ECITB Data subject Consent

ECITB Data subject Consent

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is a statutory industry training board  and an awarding body with responsibilities for the training and development of the engineering  construction workforce in Great Britain. 

The  ECITB  receives  from  its  network  of  approved  providers  (including  training  providers  and  verifiers) information on all candidates who have either attended ECITB and other approved training  courses, or have attained ECITB qualifications. The ECITB also receives information directly from  candidates in application forms and through other means.  

This  means  that  the  ECITB  is  given,  and  retains,  candidates’  personal  details  (often  including  photographs  of  the  candidates)  together  with  details  relating  to  candidates’  training  and  their registration  for  and  achievement  of  qualifications.   Some  of  such  information  is  provided  by  candidates to the providers or directly to the ECITB. The information the ECITB holds on candidates  can be made available to them on request to the ECITB (see www.ecitb.org.uk for contact information).  There may be a small charge for this service.  

The ECITB will retain this information in its management information system, and some information  may be held in an online secure  database. The ECITB will  disclose information relating to the  candidates’ training and qualifications to prospective employers, site operators and other relevant  bodies who wish to verify that candidates have undertaken ECITB and other approved training and hold  ECITB  qualifications, or  are  in  the  process  of  such  training  and/or  are  working  towards  ECITB  qualifications.   The ECITB will also pass on information relating to vocational qualifications to the  Skills Funding Agency or other government bodies in accordance with its obligations to such bodies.  The ECITB will not disclose other information for any other purposes.  

In this way the ECITB can protect the reputation of the ECITB’s training courses and qualifications,  and enhance the value of such training and qualifications to candidates, prospective employers and site operators and to the industry generally.