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Five organisations have formed a partnership to train and support 180 people into roles within the construction industry.

ASC Edinburgh Ltd managing director Alan Cantwell discusses how CITB’s Skills and Training Fund enabled the firm to send an employee on a specialist design course; move towards Approved Training Organisation status and inspire young people on work experience to begin apprenticeships. When busi

Grampian Construction Training (GCT) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) are working in partnership with several key partners to launch a series of construction, engineering and building services challenges, to highlight the varied and exciting careers within the sector to S2 pupils

The Scottish construction sector is set to receive a £5.4 million injection of support as part of the CITB’s largest investment to date for training and retraining more skilled workers to help the industry face the skills challenges of the future.

The timetable has been unveiled for the seventh annual Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival which will be held from August 19-22.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is tackling an industry shortage by training 160 more on-site NVQ and SVQ assessors and opening up four new assessment centres.  Nine companies will deliver projects worth a total of £1.8 million to recruit and train more on-site assessors t

The biggest ever expansion in offsite construction teaching materials has been announced thanks to a £1.2 million investment from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today set out its plans to help the industry meet critical skills challenges and secure its future workforce. CITB’s business plan for 2019-2021 responds to industry’s demands for it to become more strategic and better focused.

Construction can reap “major rewards” from digital skills and technology but only if it takes decisive action in the next five years, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). CITB's Evolution or Revolution? report looks at a range of scenarios for the pace of technol

Crucial road safety training is to be delivered to 120 apprentices and staff in the construction industry to help protect them from dangerous road accidents on their daily commute to work on Highland roads. ‘Safe Driving in the North’ is a health and safety focused-event in Inverness, or

UK skills minister Anne Milton MP has appointed two leading women from the industry as trustees of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Holly Price, training and development director at Keltbray, and the principal and CEO of Barking & Dagenham College, Yvonne Kelly, will be joining C

A campaign to attract more people into careers in construction kicks off this month as 23 Scottish construction sites including Glasgow’s famous Queen Street train station pull back their hoardings for public tours. Open Doors 2019 which is delivered by Build UK in partnership with CITB will t

The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) announcement of a major boost in funding to help employers take on construction apprentices has been welcomed by the Scottish Building Federation. The trade body said the increase in attendance grants to £2,500 per year will help employer

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today announced a major boost in funding to help employers take on construction apprentices. From 1 April, CITB’s attendance grants to employers will increase to £2,500 per year, while achievement grants will rise to £3,500 for co

A fast-track modern apprenticeship programme to attract people of all ages to pursue a rewarding career in the housebuilding sector will be piloted from today to mark the start of Scotland’s Apprenticeship Week. Housebuilder and offsite construction solutions provider Stewart Milne Group has l