JCT has an important role, alongside our primary function of producing construction contracts, to improve their understanding and use through education and training.
We provide a range of resources, including learning, training and networking opportunities across the following areas of the construction industry, to assist those who are looking to develop their skills in the use, admisitration, and teaching of JCT contracts:
- Students and young professionals
- Contract users in the construction supply chain
- Education providers
Some of our core resources include:
Read on to find out more about our specific initiatives for each of these key groups.
Students and young professionals
JCT Young Professionals Group (YPG)
The JCT YPG is a focus group for professionals within roughly the first ten years of their career, those that are “young in the industry” regardless of age, and students, whose members are interested in elevating their professional profile, expanding their industry network and connecting with peers, and giving back to the industry through fostering a long-term engagement with JCT.
- A platform for young professionals and those new to a construction career regardless of age, across different sectors of the industry, to network and share experiences, knowledge, and ideas in an informal way.
- A link between YPG members and industry experts for the sharing of knowledge and experience.
- A range of useful on and off-line tools to link professionals together with JCT.
- A way for professionals to engage with JCT, the UK’s largest provider of construction contracts, and a key example of a cross-industry collaboration, to shape the future of construction contracts.
The YPG is a new initiative, and we are looking for input from young professionals and interested potential members across the construction industry to help shape the group’s agenda. With individual and corporate memberships available for just £5, interested potential members can find out more or sign-up over at the YPG’s dedicated website via the link below:
Contract users in the Construction Supply Chain
JCT Training
JCT Training provides courses on specific JCT contract familes, as well as other contract related matters. The courses are to designed to help construction professionals with a range of JCT topics, including:
- Learning about some of the main contracts in the JCT range, including setting out these contracts, looking at what provisions are included
- Gaining knowledge and guidance to avoid common pitfalls.
- Exploring the legal underpinning behind JCT contracts to give users confidence when they are working with particular JCT forms.
The courses are delivered by a range of expert trainers and are currently available as day-long, in-person sessions, 3-hour interactive webinars, or as bitesize video modules.
Use the button below to find out more about JCT Training, and to book a course.
Education providers
JCT Contracts Discovery
The education and learning module from the Joint Contracts Tribunal
JCT Contracts Discovery is designed for teachers and students involved in the study of JCT contracts and contract procedures in the construction industry.
It can be used by education providers for teaching about JCT contracts either as a stand-alone topic, or as part of a broader study of the construction process and construction contracts.
The 2026 version of JCT Contracts Discovery has been substantially revised from the 2018 version, updated to refer to the JCT 2024 Edition of Contracts, and including new content and chapters.
JCT Contracts Discovery provides:
- a general understanding of the JCT contract range
- a review of procurement methods and appropriate uses for JCT contract forms
- guidance on how to set up a contract using a JCT contract form
- an understanding of the arrangement of JCT contract forms, including layout, style and the language used
- an understanding of the primary obligations of the employer and the contractor
- a review of the roles played by contract administrators, quantity surveyors and others
- a review of how JCT contracts deal with key aspects of the contracting process, including control of the works (quality, time), payment, variations, insurances and security documentation, third party rights and collateral warranties, termination and dispute resolution.