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Connecting construction employers with apprentices

18th December 2020

The Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland (CITB NI) has launched a new scheme to help match construction employers and prospective craft apprentices.

The Apprenticeship Connect (NI) – find, match, hire scheme, in collaboration with employer and apprentice service provider Workplus and with funding from the Department for the Economy’s (DfE) Apprenticeship Challenge fund, will ease the process for employers wishing to promote their craft apprenticeship opportunities by helping with promotion and short listing. The scheme also aims to help apprentices find craft apprenticeship opportunities with construction employers.

The scheme is open to any employer working in the construction industry and craft apprentices seeking a career in the construction industry and is a vital part of CITB NI’s three-year careers strategy called Build Your Career, which helps to promote careers in construction and advise the next generation of the opportunities a career in the industry can bring.

There is no fee involved and employers will have the opportunity to claim up to £8000 of available funding.

Launching Apprenticeship Connect (NI) – find, match, hire, Chief Executive of CITB NI, Barry Neilson said: “CITB NI is delighted to launch Apprenticeship Connect (NI) – find, match, hire. Thanks to the support from DfE and in collaboration with Workplus, we can provide employers and craft apprentices with a scheme that takes the hassle out of the promotion and shortlisting process that will help employers promote their craft apprenticeship opportunities in 2021 and help apprentices find them – all for no fee.

“CITB NI wants to help employers realise the importance of apprenticeships, their value and help them find and recruit a young person into an apprenticeship role. We also want to highlight construction apprenticeships as an excellent career choice for young people. We encourage both employers and young people, who are considering a career in construction and a construction apprenticeship, to get involved in this fantastic scheme.”

The employer deadline to register is January 8, 2021 and craft apprentices will be invited to register interest from January 18 until February 26 with more details to follow.

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