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  1. Former University student turns to Plumbing Courses

    Former University student turns to Plumbing Courses

    Word of mouth? Good reviews online? Both are excellent starting points for finding the right courses that suits you. Today we talk about how one of our Plumbing Courses attracted the attention of 21 year old Sam Cole who recently left university to pursue a more hands on role. The young student had been studying […]

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  2. Coming especially from America, we welcome Bob Monnier to our Bricklaying Courses!

    Coming especially from America, we welcome Bob Monnier to our Bricklaying Courses!

    Once more Able Skills has shown the courses we offer gain world wide recognition as student Bob Monnier has come all the way from Baltimore in the states to study towards two of our Bricklaying Courses; ‘Introduction to Bricklaying’ and the ‘Advanced Bricklaying Course’. Bob and his brother have a successful chimney sweep business over […]

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  3. Estate Agent to Plumber with Able Skills Plumbing Courses

    Estate Agent to Plumber with Able Skills Plumbing Courses

    The ever growing trade of Plumbing continues to excel as we see more and more people make the transition from previous roles. When keeping a close relationship with our students, naturally we find out interesting stories such as to why they have embarked on our various courses. Studying on our Level 2 Plumbing Course (just […]

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  4. Former Arsenal Footballer takes up Electrician Training at Able Skills

    Former Arsenal Footballer takes up Electrician Training at Able Skills

    Former Arsenal Footballer takes up Electrician Training at Able Skills   Able Skills are proud to accommodate former Arsenal First Team Goal Keeper Craig Holloway at our Training Centre in Dartford! Craig is a former 2 time FA Cup Youth winner and had the pleasure of sharing the pitch and playing on the same team […]

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  5. Bricklaying Courses - Student Story with Alan Sena

    Bricklaying Courses - Student Story with Alan Sena

    Able Skills are certainly no strangers to catering for a whole variety of students from all walks of life. Just yesterday we spoke to two students who were former pilots flying around the world before ultimately selecting us as their training course provider. Today brings another student story as we caught up with Alan Sena. […]

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  6. Former Pilots reaching new heights through Tiling Courses

    Former Pilots reaching new heights through Tiling Courses

    Week in week out we see hundreds of students coming to learn with us at our centre in Dartford. Able Skills welcomes students from all aspects of life whether they’re from half way around the country to half way around the world. Studying towards their NVQ Level 2 Tiling Course, we are proud to accommodate […]

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  7. Student of the Month!

    Student of the Month!

    April ended this week and it meant time for our monthly prize draw to pick our ‘Student of the Month’. This month’s lucky winner for plumbing student, Miroslav Monev and he will now have the option to use his voucher for a course or a set of tools. Each month we are now drawing out […]

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  8. Able Skills Carpentry Courses: Real Life Video Review

    Able Skills Carpentry Courses: Real Life Video Review

    When in a learning environment we often hope the course includes material composed by those who have genuine experience within the field. Here at Able Skills, not only do we hold a 4:1 student to instructor ratio on our Carpentry Courses, but one must consider the quality of tutors when guiding students on their path […]

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  9. Meet our Decorating Students!

    Meet our Decorating Students!

    As usual this week has been another busy one in our Painting & Decorating centre with lots of decorating students on a variation of our decorating courses. We caught up with some of our decorating students to see how they are getting on and why they are choosing to take a decorating course at Able […]

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  10. Design greatness with a Tiling Course at Able Skills

    Design greatness with a Tiling Course at Able Skills

    What’s the first thing you need to know about tiling? Don’t know? Neither did our City & Guilds Accredited Tiling Course student Alan Best. After hiring a tiler for some home improvements, Alan thought he could do a much better job and boy did he stick to his words! We’ll let you be the judge! Great […]

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  11. Real Life Video Reviews - City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course

    Real Life Video Reviews - City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course

    In todays edition of Able Skills Real Life Video Reviews we spoke with Paul Shearman who has been studying towards his City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course. Find out why he chose Plumbing and what stood out to him the most about his time here at Able Skills. More real life video reviews can […]

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  12. Plastering their way to a New Career

    Plastering their way to a New Career

    Being one of the first trades we offered training for, plastering is up there with our most popular courses. We get students from all over the world come to train in our plastering centre. With short courses and long courses, we can assure you that you’ll come here and learn some valuable skills. Our longer […]

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