{"id":148932,"date":"2025-02-25T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=148932"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:49:58","slug":"citb-strategic-plan-launched-cover-next-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/citb-strategic-plan-launched-cover-next-four-years\/148932\/","title":{"rendered":"CITB strategic plan launched to cover next four years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The plan covers the Construction Industry Training Board\u2019s<\/a> approach to supporting the skills and training requirements<\/h2>\n

The strategic plan covers aspects such as investment in skills and training development, and what will be needed to address various issues including the skills gap.<\/p>\n

The plan will help the construction industry to meet current and future demands.<\/p>\n

The CITB strategic plan emphasises the importance of collaboration<\/h3>\n

The key objectives outlined in the plan are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Inspire and enable diverse and skilled people into construction by increasing new entrants into the industry through various routes. To achieve this, CITB will promote construction careers to over 5 million potential new entrants and develop new materials and campaigns showcasing construction as an exciting career option.<\/li>\n
  2. Develop a skills and training system to meet current and future needs by simplifying it and making it more response. Additionally, CITB aims to increase capability and capacity in construction training provision and develop alternative routes to competence and ensure high-quality training is available.<\/li>\n
  3. Support the industry to train, develop, and retain its workforce by leading the development of an industry-agreed definition of competence for every construction occupation. CITB will offer flexible and funded options for employers to upskill their workforce and enhance productivity through better practices in quality control, project management, leadership, and digital skills.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These objectives have been put in place to support the government\u2019s goals to construct 1.5m new homes by 2029.<\/p>\n

    As part of the plan, CITB have also announced that they will review granting and funding incentives for employers, making recruitment for commercially attractive and viable, while also investing more resources to tackle the challenge of recruiting and training via the New Entrant Support Team.<\/p>\n

    CITB have also announced that capability and capacity in construction training provision will also be increased to attempt to improve retention and achievement rates for industry learners.<\/p>\n

    Investment rates for different aspects have been announced<\/h3>\n

    The new plan is allocating:<\/p>\n