Cyfle Building Skills has launched a new programme offering 780 fully funded onsite work placements within the construction industry over the next three years.
Funded by teh Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) the programme is designed to help tackle the skills gap within the construction industry. It will also allow registered charity Cyfle to develop the first construction training hub in South West Wales.
Programme delivery will take place across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.
Due to commence in March the programme will offer construction opportunities over the initiative's three-year funding period.
This includes onsite experience placements and associated training, and reskilling opportunities.
A mentoring programme designed to help individuals take the next step into a career in construction, ensuring they benefit from the onsite experience, will also support the programme.
Anthony Rees, regional manager, Cyfle Building Skills, said “We are absolutely delighted to have secured the funding to develop the first construction onsite training hub in South West Wales.
"This is an important initiative that will make a big difference to the lives of hundreds of individuals while also encouraging many more people to consider construction as a career, tackling the industry’s skills gap in the process.
The programme is open to individuals of any age considering a career in construction either as a first job or by retraining from a different profession.
Onsite opportunities within the hub will be linked to construction projects through regional housing associations, local authority frameworks, the South West Wales Regional Contractors Framework and the Swansea Bay City Deal.
