CITB grant funding is available to CITB Registered employers who are up to date with their Levy Returns.

Employers can apply for this grant for all directly employed staff on the payroll, business owners and partners, and all subcontractors. Those self-employed or sub-contracted on projects should speak to the primary contractor in the first instance regarding grant funding.

For further information, please visit our IA Grant Information page.

Cards issued under Industry Accreditation (IA) are being withdrawn and cannot be renewed via this method.

No, N/SVQ’s generally are lifelong qualifications so once they are completed, they do not need to be completed again.

No, SVQ/NVQs are completed in the workplace, however, you will need some time to spend with your assessor, planning the assessment and feeding back their assessment of your evidence and/or work.

S/NVQs can be achieved in a minimum of 14 weeks, but usually takes between 6-12 months from registration though to receiving your certificate. The time taken will depend on the availability of evidence, for example an experienced manager with numerous years’ experience could complete it in a shorter period of time, whereas an inexperienced candidate will take more time – no two cases are the same. As this is an assessment rather than a training course, you will work with your assessor to collate evidence of your skills via a range of assessment methods.

No, this assessment is completed in the workplace and in many cases remotely.  As you are likely to be a highly experienced worker, the process should be relatively simple and there are many ways to show evidence of your competence, including:

• • A Professional Discussion
  • Knowledge Evidence Questions.
  • Reflective accounts
  • Witness Testimonies (confirming previous workplace activities undertaken),
  • Product Evidence, e.g. minutes of meetings, RAMS, products of work
  • Observations

If you have an Industry Accreditation card, the rear of your physical CSCS card will state ‘Industry Accreditation’. This will also be stated on your virtual card should you use My CSCS.

Individuals can also use one of the other card checking options listed here.

The cost is set by individual providers, but as experienced workers are unlikely to need any upskilling or training, the assessment-only route provides a quicker and simpler way to achievement.

CITB grants are available to support CITB registered employers achieve recognised qualifications.

To further support CITB registered employers during the Industry Accreditation card transition period, a number of CITB grants will receive enhanced funding.

To find out about the CITB grants available and enhanced funding please visit the CITB website.

Construction site supervisors are advised to complete the NVQ Diploma Level 4 in Construction Site Supervision in order to retain their Gold Supervisory card. The AQP and PQP routes available to those on IA would be more applicable to technical occupations within the Supervisor card such as Surveying, Buying, Site Technical Assistant, etc.

Industry Accreditation cards can still be renewed, if their expiry date is prior 30^th June 2024. However, the renewed card will expire on 31^st December 2024. Any Industry Accreditation CSCS card with an expiry date of 1^st July 2024 onwards cannot be renewed.