Construction heritage skills training

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Learn more about working with older buildings and materials to enhance your construction skills in 2025.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB NI) has launched its programme of Heritage Training Events for Spring/Summer 2025. The programme is delivered by CITB NI, funded by the Department for Communities, administered by the Heritage Fund in Northern Ireland, with further support from the Department for the Economy.

The training sessions are open to all wishing to learn more about working with older buildings and materials. These events are part of a wider three-year heritage project supported by the Covid Recovery Programme.

The programme runs from January to June 2025, with both webinars (free to join) and in-person events (tickets £25) taking place across Northern Ireland:

  • Public Sector Tenders for Small Construction Businesses (webinar, Thursday 23 January)
  • Blacksmithing Taster Session (Hot Milk Forge, Thursday 20 February)
  • Stone Carving 1-Day Workshop - SOLD OUT
  • Stained Glass Taster Day (The Workhouse Enniskillen, Saturday 8 March)
  • Decarbonised Domestic Heating Systems (webinar, Thursday 13 March)
  • Sash Window Maintenance & Repair (Moira Works Depot, Thursday 20 March)
  • Dry Stone Walling: 1 Day Course (The Rock Stone Masonry Workshop, Thursday 27 March)
  • Lime Pointing: 1 Day Course (The Rock Stone Masonry Workshop, Thursday 17 April)
  • Signwriting Taster Day (Ulster Folk Museum, Thursday 15 May)
  • Architectural Ceramics: Introduction & Care (webinar, Thursday 22 May)
  • Blacksmithing Taster Session (Ulster Folk Museum, Thursday 5 June)
  • Heritage Joinery Taster Day (Moira Works Depot, Thursday 12 June)
  • Stone Carving 1-Day Workshop (Moira Works Depot, Thursday 19 June)

Find out more and book your place now.


First published 10 December 2024