A21 - Professional-related Work Experience
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.
This grant is available for graduate entrants who undertake an approved programme of work experience.
Choose a link below for more information about grants available to support professional-related work experience:
What is the status of trainees supported?
What else might I be able to claim?
What training is supported?
The first two years of planned work experience as a prerequisite to membership of one of the following professional bodies:
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE)
This planned work experience can be taken overseas.
What training is not supported?
If the trainee has already completed a total of a year's work experience which is acceptable to the professional body (for example during a student work placement) the the grant support will only be available for one year.
Work experience programmes which lead to membership of professional bodies other than those listed above.
What is the status of trainees supported?
Graduate entrants and those with, or working towards, Business and Technical Education Council qualifications (BTEC) or Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SQA).
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?
£15 per week up to a maximum of £750 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 in exceptional circumstances.
How do I claim?
To claim this grant, download and complete a GC2 claim form or contact the CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Department for advice.
Submit the form on completion of the work experience programme, which could happen at any time during the year. Email the claim form to grant.claimforms@cskills.org or send the form to the CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant Department, Bircham Newton, Norfolk, PE31 6RH.
What else do I need to submit?
You do not need to send us anything with your claim. However, for verification purposes you are required to produce a training programme for each student. You may use your own format for the programme but the content must show what was covered in the programme, where and when it took place and with whom.
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?
Additional training may be claimed through either the Training and Development Plan (B101/102) or Short Duration off-the-job training route (B201/202).