CIOB responded to the Department of Works and Pensions Industry and Training Board reform consultation on a proposed merger between the construction and engineering industry training boards (CITB and ECITB), which closed on 14 June.

At a high level, our response questioned the effectiveness of CITB in its current form, given the ongoing skills shortage, and warned against treating organisational restructuring as a solution to longstanding skills challenges. It also called for the organisation to place greater focus on its core purpose of collecting and distributing the training levy, rather than the wider leadership role it has expanded into.

The response also called for transparency over the alternatives to the proposed merger, better representation of SMEs on the CITB Board and and increased partnership model for professional bodies to improve consistency on funding decisions and fill knowledge gaps.

Further information on our response can be viewed at the following article: https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/ciob-questions-case-for-citb-ecitb-merger/

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