News
Thursday 02 Feb 2012
Over 100 CIOB members and guests celebrated the success of local students at the 2012 Annual Lecture and Awards ceremony last week hosted by CITB-ConstructionSkills NI.
Wednesday 01 Feb 2012
ConstructionSkills has released its latest Construction Skills Network (CSN) forecasts for the 2012-2016 period. The Sector Skills Council (SSC) highlights that whilst the Northern Ireland construction industry has continued to underperform compared to the rest of the UK, there is a slight growth in output and employment predicted throughout the forecast period.
Wednesday 01 Feb 2012
A FREE evening seminar - “Resource Efficiencies: win business and save costs” - on Thursday 23 February 2012 from 5.00 am to 7.30 pm has been organised at the South West College (SWC)’s Omagh Campus. Aiming to help support small construction firms with supply chain development through improved energy, environmental and waste management, it will also demonstrate how good green credentials help win new business and reduce costs.
Thursday 19 Jan 2012
Tailor the training needs of your team by booking CITB-ConstructionSkills NI Mobile Training Unit (MTU). Our MTU provides a convenient way of meeting training requirements with minimum disruption to site work. The unit travels across the Province delivering health and safety courses such as confined spaces, excavations, manual handling and working at heights in order to encourage the industry to build safely.
Thursday 12 Jan 2012
Calling all those involved in the traditional building sector, you could be eligible for The Marsh Award for Traditional Building Skills 2011. Nominations are currently being sought for 2 awards with prize money of £1,000 for each category. These awards are in their sixth year and are open to crafts people and trainers working in any of the four UK home countries. The Awards to be presented in March 2012 celebrate excellence within the built heritage sector and is sponsored by the Marsh Christian Trust
Wednesday 11 Jan 2012
A collection of clippings/photos from November 2011 highlighting CITB-ConstructionSkills Northern Ireland events.
To view November's Press Clippings, click here
Tuesday 13 Dec 2011
Sixteen unemployed young people recently celebrated their graduation from The Prince’s Trust’s Get into Construction programme which included an overview of the industry given by CITB-ConstructionSkills NI.
Monday 05 Dec 2011
A collection of clippings/photos from October 2011 highlighting CITB-ConstructionSkills Northern Ireland events.
To view Part 1 of the clippings, click here
To view Part 1 of the clippings, click here
Monday 26 Oct 2009
A collation of press clippings / photos for May to June 2009
highlighting ConstructionSkills in NI and CITB events.
Click here for Press Clippings