{"id":135076,"date":"2023-11-24T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T15:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=135076"},"modified":"2023-11-24T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T15:07:55","slug":"ecitb-regional-construction-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/ecitb-regional-construction-skills\/135076\/","title":{"rendered":"ECITB announces \u00a31m investment in regional construction skills hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecitb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECITB<\/a>) has announced an investment of \u00a31m for regional construction skills hubs over the next two years<\/h2>\n<p>The investment in regional construction skills hubs will help to boost training capacity and encourage new entrants in the \u2018Industrial Cluster\u2019 hot spots that are at the heart of the UK\u2019s decarbonisation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The ECITB estimates that the construction industry needs 25,000 extra workers for major engineering construction projects and to meet the UK&#8217;s net zero goals.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the six industrial cluster hot spots?<\/h3>\n<p>The six industrial clusters are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Black Country<\/li>\n<li>East Coast (comprising Teesside and Humber)<\/li>\n<li>Northwest England, Scotland<\/li>\n<li>South Wales<\/li>\n<li>The Solent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major projects are underway that will deploy a combination of energy efficiency measures, hydrogen production, carbon capture, use and storage technologies, and fuel switching including electrification to decarbonise industrial assets in these regions.<\/p>\n<h3>The investment in regional construction skills will help to address the skills shortage<\/h3>\n<p>Andrew Hockey, ECITB Chief Executive, commented:\u00a0 \u201cThis investment will address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/the-industry-do-more-attract-new-construction-talent\/134739\/\">skills shortages<\/a> by supporting training and assessment capacity-building projects in the UK\u2019s industrial heartlands that will directly increase the flow of workers into the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking to support projects focused on enhancing training and skills provision in the six major industrial cluster regions, as well as other major ECI projects within a defined geographical footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Grants between \u00a350,000 and \u00a3500,000K will be awarded to eligible projects<\/h3>\n<p>The grants can be used to support either capital or operational expenditure. 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