CITB eCourses

CITB eCourses brings you the knowledge you need to thrive in the construction industry. The courses currently available include the Health and Safety Awareness eCourse. By choosing to take one of our courses online you are taking full advantage of the flexibility to learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. For more detailed information, please visit www.ecourses.citb.co.uk.

Pearson VUE are responsible for delivering both the online and test centre examinations for each of the above courses. Working closely with CITB to ensure that each delegate has the best customer experience before, during and after their end of course exam.

Please note that the end-of-course exam is capped at three attempts. For further support and guidance please contact the eCourses team: ecourses@citb.co.uk. 

Types of Examination

CITB eCourses have two forms of delivery you can choose from for your examination. Both of which are scheduled via your CITB eCourses dashboard once you have completed the course material in full.

Invigilated examinations delivered at a Test Centre

CITB eCourses examinations are delivered in a proctored environment at an approved Pearson VUE® Test Centre. To schedule an examination or locate a Test Centre, please do so via your eCourses dashboard.

Invigilated examinations delivered online

CITB eCourses examinations can be delivered in a proctored online environment at your own home or office. To schedule your online examination, please do so via your eCourses dashboard.

Scheduling

Examination appointments should be made in advance; however, it is possible to book an online exam on the day you wish to test, subject to availability. The examination appointment testing time limit noted on Pearson VUE web pages reflects the total appointment time, including a tutorial, exam time, and survey.

Need to change your exam type?

If you have already started an exam booking and wish to change from online to a test centre, or from a test centre to online, you can only do so by completing the booking and then cancelling it.

To cancel your booking select Manage Your Booking in your eCourses account dashboard, this will open your booking dashboard. Your exam will show in Exam available to view or launch. Click this link to open your booking details and select Cancel. You can now either return to your eCourses account by closing the page or selecting Return to CITB eCourses. You will now be able to schedule a new exam either online or at a test centre.

Please note: Online exams can only be cancelled up to 30 minutes before the scheduled start time. Test centre exams can only be cancelled within 48 hours of the scheduled exam date and time.

Do you need any accommodations?

At CITB eCourses we offer the following specialist assistance arrangements to a delegate, both of which are only available via test centre delivery:

1. A Reader recorder
2. A British Sign Language Interpreter.

If you would like to book your examination with such specialist assistance, please contact Pearson VUE on VUECITBeCoursesSupport@​pearson.​com or 0345 850 8789.

Under 18s testing information

For an online examination delegates under the age of 18 require a legal parent or guardian to be present during the check in process to give verbal consent. The reason for this is because Pearson VUE record all online exams and minors (under 18) are not legally allowed to consent for themselves to being recorded by a third party. If you are under the age of 18 and come to take your exam without a parent or guardian present, you will not be able to proceed with your exam and will have to pay to re-schedule.

For a test centre examination delegates over the age of 16 can attend and complete an exam without the need for parental consent. If you are under the age of 16 the parental consent form must be complete and provided to the centre at the time of exam delivery.