The Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Information

The Building and Construction Industry Training Fund (BCITF) was established in 1990 by an Act of Parliament to support the training of eligible people in the building and construction industry. Under the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy and Collection Act 1990, the BCITF collects a small training levy from all construction projects in Western Australia. The goals of the BCITF are to improve the quality of training and to increase the number of skilled workers in the building and construction industry. The funds received from the collection of the training levy go back to the industry to support training and skills development. The training levy ensures that people undertaking and paying for construction work in Western Australia make a contribution to training the skilled people needed to carry out the work. In this way, the whole community contributes to and benefits from the BCITF training levy and our funding programs. Since its inception, the BCITF has supported the training and employment of more than 30 000 apprentices and trainees and has helped over 200 000 industry workers to upgrade their skills.