When Competence Becomes Mandatory: The Restructuring of Fire Risk Assessment in England
Starting January 2026, the Fire Protection Association will offer qualifications aligned with BS 8674:2025, the new national competency framework for fire risk assessors in England. The government…
Scotland’s Construction Training System Faces Existential Risk
Construction industry bodies, trade unions, and politicians from four different parties are pushing the same message to the Scottish Government: don’t break what’s working.Scotland’s upcoming…
Why Equipment Manufacturers Are Becoming Training Providers
When NPORS accredits a manufacturer like Hitachi Construction Machinery UK to train and certify operators, something fundamental shifts in the construction industry. The company selling you…
Why Half Your Construction Apprentices Quit Before Finishing (And How Educational Institutions Are Solving Your Workforce Crisis)
You’re losing apprentices, and the traditional pipeline you’ve relied on for decades is broken.Nearly half of all apprentices drop out before completing their program. Of the 167,000 apprentices who…
Britain Trains 26,000 Workers to Build Nuclear Plants—Then Abandons Them
Somerset has become Britain’s largest construction training ground. Over 26,000 workers building Hinkley Point C nuclear power station and the Agratas battery factory. Thousands more trained through…
Construction Training That Reveals What Policy Breaks
In a workshop in Croydon, asylum seekers learn to lay bricks, install roofing, and frame walls.Viviene Bish Bedeau’s organization, CEO (Construction and Engineering Opportunities), provides…
The UK’s £570 Million Skills Bet Reveals What Governments Actually Fear
The UK government’s £570 million commitment to expand college training facilities isn’t just education funding. It’s a diagnostic report on systemic failure—what happens when traditional pathways…
When Success Becomes the Crisis: What CITB’s Funding Collapse Reveals About Broken Training Models
The Construction Industry Training Board announced massive cuts to training grants starting January 8, 2026. The reason? Demand for their services surged 36% over four years, but their funding stayed…
Building Better Construction Training Facilities From the Ground Up
The instructor was explaining load-bearing calculations to a room of construction apprentices at Simply Learning’s Jarrow facility. Half the class squinted at the washed-out projector image. The…
This £430K Investment Reveals Construction’s Demographic Crisis
CITB allocated £430,000 to fix timber construction’s skills crisis. The real question is whether training can outpace retirement.I’m looking at the numbers behind this funding announcement, and they…