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Training Initiatives to Help the Construction Industry Grow
Skills are a key driver of growth, performance and prosperity and even more important now as the construction industry is finally experiencing shoots of growth after several tough years in economic decline.
CITB NI offer key initiatives to help the industry train in order to be sufficiently skilled for the industry
Our training grant scheme offers support to a wide range of training and qualifications from apprentices through to the existing workforce including management and administration. The scheme is structured into 3 Tiers and and offers an economic incentive to train and whilst having a positive impact on the industry.
Our Mobile Training Unit (MTU) provides training on site to all registered in-scope employers. It is convenient way of meeting training requirements with minimum disruption to site work. The unit travels across Northern Ireland delivering short duration health and safety courses such as confined spaces, excavations, manual handling and working at heights encouraging the industry to build safely.
Our unique scaffolding training facility is the only one of its kind in NI is approved to deliver the Construction Industry Scaffolding Record Scheme (CISRS) enabling participants to achieve an industry recognised scaffolders card.
CITB NI also offers an Undergraduate Development Programme for construction and built environment students currently on their placement year and CITB NI registered employers who enrol their placement students on the Undergraduate Development Programme are eligible to receive a £1000 employer grant.
Chief Executive CITB NI Barry Neilson said, “ After a difficult five years, with the recession biting hard for Northern Ireland construction employers, the local economy is levelling out and we are continuing to ensure we have the right skills in the right place at the right time to embrace future growth. We are proud of the initatives we have to offer and we will continue to work closely with industry partners, stakeholders and Government to ensure a qualified and competent industry that achieves sustainable growth over the long term.”
For more information on the services CITB NI has to offer log on to www.citbni.org.uk or contact us on 028 90 825466