Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

03/06/2026

📢 CALLING ALL SCHOOL LEAVERS! 📢

Apply now for our full time welding or plating scholarship - limited spaces now available. Earn money, learn new skills and progress onto an apprenticeship in the summer of 2027!

Email: hello@train4all.co.uk for an application pack

03/06/2026

Is your organisation helping to shape a safer engineering construction industry?

Nominations are now open for the ECITB’s Leading Industry Safety Award, recognising organisations that are making a real impact through skills, training, and leadership that strengthen workplace safety culture.

Join last year’s winner, Wright Engineering, in being recognised for driving positive change across the industry.

If your team is delivering measurable improvements in workplace safety, now is the time to showcase your achievements and help highlight best practice across engineering construction.

This year’s award is proudly sponsored by Sizewell C.

🌟Celebrate your achievements; submit your nomination today: https://f.mtr.cool/dqbzzpllht

02/06/2026

With last week marking our final Regional Forum, there are now less than two weeks left to respond to the Government consultation.

If you work in engineering construction – as an employer, training provider, trade union or trade association – this proposal directly affects you, and your views matter.

💡Make your voice heard before 14 June 2026.

Read our article outlining the background to the consultation, what the Government hopes the proposed reforms will achieve, the potential benefits, the similarities and differences between the two organisations and, finally, the potential risks.

➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/wirubygwaz

02/06/2026

The CCNSG Safety passport remains the go-to safety card for industry.

Through rigorous auditing and quality assurance, ECITB helps ensure training is delivered to the high standards industry expects.

With more than 80 Approved Training Providers across the UK, employers can be confident workers share a strong foundation in health and safety awareness.

📍 Find out more about the CCNSG Safety Passport and training providers (link in comments).

01/06/2026

“ECITB scholars come with all the pre-requisites required for our business."

🗨️ Josh Mortimer, UK Training and Development Manager at Trillium Flow Technologies.

In 2022, Trillium Flow Technologies appointed its first three ECITB scholars.

The trio were so successful, the ECITB Scholarship programme is now Trillium’s principal source to recruit high-calibre, ‘employer-ready’ apprentices.

💡The ECITB Scholarship is helping set new talent apart. Applications for the ECITB Scholarship programme are currently open!

Discover how the scholarship is helping develop the next generation of employer-ready engineering talent: https://f.mtr.cool/bozmzpcwwj

01/06/2026

⏳ Final weeks to apply for our ECITB Engineering Scholarships!

If you’re interested in a future in Mechanical Engineering or Fabrication & Welding, this could be your first step into the industry.

Delivered full-time at Lakes College, the programme combines practical workshop learning with classroom-based study to prepare learners for a career in engineering.

Scholarship learners will receive:
🔧 Industry-focused training
🎓 City & Guilds Level 2 qualification
💼 Minimum 35 hours’ work experience
💷 £60 weekly training allowance (subject to attendance)
📅 Applications close Friday 12 June.

Apply now: https://www.lcwc.ac.uk/ecitb/

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29/05/2026

Do you know someone who'd thrive in engineering?

ECITB Scholarships help develop the next generation of engineers by giving learners the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed for a successful future in industry.

Through a full-time, off-the-job engineering programme, learners gain hands-on industrial experience alongside an industry-recognised qualification.

Help them take the first step towards a rewarding career in engineering. Start the conversation today 💡

Find an ECITB Scholarship provider near you: https://f.mtr.cool/wzalglwlcb

28/05/2026

Today, we're in Peterborough for our Midlands Regional Forum.

We were joined by Caroline Osmond from Department for Work and Pensions - DWP, who shared insights into the current Government consultation on proposed reforms to the skills and training landscape across the construction and engineering construction sectors.

If you work in engineering construction – as an employer, training provider, trade union or trade association – this proposal directly affects you, and your views matter.

💡Make your voice heard before 14 June 2026.

Read our article outlining:
• the background to the consultation
• what the Government hopes the proposed reforms will achieve
• the potential benefits
• the similarities and differences between the two organisations
• the potential risks

➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ytvshyfgkh

Our final Regional Forum is tomorrow in London.

27/05/2026

Today we were in Immingham for our Humber Regional Forum.

We were joined by guest speakers Rob Smith, Asset Support Manager at INEOS and Mark Riley, ECITB Board Member and Project Controls Lead at Phillips 66. Representatives from the Department for Work and Pensions - DWP also dialled in to share insight into the current consultation.

A key topic of discussion was the Government consultation launched last month on proposed reforms to the skills and training landscape across the construction and engineering construction sectors.

If you work in engineering construction – as an employer, training provider, trade union or trade association – this proposal directly affects you, and your views matter.

💡Make your voice heard before 14 June 2026.

Read our article which outlines the background to the consultation, what the Government hopes the proposed reforms will achieve, the potential benefits, the similarities and differences between the two organisations and, finally, the potential risks.
➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/pqtfitysik

Our Regional Forums continue this week with sessions in London and the Midlands on Thursday and Friday.

27/05/2026

A huge congratulations to our Modern Apprentices from Forth Valley College on this fantastic achievement. 👏

We’re excited to see them continue their journey towards becoming fully qualified Engineering Technicians!

A group of Engineering Construction Industry Training Board Modern Apprentices from Forth Valley College are taking the next step in their careers after completing two years of study. 🔧

The 12 apprentices, representing employers including WoodGroup ltd., CB&I, Semco Maritime and PBS by Ponticelli, have completed their HNC and SVQ Level 2 qualifications and recently finished offshore survival training. They will now move into workplace roles, both offshore and onshore, as they continue towards SVQ Level 3 and becoming fully qualified Engineering Technicians.

Read the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/42Pfi0y 💜