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This weekend saw another wave of students training towards their industry recognised qualifications in trades such as Electrical, Plumbing, Gas, Decorating, Tiling, Plastering, Bricklaying and Carpentry. Today we’ll speak on some of the reasons why students turn to our Weekend Training Courses as apposed to our full time courses. But before we speak about those, […]
The first step to becoming a Carpenter is making the decision to change your career. It’s far from an easy decision to make especially when you have been doing the same job in the same industry for years. Although changing a career is never easy, it can be well worth it in the long run. […]
After completing their Level 2, the majority of students inevitably go on to do their City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical Course to further develop their skill set of the trade. Being a natural next step for students who finish their Level 2, you can imagine why students want to go on an enroll onto […]
By law, Gas Safety Regulations 1998 state that Landlords are required to ensure all gas appliances, fittings and chimneys or flues in rental properties are safe enough for public occupation. Proof of such checks are evident in what’s called a Gas Safety Certificate. This is provided by someone who is a Gas Safe Registered Engineer […]
Starting a Plastering course with us soon or thinking about joining us for one of our many plastering courses? Here is what you can expect to be carrying out after 5 days of training in our centre. These guys are training across a number of courses with some on the Introduction to Plastering Course and […]
Able Skills Electrician Courses? Have a quick read of some of the latest reviews left by our most recent students! If you need another opinion of Able Skills Electrician Courses, have a quick read of some of the latest reviews left by our most recent students! John Troysmith – City & Guilds Level 2 Electrical Course Great tuition! […]
As you know, Able Skills has students from all over the world train with us and we’re very honored to warmly welcome two students who have come all the way from Singapore for our Electrical Courses! Varadarajan Ramesh and his colleague both enrolled onto our 18th Edition Course and the 2391 Inspection and Testing Course […]
In recent times, there has been much debate about introducing some form of regulation for Electricians, much like how the Gas Safe Register regulates Gas Engineers across the country. By having some form of regulation in place, this would safeguard the public from rogue traders and in turn represent a stamp of legitimacy for the […]
The City & Guilds Introduction to Plumbing Course is what you’re after. The above video was taken live and shows in action footage of what students really get up to on the course. The video shows students currently on their third day of the 5 day course and students are seen looking like they have […]
Check out this demonstration from Bricklaying Instructor, John. He is going through how to set up and start a two brick pier for our students on a range of bricklaying courses with us. Here at our centre in Dartford, we offer a wide range of bricklaying courses. From DIY courses to get you started in […]
Able Skills has just had approval to move our Introductory Courses from the previous 4555 suite to the City & Guilds Assured Certification Programme. Our Introduction to Decorating is the perfect starting point to any of our decorating courses and the Assured certification offers great recognition of the course. Assured is a joint service between […]
Every week Able Skills hosts new courses amongst all trades and today marks the start of a new group of students on the 2391-52 Inspection and Testing Course. Also being held in the centre this week is the City & Guilds Level 2 Home Study Electrical Course, as well as the full time City & […]
