ECITB Technical and craft training
Technical and craft training courses develop the skills required by the engineering construction sector. The ECITB works with companies to make sure training courses meet the needs of industry. To ensure employees receive high quality training, all courses are delivered to employers through our network of approved training providers.
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Technical training
What are the benefits of technical training?
Benefits of technical training for learners:
- Progress from semi-skilled to craft status.
- Transfer skills from another sector, for example, from the Services.
- Achieve craft status by through Vocational Qualifications.
- Pick and mix skills to meet their employer’s needs.
- Achieve a qualification based on the National Occupational Standard.
First, employees should discuss their training needs with their employer and then contact the local ECITB-approved training provider. Your local ECITB account manager can help you to find a course elsewhere in the country if one is not available nearby.
The ECITB supports technical training in the following disciplines:
| Abrasive Wheels | |
| Appointed Persons – Moving Loads | click here for more information  |
| Commercial Awareness | |
| Condition Monitoring | |
| Confined Space | |
| Electrical Installation | |
| Electrical Maintenance | |
| Flow Measurement | |
| High Integrity Welding | |
| Human Performance | |
| Hydraulic Systems | |
| Industrial Drone Operations | |
| Instrument & Control | |
| Lifting and Positioning | |
| Manual Handling | |
| Managing Welding Operations | |
| Mechanical Fitting | |
| Mechanical Joint Integrity | click here for more information |
| Mechanical Maintenance | |
| Metal Decking Installation | |
| Monitoring Engineering Construction Activities | |
| Moving Loads | |
| Non Destructive Testing | |
| Offshore Decommissioning Awareness | |
| Onsite Machining | |
| Pipefitting | |
| Plating | |
| Precision Measurement | |
| Pressure Safety Valves | |
| Project Controls | |
| Root Cause Analysis | |
| Small Bore Tubing | click here for more information |
| Steel Erecting | |
| Supporting Engineering Construction Activities | |
| Supporting Engineering Construction Operations | |
| Trayfitting Wind Turbine Blade Repair | |
| Wind Turbine Hub Rescue | |
| Wire Rope Inspection | |
| Welding-Plate | |
| Welding-Pipe | |
| Working at Height |
Courses cover either technical or occupational competence. Approved training courses take between 1 day and 8 weeks. Disciplines include:
- Abrasive Wheels
- Confined Space
- Manual Handling.
- Mechanical Fitting
- Mechanical Joint Integrity
- Pipefitting
- Small Bore Tubing
- Rigging
- Working at Height
ECITB training follows a four-stage approach. This approach is also used with the offshore sector for Mechanical Joint Integrity (MJI), Small Bore Tubing (SBT) and Appointed Person Moving Loads (APML).
Stage 1
Initial off the job training at an ECITB-approved centre.
Stage 2
A guided work-based task assignment.
Stage 3
Employers can choose either an ECITB Technical Test or an ECITB Vocational Qualification, which assess and validate technical and occupational competence respectively.
Stage 4
Tests of technical competence are reassessed every 3 years to ensure workers perform to the same high standards.
By using an ECITB-approved training provider, employers can ensure their workforce has the requisite skills and expertise. Employees get an ECITB certificate of training to prove their competence. Completion of the ECITB-approved training shows employers and clients that an employee has discipline-specific skills and can work safely.
Grant support for Technical Training
All in-scope employers are eligible for grant support for technical training from the ECITB. Please discuss your technical training funding with your ECITB Account Manager. For more information visit our Grants page