Construction Wales Innovation Centre

Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) is a unique all-Wales training facility funded by the Construction Industry Training Board situated at the University of Wales Trinity St David'n new IQ building in the Swansea Waterfront Development.

Construction Wales Innovation Centre, launched in April 2016 is a Hub and Spokes style training facility known as CWIC.


Funded by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), CWIC is a unique partnership between the University of Wales Trinity St Davids, Coleg Sir Gar, Coleg Cambria, Coleg y Cymoedd, Coleg Ceredigion and the Building Research Establishment offering free, specialised and demand led training throughout Wales.


CWIC also organises free engagement events . Examples have included Building Our Heritage Workshops, Demonstrations on Using Portable Bandsaw Mills to construction site visits for schools.


In September 2018 a new Hub will open in the SA1 Waterfront Innovation Quarter, offering specialist training and will include Wales’s only scaffolding centre.


Training courses are offered from level 1 (e. g. pre-apprenticeship, school tasters etc. ) to level 7 (degree, professional etc. ) in specialist construction activities that are NOT already offered in sufficient volume or quality by existing education and training providers or their supplier networks in Wales.