The training board for the construction industry has developed a new online service which will advertise work placements and work experience opportunities in construction.

The new service, offered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), will link aspiring construction workers with employers and provide the industry with new recruits. 

It will be hosted on CITB’s careers site Go Construct, and will include work experience placements as well as apprenticeship opportunities. 

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Sarah Beale, CITB chief executive, said that CITB is determined to provide a full “signposting service” for both employers and workers.

She said: “Go Construct was built in response to industry telling us that an information portal for careers was needed. We’re now acting on further feedback from employers to offer the millions of people who have visited the site the ability to see more and more vacancies through the three governments’ national apprenticeships services.

“We’ll also be developing a feature for work experience opportunities too, to increase the supply of potential industry recruits to employers.”

The website is one part of a range of initiatives from CITB to attract new recruits and apprentices to industry. This includes the Construction Skills Fund, which supports employers to take on apprentices, as well as the Brickwork Academy, which aims to help learners gain the vital work experience they need to enter employment in the industry.

The announcement comes at the start of National Careers Week 2020, which aims to promote the importance of good careers education in schools and colleges.