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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

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has joined forces with the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) in a milestone partnership. The partnership agreement creates a shared action plan to work with construction businesses across England, Scotland and Wales to improve the image of the sect

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have formed a new partnership to help address the shortage of innovation skills in the construction industry. As the industry training board for the construction sector, CITB’s remit includes sup

Three students representing colleges throughout Scotland have been named some of the country’s most talented trainees at the SkillBuild National Final. Organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), SkillBuild is one of the longest running construction competitions in the UK and

Glasgow-based GRAHAM apprentice Shams Rahimi has expressed his “pride” after scooping two coveted awards at the Construction Industry Training Board Awards. Shams won the CITB ‘Scotland Apprentice of the Year Award’ and the ‘Scotland South Apprentice of the Year Award&r

CITB has launched its biggest-ever funding opportunity opens with a £5 million commission to help under-represented groups into the construction industry. Pathways into Construction will help connect employers with people who traditionally don’t enter construction, including the unemploy