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CHANGE ON HORIZON AS CITB
PLANS FOR NEXT THREE YEARS
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) – which has been drawing up its business plan for the next three
years - is funding the development of a new scaffolding training facility at the ASET Training Academy in Aberdeen.
The board says there is a real
lack of scaffolders in that region and so this ‘top quality’
training academy will tackle
that shortage at the point of
need.
This academy is just one example
of how CITB can work with training providers to give industry the
skills it needs, rather than always
delivering training directly, which
can take longer and cost more.
CITB has been meeting employers and federations to discuss its
business plan.
It has been driven by consistent
feedback from CITB customers, who say the board needs to
change in order to become more
cost-effective and relevant. Central
to the board’s plan is returning
more levy money directly back to
the industry through funding and
grants. Currently, CITB returns
around 84% of the funds received
from the industry levy.
Under the new plan, and underpinned by efficiency savings, the
board will increase this to around
90%. In addition to this direct
funding, employers will also get
CITB support and services plus
industry-wide initiatives, like Go
Construct.
In the past, employers have
found it difficult to take full advantage of CITB services because they
can be slow and hard to access.
Conversely, many of its new digital
services have been positively
received. For example, a ‘How to
apply for a CSCS card’ YouTube
video has been viewed almost
100,000 times, saving employers
from having to call to ask this
basic question.
‘This academy is just one example of how CITB can work with training
providers to give industry the skills it needs, rather than always
delivering training directly, which can take longer and cost more.’
The CDM Wizard, a free app
CITB developed to help employers
meet new health and safety regulations, has also been downloaded
over 45,000 times.
Taking these successes on board,
the CITB will make basic transactions
increasingly digital, freeing up time for
its customer facing teams to help employers with their critical skills needs.
As a result of these changes, some
roles will be phased out over the
next three years and by the end of
2018, CITB’s total headcount will be
reduced by around 30%, with 5% of
this reduction already achieved.
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