Jon, how did you first come in to the industry? I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in Wood Machining. I was head hunted by a college in Bristol I attended as an apprentice at the age of 21, to become one of the youngest lecturers. I left the college in 1996, and …
A number of updates have been released by the CITB recently, which we have collated for you below. As a reminder, daily CITB updates in response to the pandemic can be found here. You local CITB advisor can advise you further as necessary. If you want to know more about the roles and responsibilities of …
Four important CITB updates (England, Scotland and Wales) Read More »
It has been announced today (4 November, 2020) that Sarah Beale, Chief Executive of CITB, has given notice of her resignation. She has served as the CITB’s first female CEO since January 2017, and has held various positions at the organisation over the past 16 years. She will continue in the position until September 2021, …
We are delighted that the NAS has been successful in a recent £25k CITB GB funding bid, enabling us to offer our members substantially discounted training. Specific criteria apply and can be found below. Using our understanding of our members’ future training needs, we have organised training into three waves to coincide with the funding …
NOW AVAILABLE: 50% off* training for eligible NAS members Read More »
Debbie, how did you first come into the industry? Quite by accident – a colleague from a former company headhunted me back in 2000 into a new and exciting industry of powered access. HSS Training have CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status and are the UK’s market leader in Ladder Association, IPAF, …
Five Minutes With Debbie Forbes, Regional Manager at HSS Training Read More »
Amid the current skills shortage, it is essential that the construction industry safeguards apprentices with formal apprenticeships. In the Retaining Talent in Construction Survey carried out by Build UK on behalf of the Construction Leadership Council, results in June showed that 43% of apprentices were currently furloughed, with 6.7% likely to lose their jobs by …
Safeguarding apprentices – apprenticeship funding, guidance and webinars Read More »
Today’s Five Minutes is with Michael O’Reilly, Managing Director of MGO’Reilly Assessment Services, an NAS Approved Training Provider. 1. How did you first hear about the NAS? I met the NAS Training Manager, Lorraine Shepherd, at a CITB Grants & Funding workshop in Kent back in January and I was …
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All in all it has been a busy eight months since I shared my last blog. Despite the obvious challenges the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the world of Training and Development, the CITB, training providers and accrediting bodies have all reacted swiftly during lockdown, turning classroom based courses and their related accreditations into a …
How the Training Industry has adapted to Covid-19 Read More »
The first in our 5 Minutes With blog series is with Claire Williams, the CITB Partnership Manager for the NAS. How and when did you first come into this industry? I joined the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) in August 2018 having worked in a variety of private, public and third sector roles. Prior to …
5 Minutes With Claire Williams, CITB Partnership Manager Read More »
It has been a busy, but enjoyable, five months for me here in my role as Training Manager at the NAS. It has been my mission to undertake as many face to face Member visits as possible, together with reaching out to my existing industry contacts, to build upon the Training offering for our Members. …
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