CITO - Phase I Report - Industry Training Authority

FERENCE WEICKER & COMPANY
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Construction Industry Training Organization (CITO) has been established by the Industry Training
Authority (ITA) to provide leadership and active engagement in defining and meeting industry training
needs. CITO will function as the hub of the training system, creating and maintaining a skilled workforce for
the largest sector of the construction industry, including institutional construction, commercial construction,
industrial construction, multi-unit high rise residential construction, bridge and other forms of civil
construction.
As it develops into a full-service organization, CITO will take on responsibility for a range of services and
tasks identified by the ITA. The purpose of this project is to develop a full service delivery model that can
be implemented by CITO to meet its responsibilities. The project will be implemented in five distinct
components, including:
� An environmental scan;
� Investigation of the requirements for a full-service ITO;
� Development of communication and consultation strategies to be utilized by CITO;
� Consultations with diverse stakeholders to validate the most viable full-service model; and
� Completion, in collaboration with the Steering Committee, of a validated full-service model for CITO
with a cost analysis and an implementation strategy.
This report represents the output of the first component. More specifically, the report summarizes the
results of our environmental scan including a description of the trade areas included within the CITO
mandate, an overview of the key stakeholder groups, the training activities in each area, the outlook for the
industry, and our preliminary findings regarding communication practices. In addition, in preparation for
Component 2, the report provides a preliminary overview of the organizational model including the functions
of an Industry Training Organization, the existing structure of CITO, the primary functions to be fulfilled, the
components of a functional profile, and possible criteria for evaluating options. The report also outlines
specific steps that will be taken in Components 2 and 3 of the project.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN
Some of the major findings of our environmental scan are as follows:
� Under its mandate, CITO is currently responsible for 29 apprenticeship trade programs and
21 foundation programs.
� As the hub of the training system for the construction industry, CITO will interact with a wide
variety of stakeholder groups. In addition to the ITA and apprentices, CITO will work with
employers (there are approximately 40,000 employers involved in the construction sector of which
8,000 to 9,000 employ construction trade apprentices), a range of employer associations, training
organizations (13 public and 11 private training organizations deliver training related to the CITO
trades), joint boards, unions, the K-12 educational system, Provincial Government ministries and
agencies, Federal Government departments, other Industrial Training Organizations and various
other bodies.
� Training requirements vary widely by trade. The programs commonly require trainees to
complete 12 to 24 weeks of training in-school although certain trades can be much higher (e.g., the
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