08/12/25 UPDATE: As of the 8th December 2025, CITB no longer provides funding through the Grants Scheme with the exception of Plant Operations, MEWP Training, Scaffolding and other specialist courses. Financial support is now delivered exclusively via Employer Networks.

If you're an employer in the construction industry, you could be eligible to receive funding from CITB towards your company's training costs.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is a UK-based statutory body dedicated to providing training, establishing standards and qualifications, and supporting the construction sector. CITB is empowered to impose a levy on employers in the construction industry – this levy supports the development of the skilled workforce the industry needs. Registered employers with CITB can claim this levy back through grants that are available for completing short courses that focus on key skills which are seen as core to the needs of the construction industry.

As a registered CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO), Kentec Training can apply for grants on your company’s behalf from CITB towards your employee’s training costs for the achievement of approved short courses, potentially saving hundreds of pounds per employee per course.

To be eligible to apply for short course grants from CITB, you are required to:

• Be a registered employer with CITB.
• Be up to date with your Levy Returns.
• Adhere to CITB’s Grants Scheme Policy and any specific requirements for each grant.

Employers can apply for grants for all directly employed staff on the payroll and subcontractors, as well as business owners and partners.

As of 8^th January 2026, course eligibility for short course grants has been changed by CITB. Only a select number of our specialist IPAF work at height and NPORS plant & machinery training courses are now eligible for short course grant funding.

For a full list of our eligible courses, please click here.

All other CITB funding towards our training courses is supported via CITB Employer Networks.

CITB pay grants at 3-tiered rates determined by the duration, content and cost of the course.

CITB only pay a grant once for each individual per course, unless a standard specifies a renewal or refresher is required. Grants for courses where the standard is in development are only paid once per individual per lifetime as the requirement for a renewal or refresher has not yet been determined.