CSCS to shut skills card loophole
The CSCS skills card scheme is ending an exemption to the CITB health, safety and environment test following the consultation with its partners including the CITB. Normally most applicants are…
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CITB to outsource 1300 jobs
The CITB is going through large reforms in a bid to cut red tape and streamline its workforce with the vast majority of current systems being taken on by new outsourced…
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Cost cutting by CITB will see reduced training and office moves
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today revealed its bold new strategy and proposals for its future offer – Vision 2020: The Future CITB. These will create the strategic, forward-looking…
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Industry votes to keep CITB levy but insists on change
The CITB has been backed by industry to continue but major reforms have been called for. The vote showed strong support for CITB’s continued Levy-raising powers, across employers of all…
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UK’s largest house builders vote 10 to 1 against CITB levy
The country’s house builders have returned a resoundingly negative response in the vote on whether the industry has confidence in the CITB, the body which collects a Levy on construction…
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FMB members vote for continuation of CITB levy under suspiction
The CITB has won a vote for the continuation of the levy in suspicious circumstances after the FMB put is voters weight behind CITB giving them a majority of just…
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UK construction firms rely heavily on migrant workers
A major CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) report into migration and the construction industry has revealed that a third of firms employ migrant workers, saying they have comparable skills to…
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Romanian websites still selling CPCS theory answers
Romanian websites are still selling answers to CPCS tests according to the CITB fraud investigation team. Th tests are taken as part of construction’s plant operator skills card scheme in…
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CITB Chief resigns after less than three years
CITB’s chief excutive has resigned after less than three years in the job after continued scrutiny Adrian Belton who was chief executive at the training body, which is now subject to a…
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CITB and homes for Scotland launches £250000 to train training sales staff
CITB and Homes for Scotland have launched new £250,000 fund to train non-trade employees, with the number of homes being built in Scotland still 40% down on pre-recession levels, skill…
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