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CITB grants & funding covers day to day training, including short courses, qualifications and apprenticeships. Find out more about training grants
National Construction College (NCC) Information
CITB - National Construction College (NCC)
North West
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in the North West
Find a Training Course (NCC, short, SSP, eCourse)
Find a short course offered by an Approved Training Organisation (ATO)
Routes to Competence
How does a Route to Competence (RTC) benefit the construction industry?
Course Booker Search
Course Booker Search
Plant standards and grants
New plant training standards and grants were launched from Monday 31 July 2023. Employers must use an Approved Training Organisation to receive grant for the new plant training standards.
South West
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in the South West
Find a CITB Funded Training Group
CITB funds local, regional and specialist Training Groups that support a variety of employers across different trades. All Training Groups help employers access training that meets their needs.
Check a Card or Training Record [Online]
Check a person's card or training record by logging into the portal or requesting access
Employer Networks
Employer Networks are an initiative set up and funded by CITB aiming to simplify the way you get the support and funding you need to access the training you want. It’s all part of the service. Collectively employers are shaping the way funds
About Training Groups
CITB supports over 88 Training Groups across England, Scotland and Wales.
CPCS Mini Excavator A58
This 6 day course is for people with limited or no experience of using mini excavators. It's also suitable for people who have some experience, but need a formal qualification. You will learn to operate and maintain a mini excavator, including
CITB eCourses | Health & Safety Courses, 100% Online
All of CITB's online eCourses are ideal for anyone who wants to learn at their own pace, anytime, anywhere. No tutor required, 100% remote.
CITB unveils new direction: Investing in the construction …
Today, CITB unveiled its Business Plan for 2024-25. The new direction sets out to build on previous plans and shows how they will support and empower employers by investing £267m over the coming year.
Site manager training package
The project will deliver a package of training that will enable companies to upskill existing workers from the IOWCTG membership that is experiencing a shortage of qualified site managers.
CPCS Crawler Crane A02
This 9-day course is for people with limited or no experience of operating a crawler crane. It teaches you how to operate and maintain a crawler crane safely. On passing the technical tests, we will apply for the CPCS trained operator card (red
CPCS Excavator 360° Tracked (9 days)
This course is for people with limited or no experience of operating a 360 degree tracked excavator above 10 tonnes. On passing the technical tests, we will apply for the CPCS trained operator card (red card) on your behalf.
Card schemes
Learn about other recognised construction card schemes. Find information about applying for and renewing cards, including CSCS and CPCS.
CDM Awareness
This one-day course is suitable for organisations and individuals involved in all types of construction work. The course is designed to give an overview of all the dutyholder roles and legal duties under current legislation.
CDM for Principal Designers
This one-day course is suitable for designers and businesses appointed principal designers. You will learn about your contractor responsibilities under the Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2015.
Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course
This SMSTS course is for project managers, site managers and supervisors, business owners and clients. You will gain an understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues on construction sites.
Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course
This SMSTS course is for project managers, site managers and supervisors, business owners and clients. You will gain an understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues on construction sites.
Terms of funding: Skills and Training fund
This is a supporting legal document which you should read before completing an application form.
Skills and Training fund for medium-sized businesses
See how your medium-sized company (with between 100 and 250 employees) can get funding for your construction training needs.
Skills and Training fund for small and micro-sized…
See how your small- or micro-sized construction company (with between 1 and 99 employees) can get funding for your construction training needs.
CPCS Mobile Crane Operator - A60A – Blocked Duties Only…
This 10-day course is for people with limited or no experience of operating a Mobile crane. It teaches you how to operate and maintain a Mobile crane safely.
About CDM
Find out about the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), and where you can get further resources and support.
Technical upskilling for SME builders
The project seeks to address issues raised by LABC inspectors in terms of avoidable common defects in building work through lack of knowledge of changing building regulations.
CDM 2015 awareness
The purpose of training delivered against this standard is to provide candidates with an introduction to the CDM 2015 legislation. The legislation applies to domestic and commercial projects from concept to completion and details duty holder roles
NRSWA - Unit 2 / O1 - Signing, lighting and guarding
NRSWA - Unit 2 / O1 - Signing, lighting and guarding
Health and Safety Awareness (HSA)
This course highlights potential hazards when working on site and provides practical advice on keeping yourself and your colleagues safe. It covers your individual and employer’s responsibilities, including what you can do if you think anyone’s
South East
Find out about financial support, training and events for your business in the South East
CITB-funded Right to Work films will “uphold the…
Training videos aimed at preventing illegal working and modern slavery in the construction sector have been launched.
On-site T Level Competency Pilot
Onsite Construction T Levels were launched in September 2021 with just over 100 students. T Levels are based on the same standards as apprenticeships, which gives students a strong grounding in their specialist area. Students can specialise in
Joint Sealant Operative
The following information for the Joint Sealant Operative course outlines key details such as the modules, dates and booking contact details.
Structured fund
One of three CITB funds, it supports projects where CITB has identified a need for investment.
Training & Learning Materials for SSP
Find and download Site Safety Plus (SSP) training and delegate learning materials to use
CITB-funded training “a huge step forward” for Hire…
Read about how HAE's training and qualification needs have been rejuvenated after receiving funding.
Competence Frameworks
Competence Frameworks will set out and define the core competence requirements for individuals across the built environment. They are made up of a Route to Competence and a SKEB document (Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Behaviour) and an
“A journey I will treasure”
Since training with Cyfle Building Skills award-winning apprentice and Construction Ambassador Lynsey Davies, 37, has had a colourful construction journey. Lynsey has gained a NVQ in plastering, managed the construction of a maternity ward project
From salon to site: Gina's journey
23-year-old Gina Gray had once dreamed of becoming a hairdresser but now tells her story on how she got into construction.
Think differently
The project will support 60 disabled adults across Scotland and England into employment in the construction industry through a programme of mentoring, structured training and work experience programme
Act now or waste a generation of potential
A blog by Steve Radley, CITB Strategy and Policy Director. This article first appeared in Construction News.
Recruit an apprentice in England
How to recruit an apprentice in England and the support you can receive from CITB.
Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 22 July 2020
Today’s email includes a reminder to register for the Government’s Construction Talent Retention Scheme. We also encourage you to have your say about the support needed to help achieve net zero.
Tylorstown bricklayer is Inspirational Apprentice of the…
Joshua Williams, a 24 year old bricklayer from Tylorstown, has been named Inspirational Apprentice of the Year at the 2019 CITB Apprenticeship Awards.
Scaffolders reach new heights with CITB Funding
ASC Edinburgh Ltd has supplied commercial, industrial and domestic scaffolding in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Central Scotland for over 30 years. Here Alan Cantwell, Managing Director, discusses how CITB’s Skills and Training Fund enabled ASC to: send