What TRAINING SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY LIMITED does

Training Support for Industry Limited (TSI) is a UK-based, family-owned Approved Training Organisation (ATO) founded in 1996 in Easington Colliery, Durham, that delivers accredited construction-industry training and competency assessment. The company operates a purpose-built training centre in the North East of England and delivers courses on-site at customer premises across the UK, targeting construction companies, utilities contractors, civil engineering firms and individual construction operatives who need mandatory CSCS, CPCS, NPORS and NRSWA cards and NVQ qualifications to work on UK construction sites. Long-tenured enterprise customers include Arrow Group, HMH Civils Ltd and Hughes Bros Construction Ltd, with relationships spanning up to six years.

TSI's product portfolio spans more than 160 accredited subjects organised into seven core categories: CPCS and NPORS plant machinery training (excavators, dumpers, telehandlers, forklifts), crane and lifting operations, CSCS Health and Safety Touch Screen Tests and Green Labourer Card processing, NVQ qualifications from Level 1 through Level 6 in Plant Operations, Lifting Operations and Construction Site Management, CABWI-accredited New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA) training, confined-space training across low/medium/high risk categories, and general health and safety courses including INDG 479-compliant face-fit testing. The underlying platform is in-person instruction and practical assessment, supplemented by a lightweight online NVQ portfolio system that allows remote candidates to upload evidence (toolbox talks, RAMS, drawings, briefings, checklists, photos, videos). TSI is accredited by seven awarding bodies — CITB/CSCS/ITC, CPCS, NPORS, NOCN/C-Skills, Pro-Qual, NRAWS and CABWI — each of which audits TSI's quality management processes every six months, enabling CITB levy-registered employers to claim grants on TSI training.

TSI generates revenue almost entirely through pre-paid course fees and per-delegate NVQ fees charged to individuals, SMEs and enterprise customers, with cancellation within 10 days of the course date charged in full and NVQ fees non-refundable once registered with the awarding body. Go-to-market is direct, managed by the Robinson family (David as Managing Director, Lisa as Company Director, plus Liz, Stephen, Charlie and Paul Robinson in operational roles) via phone, email, the company website (tsitraining.co.uk) and an online CSCS test booking form. Sales are concentrated in the construction vertical with secondary exposure to utilities and civil engineering; there is no disclosed paid acquisition, no social media presence of note, and no evidence of digital self-serve channels beyond the CSCS registration page.

Name

TRAINING SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY LIMITED

Legal name

Training Support for Industry Ltd

Website

https://tsitraining.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Training Support for Industry Limited (TSI) is a UK family-owned Approved Training Organisation delivering accredited CPCS, NPORS, CSCS, NVQ and NRSWA construction training from its North East centre and on customer sites UK-wide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Industry Training Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades, Safety & Compliance Certification Prep (OSHA, HAZMAT, welding, electrical, HVAC) (EDANAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Safety, Compliance & Regulatory (OSHA/HSE/GxP) Certifications (EDAAANAJ), Working at Heights, Fall Protection & Scaffolding (EDABAEAH)

Keywords

• Construction training services
• Plant machinery training
• CSCS card testing
• NVQ qualifications
• Confined space training

Headquarters

HQ city

Easington Colliery

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Training Course Fees: Pre-paid course fees charged for all training courses. Full fees are charged for confirmed bookings that are cancelled or where delegates fail to attend. Course materials may be sent prior to commencement for an additional postage and packaging cost.
2. NVQ Qualification Fees: NVQs are pre-paid prior to registration with the awarding body. Fees cover registration, assessment, portfolio management, and certification. Once registered, NVQ fees are non-refundable and non-cancellable.
3. CSCS Test and Card Application: Fees for CSCS Health and Safety Touch Screen Tests, card applications, and renewals. TSI also handles card application processing on behalf of candidates (e.g., Green Labourer Card applications).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Training Support for Industry Ltd (TSI) is an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) providing over 160 accredited construction industry training courses covering CPCS and NPORS plant machinery, CSCS health and safety testing, NVQ qualifications from Level 2 through Level 6, New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA), confined space training, and health and safety certifications. Training is delivered either at TSI's purpose-built training centre in Easington Colliery, Durham or on-site at customer premises across the UK.

