Teams from engineering companies Wood, Air Products, Stopford and combined DORIS UK & ODE Asset Management were the winners at the 44th ECITB ACTIVE Cup held at Cranfield School of Management. Wood took the prestigious winning place in the closely fought competition. Eight teams took part in the high-pressure [...]
A group of Aberdeen students, who are training to be the next generation of wind engineers, today met with Chris Claydon, Chief Executive of Government skills body the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), to share their experiences of a new scholarship. The first cohort of the [...]
Crane operator Darelle says there’s ‘never a dull moment’ in her new job after completing training in lifting operations with the help of the ECITB. As a small girl, Darelle Taylor loved nothing more than spending evenings and weekends with her father at his car recovery [...]
A senior oil and gas engineer has pledged to help ensure industry has the skills for net zero after being named as the new Regional Chair for the North Scotland by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. Steve Hamilton, who is Chief Technical Authority, EMEA, with [...]
The finalists in the ECITB’s Training & Development Awards 2022 have been announced as industry gets ready to celebrate the very best of engineering construction talent in the UK. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the awards with the winners set to be announced on Wednesday 2nd November [...]
ECITB is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2022 by launching a Diversity and Inclusion blog series. The aim of this blog series is provide a space where different experiences can be shared, different thoughts put forward, in order that everyone can learn a little about the lived reality [...]
ECITB CEO Chris Claydon explains how the ECITB can play a key role in making sure our network of supply chain companies has the technical and project management skills required to deliver, operate and maintain planned green infrastructure projects. We must also ensure that valuable skills are retained through [...]
The food and drink manufacturing sector experienced fewer delays and downturns during the pandemic than other engineering construction industry (ECI) sectors resulting in fewer job losses, according to findings from the ECITB’s Workforce Census. Analysis of survey data provided by 29 ECITB-registered companies working in the food and drink [...]
Engineering construction contractors working in the UK’s chemical sector have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic with headcount almost halving between 2019 and 2022, according to a new report published by the ECITB. The ECITB’s Workforce Census provides a detailed snapshot of the engineering construction supply [...]
Contractors working in the water treatment sector saw their workforce decline by almost one-fifth during the pandemic – more than any other engineering construction industry (ECI) sector - according to findings from the ECITB’s Workforce Census. With almost half of the remaining workforce set to retire within the [...]
