Nationwide Platforms has been awarded with Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status. To achieve ATO status, the company followed a CITB approval process that included review of the courses offered by Nationwide Platforms, and the associated standards and qualifications.
Nationwide Platforms is already a leading provider of construction industry training with the largest powered access training department in Europe. The company’s new status as a CITB approved training organisation will provide a range of important benefits to customers who will be able to quickly and easily book IPAF and PASMA training courses with Nationwide Platforms through the CITB's new Construction Training Directory.
On successful completion of a course, Nationwide will be able to confirm the learner's achievements, upload their details onto the Construction Training Register, and trigger the automated grant process to ensure that levy paying clients receive all the grants available to them.
The launch of the CITB’s new online Construction Training Directory in April 2018 follows a government review and industry consultation into the way training for the construction industry is supported. The new online directory lists training programmes, qualifications, courses and standards which are eligible for grant funding.
A Construction Training Register has also been launched which allows employers to search the training records of employees in order to check skills and manage their training needs. A new grant scheme has also been introduced to claim CITB grant payments more simply and efficiently.
Phil Wainwright, Interim Managing Director of Nationwide Platforms, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status. The launch of this new approach from the CITB represents a significant and positive change within the construction industry.
"It will allow our customers to source training for their employees online, check employee achievements, and claim CITB grant payments more simply and efficiently. As a nationwide provider of IPAF training, with CITB ATO status, we will now feature on the CITB Training Directory making it much easier for levy paying customers to find and book our training courses."
Braden Connolly, Director of Products and Services at CITB, added: "The new Construction Training Directory will make it much easier for employers to get the training they need, where they need it, when they need it. We welcome Nationwide Platforms as one of the first companies to achieve CITB Approved Training Organisation status. We look forward to working with them in order to deliver high quality training to the construction sector."
