Construction Training Initiative (CTI)

The Construction Training Initiative is aimed at people who are unemployed, 18+ and studying towards a construction-related qualification at college or university.

Our aim is to support our trainees through college to achieve a level 2/3 trade qualification, and provide sufficient work experience to increase their employment prospects.

The Construction Training Initiative offers:

• The opportunity to earn as you train
• Travel fare subsidy
• Free professional tool kit
• Access to useful work placements with reputable contractors
• Matrix accredited professional advice, guidance and support.

Since its beginnings, more than 1,000 people have benefited from the Initiative, helping them to develop skills that will last them for a lifetime.

We're particularly active in encouraging diversity within the construction industry, and over 50 per cent of our trainees come from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.

Women are another under-represented group in the industry and we consistently surpass our target of having 10 per cent female participants in our trainee programme.

Trainees have worked on sites in the following 12 London boroughs:

• Barnet
• Brent
• Ealing
• Enfield
• Hackney
• Hammersmith & Fulham
• Hounslow
• Lambeth
• Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Richmond upon Thames
• Southwark
• Waltham Forest.

Our trainees have access to work placements at our own building sites as well as those managed by our partner housing associations within these boroughs. Work placements vary in length, depending on the individual project.