The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched an open consultation on `Industry Training Board Reform’, including the merger of training bodies.
Government Uk writes:
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to bring together the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to create a single, unified Industry Training Board (ITB) to act on behalf of the construction and engineering construction sectors. The consultation also seeks initial views on 2 areas for future ITB reform.
This consultation is principally aimed at the construction and engineering construction sectors. We particularly welcome responses from:
- construction and engineering construction employers registered for the CITB and ECITB levies in England, Scotland and Wales
- employer and workforce representative bodies for these sectors, including ITB prescribed organisations and trade unions
We also welcome feedback from other parties with an interest in construction and engineering construction skills including:
- local and regional government bodies
- businesses in related sectors that rely on these skills
- colleges and other apprenticeship, training and qualification providers
- organisations supporting the training of people in the construction and engineering construction industries with special educational needs and disabilities
We are consulting separately with the Devolved Governments of Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has its own levy-raising CITB, which is a separate entity and does not form part of this consultation.
Purpose of the consultation
The government proposes to establish a single, unified Industry Training Board, which would serve the combined construction and engineering construction sectors, currently supported by the CITB and ECITB. Before a change of this nature can be made, government must consult affected industry.
