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Can anyone explain why the C.I.T.B charge a levy to some businesses? A friend of mine's father has a business and he told me he has to pay around £1500 per annum to them.
My friend received training from the C.I.T.B about 12 -15 years ago but does anyone know what the 'levy' is for and for how long does it have to be paid.
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I believe that the CITB Levy is supposed to be paid by all employers in construction if their wage bill is currently over £80,000. Levy is calculated on a three year basis at 0.5% of the wage bill (£80,000 = £400). To make the most of the Levy you pay you need to train employees. i.e. If you put an employee on a working at height course you will get a proportion of the training as a grant and then will get so much for the time spent. The idea is that the larger companies pay more into the Levy which enables grants for smaller companies. Below is the Levy link which should provide you with your required info in more detail www.cskills.org/levy-grant/levy/index.aspx
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Thanks for the response and the link, Brett. Do you know what percentage of training they could claim back and would the training have to be done with the CITB or could another accredited body be utilised?
Thanks again
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Frank,
I would suggest that you get the CITB in or your friend does. My office manager deals with the Levys so I tend not to involve myself to much, but when they came to my offices we discussed differing training and produced the training plan. They will show you how to do this using their system. We have claimed for non CITB courses but what exactly I dont know. I really suggest you call them because they will try to get the best returns for your company. A lot of ongoing training is needed in the construction industry. I aim for at least 1 full days training per employee but currently stand at nearer 2 full days. I have found the CITB courses expensive. How many employees in the company? I will forward you a good H & S membership for construction companies, with what I have found excelent training. Let me know how many employees and then I will PM.
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brett_wildin wrote:Frank,
I would suggest that you get the CITB in or your friend does. My office manager deals with the Levys so I tend not to involve myself to much, but when they came to my offices we discussed differing training and produced the training plan. They will show you how to do this using their system. We have claimed for non CITB courses but what exactly I dont know. I really suggest you call them because they will try to get the best returns for your company. A lot of ongoing training is needed in the construction industry. I aim for at least 1 full days training per employee but currently stand at nearer 2 full days. I have found the CITB courses expensive. How many employees in the company? I will forward you a good H & S membership for construction companies, with what I have found excelent training. Let me know how many employees and then I will PM. He only has 5 employees including himself, Brett. I was speaking to his son who has had bits of training but the other lads have had next to nothing. I'd appreciate a PM especially if you could ask your office manager what level of percentage is saved. Cheers for that mate. Phil, Brett posted that link up for me previously but it's the amounts of discounted training i was trying to ascertain. Thanks though.
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Frank:
One area you might want to look at is whether the business is actually carrying out "construction work" at all. I've never got to the bottom of the definition because it's buried in old laws. One of my clients is a shopfitter. In the old days they fitted out shops so paid the levy. These days they just build furniture and set it up on site. For my money this isn't "construction work" but the CITB still insist they pay the levy. If it was a genuine H&S issue I'd chase it down, but it's a business issue.
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Most of the work involves the removal and replacing of roof tiles on private houses, Dave so it would be hard to call it 'non construction' work.
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