The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched new training on the importance of correctly fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) across the engineering construction industry. The two new e-learning modules, titled ‘PPE: Right Fit. Real Protection.’, focus on the risks associated with ill-fitting PPE and the need for workers to receive the appropriate level [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded £250,000 towards a new robotics training facility in West Cumbria. The Cumbria Robotics Operations Skills Centre (CROSS) is due to open later this year and will provide training for workers supporting the nuclear and clean energy sectors. The centre is being developed by a partnership involving [...]
Hinkley Point C (HPC) is strengthening its approach to workforce safety as the Somerset nuclear power station moves into its mechanical and electrical construction phase. The project is working with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Client Contractor National Safety Group (CCNSG) to ensure workers across the site have a common standard [...]
Alix Thomson, Senior Strategy Manager at Rhyal Engineering, has been appointed Regional Chair for Wales by the ECITB, with a focus on skills development and industry collaboration to support future infrastructure and industrial projects. Thomson succeeds Mark Poole of Altrad in the role and will work with industry stakeholders across Wales to address workforce challenges [...]
A new welding upskilling programme has been introduced to help address projected labour shortages across the UK engineering construction industry (ECI), where demand for skilled welders is expected to rise significantly by 2030. Data from the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Labour Forecasting Tool suggests the number of welders required in the sector could [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has introduced a new certificate validation feature designed to tackle qualifications fraud across the engineering construction sector in Great Britain. The ECITB, which develops and awards craft, technical, professional, and management qualifications, has added a QR code to all regulated certificates, allowing employers and other stakeholders to verify [...]
The Government has announced it will launch a 12-week consultation from March on the principle of forming a single training body from the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The move follows an independent review published in January 2025, which examined the role and effectiveness of both Industrial [...]
ECITB Global has launched a new leadership-level safety training course aimed at standardising how managers and team leaders approach health and safety across engineering construction projects worldwide. The Leading a Team Safely (LaTS) course replaces the former Advanced and Supervisor courses within ECITB Global’s International Health and Safety Passport (IHSP) scheme. It will sit alongside [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has opened applications for a fully funded training programme aimed at increasing STEM outreach in schools while supporting workforce diversity across the engineering construction industry (ECI). The initiative is open to in-scope employers seeking to strengthen engagement with local schools and address long-term skills shortages. It will fund [...]
Thomas Docherty, head of strategic engagement for nuclear at the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), has been appointed chair of the National Nuclear Provider Coordinating Body (NNPCB). Docherty succeeds Chris Nattress, who represented the further education sector on the body and retired in December from his role as principal and chief executive of Lakes [...]
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