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Ian Hughes The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched a campaign to get young people to join the construction industry as new statistics revealed 20% of the sector’s workforce is set to retire in the next decade.

Achieving a vocational qualification (VQ) can add up to 25% to a construction worker’s salary, according to new research from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The Achievers and Leavers report shows that each VQ level achieved really does result in higher pay. The report looks at th

Sarah Beale Sarah Beale on her appointment as CEO of CITB on a permanent basis.

Scottish construction employers are becoming increasingly concerned by plans to introduce a new framework governing how apprentices working in the industry’s traditional craft trades are trained and employed. The warning has been issued by a coalition of industry employers, trade associations and

James Wates The UK government has reaffirmed its support for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that its future is secure just so long as it continues its programme of reform.

A third of the UK’s construction firms employ migrant workers citing skills and availability as the top reasons, according to a major industry report. An inquiry into migration and the construction industry carried out by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) revealed that some employers

As a result of a wide and detailed consultation with employers and educators in Scotland, CITB has ensured a set of nine, new, craft Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQ) will be ready for the new intake of Apprentices in August and that the SVQs now formally incorporate the highly valued Skills

A successful scheme matching employers and apprentices is set to be extended to Dundee.

Darren Nicol Following the regional heat of the CITB’s SkillBuild 2017 competition, which took place at South Lanarkshire College earlier this month, Scottish Construction Now is showcasing case studies of apprentices involved.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today agreed the sale of its awarding body, Cskills Awards, to NOCN. Cskills Awards will continue to provide services as normal under the new ownership.

Emma Louise MacKenzie Following the regional heat of the CITB’s SkillBuild 2017 competition, which took place at South Lanarkshire College earlier this month, Scottish Construction Now is showcasing case studies of apprentices involved.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced it will fund a new £600,000 programme to help hundreds of people to become qualified on-site training assessors. The Assessor Infrastructure project is designed to increase the number of on-site training assessors available across Great

Offsite construction could revolutionise the construction industry and provide a solution to the UK housing shortage, but only if the sector develops the right skills, a new Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) report has shown. With the use of prefabrication widely expected to rise across th

Signing the agreement at Shrewsbury Flaxmill in Maltings are (from left) Jason Thomas, commercial & property operations, Historic Environment Service (Cadw); Colin Tennant, head of traditional skills and materials, Historic Environment Scotland; Mark Noonan, industry relations director for CITB

Pupils, staff and presenters at the Women in Construction 2017 presentation at Borders College Almost 90 girls aged 14-15 from secondary schools throughout the Borders attended a Women into Construction presentation at Borders College recently by a team from construction and residential development