Natural Stone Industry Training Group (NSITG) has worked with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to develop several short duration courses to enhance the skills of those who work in the stone industry.

These courses were created with input from organisations within the sector and are now approved and ready for delivery. Six courses will now be available and include:

• Defects management in construction introduction
• Lime mortar introduction
• Drawing skills for stonemasonry introduction
• Setting out in stonemasonry intermediate
• Prepare backgrounds to receive stonework introduction
• Produce templates for stonemasonry introduction

Each course is around six hours long and NSTIG has said it will continue to work on further development of other short duration courses – and with training providers and colleges who will be able to deliver them.  

The short duration courses are not designed to replace apprenticeships or a lead to a qualification but a short duration training that can be used to upskill team members or provide an introduction to a particular skill.

All available courses can be found on the CITB website.