Have you got a property that is in desperate need of developing? Sometimes when you need to develop a property, the price of getting trade workers in to complete the jobs can be extremely expensive. Doing it yourself isn’t always easy, however, with the right training and qualifications you could do it all yourself without […]
It has been a crazy busy year with the 18th Edition. Both the full three-day course and the one-day update programme, we have been fully booked as soon as we schedule dates in. Due to being fully booked for a few weeks, we have added in more dates for the 3-day course and the 1-day […]
More great reviews from our students that have undertaken Painting & Decorating Courses with us here at Able Skills. Last week we had a great group of students here on our decorating courses ranging from the short 5-day Introduction course and Wallpapering to students on the longer City & Guilds Qualification courses. All were highly […]
Rogue traders, you have been warned! We’ve reported many incidents of rogue traders in the past leaving their clients with shocking work after selling them false promises. It’s now time to not only name and shame them on the first ever Tradesmen Blacklist, but hopefully it will make people think twice about going with someone […]
Why Weekend Plastering Courses are helping people shape their new careers… Changing careers offers an exciting new career prospect, however, it comes with its hurdles when looking to retrain. Sometimes it isn’t just as straight forward as dropping everything and training in something completely new. Many people have various other commitments that they will need […]
Bricklaying is an art and is not as easy as some people may think. However, at Able Skills we have the facilities and instructors to give you all the training to put you on the path to becoming an expert Bricklayer. Whether you are completing short courses or longer NVQ courses, you can be sure […]
Big week of training here in our decorating centre in Dartford. Lots of new students coming to complete qualification and short decorating courses with us and they’ve got off to a fantastic start as they begin preparing surfaces for painting and wallpapering. Here at Able Skills, we run a variation of painting & decorating courses […]
We’ve seen the construction industry go up and down over the past view years with Brexit looming and output has been low across the industry in 2018. However, starting in January 2019 there has been positive news within the industry. Construction Contracts value was up on figures from December. Reported on SPECFINISH, Construction Contract values […]
Since July last year our centre in Dartford has been rammed with 18th Edition Courses. Every week we’ve been running one, if not, two courses a week with demand for this course extremely high. We are only two months into 2019, but we’ve already had over 100 students in our centre to get their 18th […]
Some Positive News? The construction industry is always in the limelight whether the country’s skills shortage is the topic of discussion or whether it’s the UK’s housing shortage. Whatever the reason, the construction industry continues to receive more attention as Arcadis’s head of market intelligence, Will Waller predicts a ‘Brexit Bounce’ as he states the […]
Having a CSCS Card is vitally important for any worker when looking to get work on a building site. Without the correct card you will not be able to get work on-site in your chosen trade. The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has decided to launch an online service to make the card application process […]
New Careers always sound great but making them happen isn’t always great. The thought of starting something new is a great start but actually getting started is the hard bit and when training you will need to find a way of doing it. Fitting it around your normal lifestyle might not be so easy. If […]
