The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has announced the appointment of new board members to lead the organisation.
Five new recruits to the boardoom team include Daniel Gear, Aberdeen-based strategic programme lead at Petrofac Engineering and Production Services.
Appointed by the Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Gillian Keegan MP, all five will work under the leadership of ECITB chairwoman Lynda Armstrong – helping to steer the organisation and champion its work as the statutory skills body for the engineering construction industry in England, Scotland and Wales.
Ms Armstrong said: “I am in no doubt that these appointments will greatly benefit the ECITB at what is a critical time for the organisation. Earlier this month, we launched a new Covid-19 response package designed to support industry training through this difficult period.
“I am firmly committed to doing all we can to secure vital skills in the industry as it moves into the recovery phase.”
ECITB’s recently unveiled Covid-19 crisis response package includes a £4.5 million Train to Retain scheme for graduates and apprentices, a revamped scholarship and measures to boost digital training and assessment.
The board is also responsible for overseeing the delivery of ECITB’s three-year Leading Industry Learning 2020-2022 strategy, aimed at tackling the major challenges facing engineering construction companies, including skills shortages, technological transformation and the energy transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2045 in Scotland.
