CITB
has unveiled its three-year Business Plan, a reforming programme of work
designed to modernise its business and relentlessly focus on skills.
Based on feedback
from levy-payers, industry and the Government’s ITB Review, Vision
2020: Business Plan 2018-21 (PDF, 558KB) outlines how CITB will become the
focused, strategic skills body for British construction.
The Business Plan
adds substantial detail to the Agenda for Change published last year, revealing
a massive £689 million investment into construction skills. Underpinned by a
new set of key performance indicators, CITB will be open, transparent and accountable.
Investment across
the 2018-2021 period will reflect CITB’s strategic priorities:
- £613m on Training and
Development to deliver skills outcomes
- £31m on Engagement, securing
the skills policy framework
- £17m on Careers, increasing
from £3m in 2018/19 to £8m in 2020/21
- £9m on building CITB’s
evidence base, identify needs and delivering outcomes
- £4m on Standards and
Qualifications, providing consistency and quality.
The Business Plan is
transparent and contains a road-map of milestones as CITB modernises, exiting
direct delivery and focusing on skills outcomes. This includes sharing more
detail on the Vision 2020 programme so that the construction sector can chart CITB’s
progress.
These changes mean
CITB’s workforce will decrease. The Business Plan estimates that the current
figure of 1,370 employees will become fewer than 600 by 2020/21.
CITB Chief Executive
Sarah Beale, said: “CITB has listened, and we have now taken action. This
Business Plan sets out our ambitions for the next three years.
“It shows how CITB’s
work across England, Scotland and Wales will modernise and repurpose. By 2020
we will be the ‘levy in, skills out’ body construction employers asked for,
doing less, better, while being fully transparent and accountable.
“I am confident that
this Business Plan will make a radical difference to CITB, enabling us to meet
the skills needs of construction.”
Reforms highlighted
in the Plan are underway with the introduction of CITB’s Training Model and new
Grant scheme earlier this month.
The Training Model
will enable employers to get the right training, in the right place, at the
right time. It will mean workers can train and retain their qualification
record to share with future employers. The Grant Scheme will enable firms to
receive automated grant payments. This will axe red tape and ensure training
grants reach SMEs and micro firms in particular.
