Blog by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Chief Executive Andrew Hockey The engineering construction industry is responsible for the design, build, maintenance and decommissioning of major UK infrastructure. ECITB Chief Executive Andrew Hockey Our industry sectors are at the forefront of progress in the journey to [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has announced the appointment of six new Board members. Appointed by Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan MP, Board members will work under the leadership of Lynda Armstrong OBE, Chair of the ECITB. Lynda Armstrong OBE, Chair of the ECITB [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) estimated last year that around 25,000 additional workers would be needed for major projects, including those related to net zero by 2026. New research reaffirms this but then reveals the labour demand gap will get wider with an estimated shortfall of 40,000 [...]
To meet the country’s net zero targets, we need to not just use less energy and decarbonise industrial sites but also find alternative ways of generating electricity to move away from traditional fossil fuels. One of the organisations which has been at the forefront of this is Kent Enviropower. [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has announced it will invest one million pounds for Regional Skills Hubs over the next two years to boost training provider capacity and grow new entrant numbers in the ‘Industrial Cluster’ hot spots that are at the heart of the UK’s decarbonisation [...]
A team of drone operators from Sellafield has become the first cohort to complete the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) new Foundation Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) training course. The nuclear facility in Cumbria started using drones over five years ago to make inspections “safer and faster”, and since [...]
Blog by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Chief Executive Andrew Hockey. As we look to support an industry in transition, I am mindful that the ECITB must be responsive and be one step ahead to ensure our services continue to meet the needs of our stakeholders. In our [...]
The October edition of Engineering Magazine featured a 36-page ECITB Training Special Edition. In the edition, there is an introduction to the role of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) in ‘leading industry learning’, before featuring a wide range of different Approved Training Providers. The articles contained in [...]
It is currently Green Careers Week. We explore what a “green career” is and whether these exist in the engineering construction industry. Any career path that aids in the transition to net zero could be considered a green career. Yet some industry sectors are viewed as anything but green. [...]
The ECI Training and Development Awards 2023 crowned ten winners at a prestigious ceremony at the Cutty Sark in London as the engineering construction industry came together to celebrate success stories from the past year. A press release about the event went out the day after, but in this [...]
