Spaces are available on the Interior Systems Installer Apprenticeship – Ceilings pathway and Drylining pathway which will be delivered at the CITB National Construction College in Bircham Newton.  The proposed start date is 3 November 2025, therefore if you are interested in placing an apprentice, your application must be submitted by 22 September 2025.

Information for employers:

Programme outline:

  • Start date: 2025 (TBC)
  • 24-month programme
  • 9 x 2-week immersive training blocks delivery by industry experts
  • Workplace coaching sessions every 10 weeks support you and the apprentice to implement their new skills and knowledge
  • 3-month end point assessment window includes a knowledge test and practical observation and questioning

Full details of the standard can be found here: Interior systems installer / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.  

  • If you have an apprentice already can you get them to apply here: CITB apprenticeship application form – CITB  (complete mandatory boxes only no need for personal statements etc.)
  • If you are currently recruiting an apprentice, please remember the Maths and English requirements are:
    • GCSE 3-9 (old D-A)
    • Functional Skills L1 or L2.

About the CITB National Construction College:

We’ve been delivering apprenticeship and commercial training programmes for almost 60 years. Our programmes are designed and delivered by industry experts. We will train over a thousand apprentices across our sites in 2024-25, and over 11,000 commercial learners.

Our apprenticeship programmes are high performing:

  • 86% retention rate
  • qualification achievement rates above the sector average
  • 98% End Point Assessment pass rate
  • 94% of apprentices stay in the sector
  • 84% of apprentices secure promotion

Practical experience led by industry experts is integral to our learning approach. We have extensive land reflecting a real-life construction site and ample indoor space enabling learners to engage in hands-on practice every step of their apprenticeship journey.

Our employers and learners comment positively on our block training delivery: we immerse apprentices in a construction environment to quickly and efficient develop new knowledge and skills. Apprentices return to your workplace focussed and ready to put their new knowledge and skills into practice.

Our apprenticeship programmes are residential with great wrap around support for the learner:

  • Individual ensuite rooms
  • New restaurant
  • Wide range of activities at our Social Hub
  • State of the art Gym
  • Welfare Team onsite until 11:30pm providing group and individual support
  • 24-hour security
  • Transfers from Kings Lynn train station to make travel arrangements as easy as possible

What to expect from the National Construction College

  • Help to decide if an apprentice is right for your business, signposting you to other options where it isn’t
  • Support, advice, and encouragement, every step of the apprenticeship journey
  • Dedicated account management, completing any necessary paperwork and helping you access government and CITB funding for apprenticeships
  • Industry expert trainers, delivering immersive training to help apprentices gain new skills quickly and efficiently
  • Visits every 10 weeks from our Apprenticeship Development Coaches (ADC) to help you and your apprentice put their new skills into practice in the workplace
  • Wrap around welfare support, enabling apprentices to thrive and remain focussed and committed to their apprenticeship

For employers in England, funding is available:

  • Non-apprenticeship levy paying companies under £3m PAYE: If the learner is under 22 years old, the apprenticeship will be fully funded with no cost to your company (over 22 the cost for the training will be £700)
  • Apprenticeship levy paying companies over £3m PAYE: Your government apprenticeship levy funds will be used to pay for the apprenticeship in full
  • This funding covers the cost of training and end point assessments

CITB Registered Companies can claim the following CITB grant (per apprentice):

An additional £2,000 is payable for individuals undertaking the Interior Systems Installer apprenticeship:

  • £1,000 paid with first quarterly attendance payment (13 weeks)
  • £1,000 paid with the final quarterly attendance payment

If you are interested, please get in touch with Marie Flinter (marieflinter@thefis.org ) or Beena Nana (beenanana@thefis.org)