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More than £100 million in grants is being invested by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) this year to help construction workers train and get the skills they need. From 1 April 2023, CITB is doubling grant rates for short courses to help businesses offer more training and support

A 13-year-old boy from Fraserburgh has become one of the youngest people in the UK to qualify to drive a trio of massive machines. Jake Campbell has passed the construction exams required to operate a telescopic forklift, a 30-tonne dumper truck and a quarry-loading shovel.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), Scot JCB and CITB have collaborated to upgrade the machinery used for the Plant Mechanic Apprenticeship at CITB’s National Construction College at Inchinnan. In the last couple of years, the relationship and collaboration between the SPOA and CITB

An Orkney Modern Apprentice who helped to build affordable housing for the islands and inspire other apprentices is a finalist in the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards, which take place on 8 March. Conor Coburn, 22, of Kirkwall, started working for Orkney Builders in 2018 and wowed bosses with his high

Employers can now receive expert advice and support from sector-specific networks, as part of the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) employer network pilot.

Deklyn Feather and Andrew Manson have been recognised as Apprentices of the Year 2022/2023 by the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA). The announcement was made at the trade association’s annual dinner held earlier this month.

Onsite Construction T Level students have a great new opportunity to land jobs in construction, thanks to the CITB.  The CITB and partners (DfE, IFATE, NOCN, Gatsby Foundation and the Association of Colleges (AOC)) are piloting a new way for T Level students to demonstrate full occupational com

The largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK returns, with registration now open for SkillBuild 2023.

The search is on for the UK's plant Operator of the Year with £10,000 in prize money up for grabs in a dedicated all-day festival of construction.

Jackie Ducker, executive director for customer and product director at CITB, is set to leave the organisation later in the year for a new chief customer officer role in NHS Property Services. Jackie has worked for CITB since July 2021.

Almost 225,000 extra workers will be required to meet construction demand across the UK by 2027, new research has revealed. Despite the current economic challenges and rising material and labour costs, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) said construction output is set to grow for a

CITB has paid out over £5 million more in grants and supported nearly 700 more employers this year compared to the same period in 2021.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has awarded contracts to the value of £10.5 million, to four UK-wide training organisations which will provide 10,500 free ILM leadership and management courses to all sectors of the construction industry.

Jordan Maley, an apprentice at South Lanarkshire College, has been awarded the gold medal in the Roof Slating and Tiling competition at SkillBuild 2022. A total of seven talented slating and tiling apprentices competed this year at the competition, which was held at Edinburgh College from 15 to 17 N

Top construction trainees from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been named as competitors at the SkillBuild National Finals 2022. SkillBuild is delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) in partnership with WorldSkills UK, often dubbed the ‘skills Olympics&r