Do CITB hubs work? What do we think? Creating apprenticeships is one thing, but the supporting framework needs to be there: – More people encouraged into the industry at one end. – Employers encouraged to take on apprentices at the other. Unfortunately it’s often smaller, non-CITB levy paying companies that desperately need apprentices – but can’t access the funding. How can we fix this? Is there anything bigger contractors can do to support? #ConstructionYork #ConstructionSkills #CITB #Apprenticeships #ConstructionTraining #ConstructionJobs #SME #Subcontractor https://lnkd.in/emCActQF
Thomas Makin
1mo
CITB are unbelievable, I think this sort of thing is a great initiative, but when you pair it with removing Grandfather rights and changing Labourer cards from 5 years to 2 years, I can only see it as another money making spin for them.
Founder & Managing Director, Build Impact Consulting Ltd. Multi-awarding winning leader in Social Value, D&I, Work Winning, and Procurement in Infrastructure. Member of Social Value UK, and The Trouble Club.
1moThree words..... Pipeline. Pipeline. Pipeline. Where is it coming from?! One solution: major infrastructure customers create local skills pipelines years before a spade goes in the ground at OBC stage. Funded through seed funding and the consolidation of local skills budgets. The levy and the construction bit is only a small part of a much longer timeline. Too much pressure is put on the construction phase when we need to zoom out to 10 and even 20 year timelines in partnership with local providers who are there longer..... customers need to pre mobilise collaborative environments that feed the eventual employment outcomes in construction.