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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) joined fellow members at today’s first meeting of the Construction Skills Mission Board - setting a strategy for recruiting an additional 100,000 workers a year by the end of this Parliament.

‘Let’s talk Grants & Funding’ Book a place today at our Scaffolding open morning and find out how we can financially support your business with your CISRS training and apprenticeships.

New forecast highlights the skills needed to meet future industry demand. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched its Construction Workforce Outlook 2025–29, a refreshed and forward-looking report that sets out the workforce needs of the UK construction sector over the next five years.

CITB today announced a significant investment in the National Construction College (NCC) at Erith and other NCC sites. This investment will create substantial value for the construction industry through an expanded training offer, outstanding teaching, learning and support, and beacon leadership across the wider training sector.

Free visitor tickets are now available to book for the UK Plant Operator of the Year competition (UKPOOTY). The competition is run by UK Plant Operators (UKPO) Magazine while working with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), providing visitors the opportunity to see the best UK plant operative talent compete in a range of highly skilled challenges.

The results show that 67% of construction employers are in support of CITB’s Levy plans – improving on the 2021 Consensus results. Additionally, 12 out of the 14 Prescribed Organisations are in agreement with the Levy Proposals.

Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland have joined forces with Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) to create a new suicide prevention training programme tailored to the Scottish construction industry. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is backing the bespoke training and resource programme, currently scheduled to launch Autumn 2025, with £239,000 in funding from its Industry Impact Fund.

To mark the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week (12 May – 18 May 2025), The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today released its latest figures for its mental health training. Since 2018, CITB has supported over 52,000 construction workers to complete mental health training – vital support for an industry facing a mental health crisis.

CITB continues to standardise plant training across the industry, with phase two of its new training standards launching on June 18 2025. CITB and industry representatives have been working together closely to introduce short-course training standards for plant categories that reflect the increased requirements and responsibilities for plant operators.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today released its year-end figures for supporting construction employers and learners through its Grants Scheme. CITB provided nearly £130m in grant support during the financial year (FY) 2024–25.