Product overview

TSI (Training Support for Industry Ltd) is a construction industry training provider offering over 160 subjects/courses through its purpose-built training centre in the North East and on-site delivery. The company is an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) accredited by CITB and delivers courses under multiple awarding bodies including CPCS, NPORS, NOCN/C-Skills, Pro-Qual, NRAWS, and CABWI. The product portfolio spans six main categories: CPCS/NPORS Plant Machinery Training (excavators, dumpers, forklifts, cranes), CSCS Health & Safety Testing and Labourer Cards, NVQ qualifications from Level 2-6 in Plant Operations and Construction Site Management, New Roads & Street Works (NRSWA) training, Confined Spaces training, and Health & Safety courses (face-fit testing, fire warden, manual handling). Courses are designed to help workers obtain and renew CPCS blue cards, NPORS cards, and CSCS cards for the construction industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CPCS Training and Testing Construction Plant Certification Scheme (CPCS) accredited training and testing for plant machinery operators, including theoretical and practical assessments, enabling operatives to obtain CPCS cards. Designed for construction companies and individual operatives.
• NPORS Training and Testing National Plant Operators Registration Scheme (NPORS) accredited training and testing covering plant machinery, cranes, forklift trucks, safety subjects, and small construction tools. Both traditional and construction NPORS cards are available.
• CSCS Labourer Card and Health & Safety Test CITB/CSCS-accredited Health and Safety Touch Screen Test and Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment for the CSCS Green Operatives Card (Green Labourer Card). TSI also handles card application processing on behalf of candidates.
• New Roads and Street Works Training CABWI-accredited New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA) training covering all units for operatives and supervisors working on or near public highways and street works.
• NVQ Level 2-6 Qualifications National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) from Level 2 in Plant Operations to Level 6 Diploma in Construction Site Management, delivered through an online portfolio system. Enables card upgrades such as CPCS Blue Skilled Card and CSCS Black Managers Card.
• Confined Spaces Training Confined space entry training covering Low, Medium, and High Risk categories, including hazardous atmosphere identification, gas detection, self-contained breathing apparatus, harness and tripod/winching systems, and emergency escape procedures.
• Health and Safety Courses Face-fit testing (INDG 479 compliant) for respirator wearers, plus fire warden, manual handling, working at height, and other general health and safety training meeting HSE requirements.
• Plant Machinery Training Operator training for excavators (180 and 360), forward tipping dumpers, telescopic handlers, forklifts, cranes, loaders, and other construction plant machinery used in construction and civil engineering.
• Specialist Utility Training Cable avoidance tool (CAT and Genny), utility location, and buried services detection training aligned to HSG47, aimed at construction and utilities workers needing to avoid underground services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of people trained across many sectors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NPORS (National Plant Operators Registration Scheme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI is an approved training and testing provider for NPORS, offering training and testing in Plant Machinery, Cranes, Forklift Trucks, Safety Subjects, and Small Construction Tools. Both the Traditional card and the Construction Card are available through NPORS.
• NOCN / CPCScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI offers training and testing for NVQ Level 1 Health and Safety for the CSCS Green Opps Card and NVQ Level 2 for Plant Machinery & Lifting Operations under the CPCS scheme.
• CITB / CSCS / ITC (Independent Test Centre)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI operates as an Independent Test Centre offering the Health and Safety Touch Screen Test for the Green Opps Card and CPCS (Blue Card) Renewal Modules under CITB/CSCS/ITC accreditation.
• NOCN / CSKILLS AwardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI offers NVQ Level 2 Plant Operations through NOCN/CSKILLS Awards.
• CABWIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI offers New Roads and Street Works (all units) and NVQ Level 2 and 3 Confined Spaces (High, Medium, Low Levels and Topman) through CABWI.
• Pro-QualcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI offers Level 1 Health, Safety & Environmental Awareness for Construction through Pro-Qual.
• NRAWS (National Recording and Workflow System)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSI is an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) registered with NRAWS alongside CITB, CPCS, NPORS, NOCN/C-Skills, Pro-Qual, and CABWI.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CITB (Construction Industry Training Board): The statutory training board and awarding/levy body that underpins the entire UK construction training market. TSI is registered as a CITB Approved Training Organisation; CITB sets the standards, grant framework, and apprenticeship pathways TSI depends on.
• BPP Professional Education: Large UK professional training and qualifications provider delivering construction, NVQ, and management training programmes. Overlaps with TSI on construction site management NVQ Level 6 and broader professional certification, but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• National Construction College (CITB): CITB's own in-house construction college delivering plant, NVQ, and apprenticeship training at scale across multiple UK campuses. Same awarding bodies and product categories as TSI, but operates as the sector-wide incumbent and offers nationwide reach.

Others

• City & Guilds: Major UK awarding body issuing vocational qualifications including NVQs, technical certificates, and the 7306 Training & Development qualifications held by TSI's own instructors. Adjacent rather than competitive — TSI delivers City & Guilds-registered certifications but does not face City & Guilds in the training-delivery market.

Direct peers

• Develop Training: UK-based training provider delivering CPCS, NPORS, NVQ, confined-space, and health & safety training across multiple regional centres. Direct overlap with TSI on plant-operations training, NVQ delivery, and awarding-body accreditations, but at materially larger scale.
• Skills Training UK: UK vocational and apprenticeship training provider delivering construction, health & safety, and trade-certification pathways funded through CITB and government frameworks. Comparable to TSI in delivery channels (centre-based and on-site) and target customer segments (construction employers and operatives).
• Juniper Training: UK vocational training provider delivering construction, health & safety, and trade-certification pathways to unemployed and career-changer learners through government-funded programmes. Comparable to TSI in qualification categories but distinct in funding model and learner base.
• Construction Skills People: CITB- and CPCS-accredited construction training provider delivering plant, NVQ, CSCS testing, and health & safety courses across the UK. Most direct competitive overlap with TSI on the identical awarding-body stack and course catalogue.
• Total Training Solutions: UK construction-sector training provider delivering CPCS, NPORS, NVQ, NRSWA, and confined-space courses to construction employers. Directly competitive with TSI on plant-operations and streetworks delivery to the same contractor base.

Emerging players

• Re-Form Training Services: UK construction and plant-operations training provider delivering CPCS/NPORS and NVQ pathways with CITB alignment. Comparable to TSI in accreditation stack and customer segment, but typically operates at smaller scale and a narrower regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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