The ECITB Awarding Organisation has launched a new Level 2 welding qualification and is inviting colleges and training providers to become Approved Centres to deliver this. The regulated qualification – ECITB Level 2 Diploma in Introduction to Welding in Engineering...

The finalists for the 13th annual Engineering Construction Industry (ECI) Training & Development Awards have been unveiled as excitement builds towards the prestigious ceremony on Thursday 6 November. The event, organised by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), will...

Engineering training provider Seta has delivered training to more than 100 employees at vehicle exteriors specialist Magna Exteriors (Sunderland). Magna Exteriors, a global company which has supported the automotive industry for over 65 years, opened its Sunderland plant in 2021,...

Sheffield Forgemasters has agreed a four-year engineering training contract with the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre. The package will support the professional and personal development of Sheffield Forgemasters’ apprentices and includes placement of a permanent engineering skills coach at the company’s site to...

Construction & Engineering Week 2025: more than 1,500 school children will be given a hands-on introduction to vital trades as one of the largest ever skills events takes place in Lincolnshire from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 September. Now in...

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is calling for experienced pipefitters and mechanical technicians to help shape the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for pipefitting and mechanical disciplines.   The review of the Installing Plant and Systems – Mechanical and Pipefitting...

High employment costs are now outstripping energy costs as the most cited source of pressure to raise prices, creating inflationary headwinds and threatening the competitiveness of the UK labour market, according to a new report from the former sector skills...

A competition run by FANUC UK for students to design and manufacture trophies for the Enginuity Skills Awards has been won by MTC student Grace Peckett.  Celebrating the best in up and coming engineering and manufacturing talent, the Awards took...

Ann Watson, CEO of Enginuity, the former Sector Skills Council, pledged to work with government to implement the Industrial Strategy and Advanced Manufacturing Plan, unveiled on Monday June 23rd. “This is a sea-change moment for the UK’s manufacturing and engineering...