Resources

Have a look and use all of our resources below to find out more about construction and to share with others.

Watch our Construction Videos

Construction Postcards

Please find our new collection of engaging Construction & Built Environment Role Postcards. These are designed to give professionals and employers CIoS sector specific collateral when visiting educational careers events. The cards serve as a hook for conversation and the QR codes will allow pupils and their parent carers to investigate roles further. You can also watch and share our sector engagment short films here, which are shown at the top of this page, and access an editable Powerpoint to structure a class or assembly talk which is linked down below.

Retrofit Postcard

Project Manager Postcard

Plumber Postcard

Heritage Worker Postcard

Quantity Surveyor Postcard

Site Manager Postcard

Electrician Postcard

Civil Engineer Postcard

Groundworker Postcard

Carpenter Joiner Postcard

Construction and Built Environment Employers/Professionals in Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly:

Please feel free to download and use these resources to aid your outreach and engagement with schools and other stakeholders. For PDF print versions, or sets of pre-printed cards (while stocks last), please contact [email protected] with ‘Construction Postcards Please’ in the subject line.

Editable Powerpoint for Classrooms and Assembly Talks

Construction Champions' School Presentation

Learn more about Construction

Construction Labour Market Information

Read this PDF to learn more about Construction in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Construction Poster

Please feel free to print, display or share this poster.

Support organisations in construction

Go Construct

The Go Construct website showcases the many career opportunities available in construction and the built environment. It is funded by the CITB levy and led by the industry.

Construction Industry Training Board

CITB help the construction industry attract talent and to support skills development. CITB is an executive non-departmental public body in charge of its own budget and activities.

Chartered Institute of Building

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is a worldwide professional body that represents construction and property professionals who work within the built environment.

Constructing Excellence

Constructing Excellence is a United Kingdom construction industry membership organisation created in 2003 and draws its member organisations from across the industry supply chain.

Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

RICS is a professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards in the valuation, management and development of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.

Institute of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

Women into Construction

Women into Construction provide bespoke support to women wishing to work in the construction industry, and assist contractors to recruit highly motivated, trained women, helping to reduce skills gaps and create a more gender-equal workforce.