Painting & Decorating is more than just a career path, they are life lessons. Taking in the knowledge from our instructors who have years of industry experience will put you in good stead to go on and achieve as much as you want whether that be here with us or out in the industry! What […]
After the governments announcement we are happy to say that we can now begin getting back on track with construction trades with the hope of returning to in-centre training from the 8th of March! The courses will still be keeping in-line with the governments guidelines meaning there will of course be many safety measures in […]
Making home improvements? Why not learn some DIY skills! We find ourselves in another national lockdown, again many of us are spending more time at home. According to recent statistics homeowners spent an average of £4,000 on home improvements in 2020 and the projection is that more than half of UK homeowners will spend […]
All training to return at Able Skills from today! The pandemic is still here in the UK, however, as many return to work, here at Able Skills today marks the day that all training courses return. We have worked very hard over the last couple of months to ensure that we are presenting a […]
As we slowly start getting back to normal here at Able Skills, we are offering many courses again including our Painting & Decorating Courses. Over the last month we have seen many courses make a comeback, however, due to social distancing numbers have been limited. From August we will be in a position to allow […]
We love a success story at Able Skills and at times like these, to hear that former students have changed their lives for the better after completing our courses, it fills us with joy. Katie is one of those students, she approached us after seeing our #AbleSkillsThrowback on our Social Media Channels and told us […]
Check out our decorating students on various decorating courses with us as they all look to begin new careers within the industry. You can also make a new start in your career with our decorating courses. With our 5-day course in painting & decorating, you can achieve a City & Guilds Assured Certificate that will […]
Last week saw 5 Gurkhas from Folkestone come down and complete a Introduction to Painting & Decorating Course with us and it was great to have them with us in our centre. Over the years we have had lots of students from the Brigade of Gurkhas training with us across a range of our construction […]
Let’s take a look at what some of our previous students had to say about our decorating courses: Here at Able Skills, we teach courses in all diffrent types of trades, from tiling to bricklaying. Painting & Decorating is a subject that we know well, our two instructors are absolute masters at their craft […]
5 Reasons to take up Painting & Decorating as a profession: 1: The first reason is that Painting & Decorating is a trade that you can work for yourself in. Being self-employed is a great thing, it means you don’t answer to anyone and that you are your own boss. Decide your own […]
Meet our Painting & Decorating Instructors! Our two Painting & Decorating instructors, Mark & Chris have years of experience out in the industry and combined have a lifetime of experience to pass on to our students taking decorating courses here at Able Skills. They enjoy teaching immensely and meeting new students from all over […]
Become a well-rounded Tradeswoman Today we caught up with one of our returning students on the Introduction to Carpentry course. We thought it would be a good idea to see how a carpentry student is getting on and find out what her first impressions are of not just the centre, but of the course […]
