The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched a new digital learning “ecosystem” inspired by the look and feel of 3D gaming environments.
ECITB World is the industry-led skills body’s new learning resource strand to sit within its award-winning e-learning portal – the Learning Experience Platform (LXP).
Inspired by classic video games, learners enter a recognisable environment made up of themed districts and complete learning within each one.
Within this “world of learning”, ECITB-built courses will sit together in a consistent, recognisable way, rather than as standalone, disconnected modules.
The districts, which will be populated with multiple learning experiences, will be on themes such as health and safety, industry, technical, essential, professional or future skills.
Chris Mann, ECITB Director of Learning and Assurance, said: “ECITB World is our next-generation learning identity, built through gold standard e-learning on the LXP and designed to scale across all learning resources.
“Each module is a full e-learning course in its own right, but all courses share a consistent ‘World’ look, tone, structure and progression model to create a connected learner experience.
“Our ECITB World ecosystem will not just be an online experience. The same look and feel will transfer into our offline learning resources to create a transferable identity that extends beyond just e-learning.
“This includes PowerPoint learning packs, logbooks, learner records, supporting resources and workshop materials.
“The goal is to make our most-used learning feel more engaging, modern and achievable, while creating a recognisable learning brand that learners and training providers immediately understand and trust.”
Pictured: Some of the districts within ECITB World.
“Contextualising topics specifically for engineering construction workers and aligning courses to ECITB training standards will set the benchmark for quality and establish ECITB World as a trusted learning destination,” added Chris.
“Rather than generic training, the scenarios and examples reflect the environments ECI workers operate in as these courses have been co-created with industry experts.
“We also aim to deliver shorter, focused learning experiences on topics like PPE, lead awareness and fire extinguisher use. This content is typically around 5-10 minutes long and quicker to develop, allowing us to respond rapidly to industry needs.”
Chris Mann
ECITB Director of Learning and Assurance
First flagship releases on ECITB World
Learners will access ECITB World content and courses through the existing LXP delivery platform, which tracks learner progress, engagement and completions.
Features of these flagship courses include the ECITB Streak, achieved by collecting ECITB petals as learners progress, and mentors within courses aligned to real roles and working contexts.
Once learners complete a course, they receive ECITB World digital badges that can be shared as part of CVs, professional profiles and internal records.
The first ECITB World courses to be launched are on manual handling and non-destructive testing (NDT), with further courses to be added later in 2026 such as digital literacy.
ECITB Manual Handling gives learners across the industry a clear, practical understanding of risks, responsibilities and how to make safer decisions before and during manual handling tasks.
The focus is on judgement, prevention and risk awareness, not just lifting technique. Aligned to ECITB training standards, the course provides foundational knowledge across roles and sectors, not proof of on-site competence.
Pictured: The manual handling district and example graphic from the course in ECITB World.
Meanwhile, NDT Essentials is a short, awareness-level e-learning course designed to give the ECI a shared understanding of non-destructive testing (NDT) and why it matters.
It provides a consistent baseline of knowledge across roles, helping organisations improve how NDT is understood, specified and used in practice. The focus is on awareness, judgement and understanding. The course does not replace NDT certification or prove technical competence.
