CITB
the Industry Training Board for the UK Construction industry
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), a quasi-autonomous near-government organisation (quango), is one of two construction industry training board for the UK construction industry.
History
The CITB was established on 21 July 1964 by the Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (SI 1964/1079), and was one of a number of training boards covering UK industries. It was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills until 2016 when it moved to the Department for Education and then to the Department for Work and Pensions in 2025. The activities of the CITB have been redefined by statutory instruments (including the Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (Amendment) Order 1991 (SI 1991/28) and the Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (Amendment) Order 1992 (SI 1992/3048)).
In October 2003 Charles Clarke, then Secretary of State for Education and Skills, awarded the licence for the new construction industry sector skills council (SSC) to "ConstructionSkills", a partnership between the CITB and the Construction Industry Council (CIC). The CITB became known as CITB-ConstructionSkills, or simply ConstructionSkills, for most of the next 10 years.
In March 2013, it was announced that the organisation would drop brands such as CITB-ConstructionSkills, CSkills Awards and the National Construction College (the NCC operated from seven locations: Ashbourne, Erith, Inchinnan, Bircham Newton near King's Lynn, King's Norton, Leytonstone and Llangefni), and revert to its original CITB name as a result of industry feedback suggesting that multiple brands were causing confusion.
2016 review
The October 2016 Farmer Review of the UK Construction Labour Model made several key recommendations to reform training in the industry. One of these was for fundamental reform of the CITB and the levy. In May 2017, the awarding body Cskills Awards was sold to another industry awarding body NOCN.
In October 2016, the government's skills minister Robert Halfon appointed Paul Morrell to lead a review of industrial training boards, in particular the future role of the CITB. Industry support for the CITB varied widely, with some sectors (notably housebuilding) voting against renewal of the CITB's levy, while others (Build UK, for example) favoured its continuation so long as there were reforms.
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