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New campaign to change young people's minds about construction
With 168,500 construction job opportunities being created by 2023, CITB has launched a new campaign to help get more young people on the tools. The industry needs to change the hearts and minds of under-25s to address the skills shortage, as 71% of them are currently turned off by construction jobs according to research.
£10m boost from CITB to get people of diverse backgrounds into construction
CITB will target more than 11,800 people to attract them into construction careers. Just 16% of construction employees are female, and 7% BAME, partly because construction firms rely on traditional recruitment methods.
Training up 160 more on-site assessors to qualify the next generation
CITB is tackling an industry shortage by training 160 more on-site NVQ and SVQ assessors and opening up four new assessment centres.