CITB funds Aberdeen academy to build new £500,000 scaffolding training centre

CITB is commissioning the facility due to increasing demand for scaffolders and insufficient training in the region.

With £300,000 in funding towards building the facility, CITB will invest a further £200,000 on training over the first three years of operation.

CITB will now work with ASET Training Academy – a part of North East Scotland College – on the details of the initiative, ahead of a deal potentially being signed early in 2016.

Alex Birks, head of strategic training provision at CITB, said: “ASET Training Academy has a strong track record in providing high quality training, which is why we are delighted to have moved a step closer to building this new and much needed facility.

“There is growing demand for scaffolding courses in the North East of Scotland, so this will ensure world-class training courses will be brought to where they are needed most.”

Atholl Menzies, chief executive at ASET, responded: “My fellow Directors and I from both the ASET Training Academy and North East Scotland College are delighted to have been selected for this contract”.