The recommendation to move from the current educational QQI award arose from the Bearing Point report. BearingPoint consultants engaged widely with a host of Government Departments, Agencies Regulatory Bodies.
They also engaged with: the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Approved Training Organisations (ATOs), Education and Training Boards (ETBs), individual trainers, tutors, members of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and the Building and Allied Trades Union (BATU), the Transformation and Transition Steering Committee and Construction Industry Advisory Group, both of which consisted of industry, employers and union partners as well as State bodies.