The Electrical Industry is still very male dominated; however, this is slowly changing and the NICEIC are looking to encourage more women into the industry. At Able Skills we have had many women come and train to be Electricians and they have all been very successful. They are now out there working in the industry […]
Yesterday was the announcement of the 2017 Budget and a strong focus being on the push for more housebuilding needed across the UK. However, this has highlighted the skills shortage that is currently looming over the construction industry, especially in trades such as Bricklayers, Plumbers and Electricians. This is a piece taking from the Daily […]
Able Skills carried out a survey that asked 1,000 graduates how they felt about their new degrees. 36% of the recent graduates said their degree was a waste of time and 34% are actually embarrassed by their degree. Also, 35% told us that they wished they hadn’t gone to University at all and opted for […]
Yet again we have another busy week ahead of us in all our plumbing centres. Especially in our short course centre. We have a full group of students looking to get a basic plumbing skill set this week starting with soldering. The Introduction to Plumbing course has massively increased in popularity this year with every […]
During the summer months we were extremely busy here at Able Skills with lots of students completing courses across our centre. Two of these students were Sister In-Laws, Kate and Ella, they are now back and ready for more training. Kate and Ella were first at Able Skills back in August when they completed an […]
The Boiler Fault Finding course is a five-day course and it is designed to teach our students how to fault find safely when working with gas appliances, including live gas boilers and central heating controls. The idea of this is to increase the student’s employability when they leave our centre and look to go out […]
There has been a massive high demand for all our electrical courses the past few years. Next year looks no different from the very start, with all our Level 2 Electrical courses fully booked right through until March already. More Electricians are needed across the UK as housebuilding picks up and more workers are needed. […]
This year has seen a lot of HGV Drivers take a new turn in life and join the Construction Industry. For many reason and mainly for a fresh start in life. As the skills shortage continues they have seen the opportunity to gain work in all trades. Andrew saw this as an opportunity to finally […]
As the temperature drops it is likely that you heating is being put on for the first time in a while. You should be getting your Boiler serviced to make sure it is working safely and correctly. However, when getting your boiler serviced you need to make sure you are getting the right person for […]
Already we are sold out for our City & Guilds Level 2 Electrical courses in 2018, meaning some more dates have been added. With such a high demand for the level 2 course means that we are always looking to add new course dates to allow more people to train. With an ongoing skills shortage […]
We have seen a massive increase in people looking to train as Tilers at Able Skills. Having a City & Guilds accreditation means they can come to our centre and achieve great training and industry recognised qualifications. In our tiling centre our most popular course is the City & Guilds Tiling Course. From the standard […]
Although we are based in Dartford, we have students from all over the world train with us at Able Skills. Most recently we have had students from Canada, Chile and France. Training across many of our courses we have students from all areas of life. Sembe is currently training with us in our plastering centre […]
