A09 - Technical and Professional Attendance
By broadening the skills in your workforce - you could bring more to the construction projects you work on. With a diverse, highly skilled team you can start to take on better jobs and contracts. Technical, management and professional skills are in high demand in the construction industry. You may have staff who are looking to expand their knowledge and contribute to the business on other levels. Reward your staff by supporting their career development and they will reward you and your business with their newly acquired skills.
Grant is available for attendance on approved off-the-job training courses including SQA National/Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma and Part-time Degree or Foundation Degree courses which must be in construction related subjects.
Choose a link below for more information about grants available to support attendance on technical and professional training:
What is the status of trainees supported?
What else might I be able to claim?
What training is supported?
Each full day of off-the-job attendance, on any year of an approved technical or professional training course.
Attendance on a NEBOSH course.
A foundation or first degree on a day-release basis, in a construction-related subject.
A first post graduate diploma on a day-release basis, in a construction-related subject.
A second degree taken on a day-release basis in a construction-related subject, where an individual's first degree is not construction related.
Additional off-the-job training leading to the award of the SQA advanced construction craft certificate in Scotland (employed trainees only).
For further information please download a full list of approved technical and professional training.
What training is not supported?
Evening courses.
Completion of Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Modules (as grant A27 supports this training).
Off-the-job attendance by Craft Grant Non Apprenticeship trainees (as grant A08 supports this training).
Off-the-job college attendance by apprentices (as grants A02, A03 and A05 support this training).
Day-release attendance for a second-degree, where the individual's first degree is in a construction-related subject.
Bridge courses, prior to attendance on a technical or professional training course (as grant B102 supports this training).
Full-time attendance courses.
What is the status of trainees supported?
Employed trainees in construction related occupations.
What is the status of trainees not supported?
Labour-only sub-contractors and agency staff.
Employees in non-construction related occupations.
How much is the grant?
Grant is available at a rate of £35 per day up to a maximum of £1,225 per year.
You will receive an additional 25% supplementary payment automatically if you are eligible.
This rate may be reduced if sufficient Levy funding was not available. This is only likely to take effect in exceptional circumstances.
How do I claim?
Download and complete a GC1 claim form or contact your local ConstructionSkills office for a copy.
At the end of the course year, or grant year, whichever comes first, send your claim form to CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Department, Bircham Newton, Norfolk, PE31 6RH.
What else do I need to submit?
We may require written evidence to verify claims. Copies of college reports or end-of-year statements should be available from your college. When submitting your claim form, please attach this evidence to your application. However if the evidence is not available at the time of claiming do not miss the deadline. Send in your claim and we will then contact you for evidence at a later stage.
Is there a closing date?
Your claim must be received by the CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Department no later than 31st October 2009. Claims received after this date will be rejected.
What else might I be able to claim?
An achievement grant for the award of Technical/Professional qualifications or Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) Advanced Awards in construction craft for Scotland. Download further information about grant A25.
An achievement grant for the award of NVQ/SVQ Level 2, 3, 4 or 5. Download further information about grants A31, A32 and A33.