Best Practice Guidance - European CPD Framework & CIC Users Guide to Managing your own CPD

The EUSCCCIP Framework identifies a successful CPD system to consist of a structure and procedures to help an individual undertake CPD efficiently, and in a regular way.

Best Practice Guidance for Professional Institutions

For professional institutions seeking to serve the needs of their members and clients in many of their activities.

Best Practice Guidance for Professionals

For a better understanding of the need for professionals to maintain and add to their knowledge and skills, or for those who want to know how to gain maximum value from CPD.

Best Practice Guidance for Employers

For employers who do not fully understand the need for professionals to maintain and add to their knowledge and skills, or for employers who want to know how to gain maximum value for their employees

A Professional Career in the Built Environment Careers Pack

A guide for young people who are considering their future study and career options an insight to the construction industry and a better understanding of some of the many professional disciplines available to them.

Careers Advisor's Toolkit

Information for careers advisors on roles in the professional, management and technical sector of construction and the built environment.

Building Visions

Building Visions explores some of the creative inspiring career opportunities in the construction professions. Young professionals tell us about their projects and explain how they shape our surroundings to fit our lifestyles.

Building the Future How Women can Make a Difference

This report highlights the issues facing businesses in competing effectively in an increasing diverse employment marketplace.

Employer's Toolkit

Tips for built environment employers wishing to work with schools, colleges and young people.

Practitioner's Career Advancement Toolkit

Managing your career development, guidance for Built Environment Professionals.

Client Leadership on Health & Safety

A good practice guidance document produced by CIC for professionals to actively engage with clients on health and safety leadership.

Surviving Redundancy

A guide for practitioners for managing career development after redundancy

Common Best Practice Code for HIGH Quality Internships

Published by the Trades Union Congress on behalf of the Gateways to the Professions Collaborative Forum

Educator's Toolkit

Guidance on developing a course curriculum informed by National Occupational Standards

CIC Knowledge Analysis Guidance

Guidance on the Knowledge and Understanding in Professional, Managerial and Technical roles in the Built Environment

Foundation Degree Framework Specification for Construction Operations Management

The Framework for the development of Foundation Degrees in Construction Operations Management reflects the current national and sector expectations for FDs in this area. It will be updated online by ConstructionSkills as needed, to include

CIC Accreditation

A guide for establishing the common/core principles for approval, certification, accreditation criteria and processes

CIC Consultation on Technical & Higher Apprenticeships

Consultation with employers, professional institutions & further/higher education providers on the different models available for a technical & higher apprenticeship framework.

Higher Education Common Graduate Learning Outcomes

These common graduate learning outcomes provides a valuable benchmark for construction and built environment graduates, to reflect the changing needs of the industry recognised by professional bodies.

Intermediate Common Learning Outcomes

This set of ICLOs reflects the changing needs of ordinary (non-Honours) degrees, the Foundation degree, Diplomas of Higher Education, and other higher diplomas recognised by professional bodies.

Executive Summary - the Impact of the Recession on Construction Professional Services

The is the Executive Summary of the report which explores how the recession has affected the construction professional services.

An Economic Perspective -the Impact of the Recession on Construction Professional Services

This report explores how the recession has affected the construction professional services from an economic perspective.

A View from the front line - the Impact of the Recession on Construction Professional Services

This report explores how the recession has affected the construction professional services from the perspective of the front line.

CIC-CS Business Plan

Construction Industry Council (Partner in ConstructionSkills) 2011 to 2015