CITB Plant Standards • Updated July 2023

In July 2023, CITB released new Plant Standards for 8 training categories:

• Dump Truck – Articulated Chassis
• Excavator 360 – Above 10 Tonnes
• Forward Tipping Dumper
• Industrial Counterbalance Forklift
• Plant and Vehicle Marshaller
• Ride on Roller
• Slinger/Signaller
• Telescopic Handler – All Sizes Excluding 360 Slew

What do these new CITB Plant Standards mean?

The CITB Plant Standards were created to ensure that companies could claim back grants on the above training categories.

BAM Construction Training offers bespoke CITB Plant Standard courses, however, these are separate from our regular offerings. Please make sure to specify that you will need the CITB Plant Standard course when booking, to avoid missing out on claiming grants.

What makes CITB Plant Standard courses different?

For the most part, CITB Plant Standard courses are longer and therefore higher in cost.

Availability

CITB Plant Standard courses are available on request and booked on dates convenient for you.

This differs from our open courses, which occur throughout the year with predetermined dates.

Duration and Capacity

CITB Plant Standard courses have specific durations and capacities, set by The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

This differs from our open courses, for which durations and capacities are set by our training centre.

Cost

CITB Plant Standard courses are charged at a set fee, so we suggest taking advantage of the maximum capacity.

This differs from our open courses, which are charged at a per-person fee.

What are the costs for CITB Plant Standard courses?

The costs for our CITB Plant Standard courses are outlined below:

Dump Truck – Articulated Chassis

Excavator 360 – Above 10T

Forward Tipping Dumper

Plant and Vehicle Marshaller

Ride on Roller

Slinger/Signaller

Telescopic Handler – All Sizes Excluding 360 Slew

CITB Plant Standard courses: are they worth it?

Some of the CITB Plant Standard courses work out more cost-efficient, assuming that you take advantage of maximum capacity. However, many of these courses are not commercially advisable. For example, the course may work out more expensive even after claiming grants.

If you are prepared to sacrifice the grant, many of our open courses are quicker and cheaper, achieving the same result.

Comments from our Managing Director

“These changes have finally been released after a lot of back and forth with industry.

There is some good intention here, attempting to standardise training and holding providers accountable for the way that they deliver these courses. However, they have not run these proposed changes through a commercial training provider to assess the financial viability.

We are happy to deliver the new courses and set up bespoke courses, but we anticipate that uptake will be minimal, with only the largest employers considering it worthwhile. Over the next 6-12 month period CITB will review this closely.

My prediction is that CITB will realise that the number of companies claiming grants for these categories is reducing, acknowledge that there is an increase in unclaimed grants and look at reviewing the standards.

We hope that this update helps employers and other training providers alike.”

Matt Durant, Managing Director

Conclusion

CITB has announced more updates to CITB Plant Standards as of June 2025. Once we know more, we will make sure to update you.