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SkillBuild

SkillBuild, delivered by CITB, is the largest multi-trade skills competition in the UK for construction trainees and apprentices.


SkillBuild 2023

SkillBuild is the largest and longest running multi-trade competition in the UK for construction apprentices and learners.

Registration for SkillBuild 2023 is now closed. However, if you’re interested in taking part in next year’s competition, you can register your interest and we will contact you when next year’s registration begins.

Each competitor will compete in the SkillBuild Regional Qualifiers, run UK-wide, from April to June each year. These one-day events bring together apprentices and learners, with the overall eight highest-scoring competitors in each specialist skill going through to the next round – the SkillBuild National Final. Results from each Regional Qualifier will be uploaded to our leadership board within 48 hours of your competition finishing.

Once all of the Regional Qualifier have finished, we will announce the top eight scoring competitors in each category across the UK. These eight competitors will qualify to compete at the SkillBuild National Final at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on 21-23 November 2023.


The SkillBuild competition categories are:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Roof Slating & Tiling
  • Stonemasonry
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Regional Heats – dates and locations

Thursday 27 April 2023 – South Devon College

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Roof Slating & Tiling

Tuesday 2 May 2023 – Eastern Region Training Group and City of Oxford College

Trade competitions available in:

Eastern Region Training Group

  • Roof Slating & Tiling

City of Oxford College

  • Furniture & Cabinet Making

Thursday 4 May 2023 – East Coast College (Lowestoft Campus)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating

Thursday 11 May 2023 – Lewisham College (Deptford Campus)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Tuesday 16 May 2023 - North West Regional College (Greystone Campus, Northern Ireland)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Wall & Floor Tiling

Tuesday 23 May 2023 - Barnsley College (The Cube)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Stonemasonry
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Thursday 25 May 2023 - Barnsley College (The Cube)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry

Thursday 1 June 2023 - Edinburgh College (Granton Campus)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Thursday 1 June 2023 - Edinburgh College (Forthside Campus)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Roof Slating & Tiling
  • Stonemasonry

Tuesday 6 June 2023 - Gower College Swansea

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Stonemasonry
  • Wall & Floor Tiling

Thursday 8 June 2023 - Coleg Menai (Llangefni Campus)

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Furniture & Cabinet Making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Stonemasonry
  • Wall & Floor Tiling

Thursday 15 June 2023 - South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (Filton & Stroud Campuses)

Trade competitions available in:

Filton Campus

  • Bricklaying
  • Carpentry
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Stroud Campus

  • Joinery

Tuesday 20 June 2023 – Preston College

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Wall & Floor Tiling
  • Wall & Floor Tiling (Level 1)

Thursday 22 June 2023 – Hartlepool College of Further Education

Trade competitions available in:

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems

Tuesday 27 June – Simian Risk, Warrington

Trade competitions available in:

  • Roof Slating & Tiling

Thursday 29 June 2023 – Leeds College of Building (South Bank & North Street Campuses)

Trade competitions available in:

Southbank Campus

  • Bricklaying
  • Bricklaying (Level 1)
  • Roof Slating & Tiling

North Street Campus

  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting & Decorating
  • Plastering
  • Plastering & Drywall Systems
  • Wall & Floor Tiling





Get involved

Interact with the competition across social media by using the hashtag #SkillBuild2023.

Make sure to check out Go Construct on TwitterFacebookInstagram and YouTube to keep up-to-date with the latest news and highlights of the competition.

If you have any questions about SkillBuild 2023, get in touch with us at skillbuild@citb.co.uk.

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