos awareness
The training body for British construction is proposing to keep rates at pre-Covid levels as it launches a wide-reaching consultation into its funding proposals.
Plant standards and grants
New plant training standards and grants were launched from Monday 31 July 2023. Employers must use an Approved Training Organisation to receive grant for the new plant training standards.
CPCS Telescopic Handler A17 (5 days)
This course is for people with limited or no experience who want to learn to operate a telescopic handler. On passing the technical tests, we will apply for the CPCS trained operator card (red card) on your behalf.
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News, events and blogs
CITB Grants Scheme
Find out how grants are awarded and when you can claim them
Training Provider & Delegate Support for SSP
CITB's Site Safety Plus (SSP) team offer support to both training providers who apply to become SSP centres, as well as delegates who choose SSP for their training.
How to get a CISRS card
What you need to gain a green, red, blue or gold CISRS scaffolder card, and the courses you can study at the National Construction College for each.
Short duration achievement grants
We pay grants for the achievement of approved short courses, which last from 3 hours to 29 days and are focused on the core construction skills needed across the industry.
Green skills needed for all construction jobs
Globally, progress on climate action has not been anywhere near fast enough. The coronavirus pandemic led to a historic drop in global emissions last year, but it will be a glaring anomaly unless big changes are made.
Courses available
Courses available
Construction tackles digital transformation head on
Six projects will train construction leaders in the skills needed to embed digital practices throughout their businesses.
Downloading a Digital Mindset (Giving leaders the skills…
The project will draw learning and best practice from Tideway, one of the UKs leading digitalised infrastructure projects. Costain, Skanska and the Supply Chain School’s main infrastructure contractors will provide insight and experiences to
Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital…
The project will deliver digital change in construction companies by upskilling leaders by developing three leadership training programmes that adopt an action learning approach.
Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital…
Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Developing Digital Leadership Skills in Construction SMEs …
Developing Digital Leadership Skills in Construction SMEs (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Training provider and delegate support
CITB's Site Safety Plus (SSP) team offer support to both training providers who apply to become SSP centres, as well as delegates who choose SSP for their training.
Developing Digital Leadership Skills in Construction SMEs …
This project will help leaders of small and medium employers identify digital solutions that increase productivity by exploring repetitive, time consuming process and other areas of waste, and identify digital solutions. Solutions will be taken
Asbestos awareness
Asbestos awareness
Plant operation: civil engineering plant and construction …
This apprenticeship course is for people who want to gain an academic qualification in plant operating, while gaining professional experience. You'll learn to operate various items of plant safely and efficiently, and to carry out basic maintenance
Establishing Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) - Giving …
The project will deliver skills and knowledge to enable business leaders across the supply chain to embed digital ledger technology (DLT / block chain) by demonstrating the business case for doing so, as well as practical digital concepts and
Unlocking construction’s digital future: A skills plan…
Unlocking construction’s digital future: A skills plan for industry
Digital Construction BIM: The Next Generation
This programme will work with SME Tier 1 contractors to identify ten construction projects which will be delivered incorporating BIM technologies and processes across the supply chain.
Establishing Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) - Giving …
Establishing Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) - Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change
Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital…
Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Giving construction leaders skills to drive digital…
Giving construction leaders skills to drive digital transformation
Non-CITB training providers
If you would like to become a CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO), there are several steps that you must go through in order to be accepted. The good news is that you will only have to do this once.
CDM 2015 awareness
The purpose of training delivered against this standard is to provide candidates with an introduction to the CDM 2015 legislation. The legislation applies to domestic and commercial projects from concept to completion and details duty holder roles
East of England
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in East of England
Protecting core training, tackling key skills challenges…
Supporting employers’ core skills and training needs and tackling long-term people and skills challenges underpin CITB’s 2021/22 Business Plan, published today (Tuesday 30 March).
Industry Impact Fund
The Industry Impact Fund is aimed at construction employers looking to make a positive difference to the construction industry by developing solutions to key challenges faced by the workforce across the UK. The fund launched April 2023 and is the
Digital Leadership for the Construction Supply Chains…
The project will deliver digital leadership change through establishing a hub and spoke supply chain model. It will set the contractor as the hub and the supply chain as the spokes, and use this infrastructure to influence and upskill supply chain
Environmental management in construction - SSP
On completion of this standard the delegate will gain a comprehensive introduction to environmental issues on construction sites.
Digital Transformation through Leaders (Giving leaders…
The project delivers skills through a flexible model that allows leaders to engage in a way most appropriate to their needs.
Executive Management Team Bios
Find out more about the management team
Plant Training Standards Review
The Standards Team works with subject matter experts from across the industry to standardise plant training via Plant Working Groups (WG). The development of the plant training standards will help to ensure that the training required by the
£1m for East Midlands businesses to boost digital…
We are inviting Nottinghamshire and East Midlands businesses to find out more about funding opportunities worth a total £1million during an event near Newark on 24 April.
To boldly go digital with Stewart Milne Homes
Seeking to change a successful business model for untested new ways of working posed risks for Stewart Milne Homes. Would the rewards be worth it?
Routes to Competence
How does a Route to Competence (RTC) benefit the construction industry?
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