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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 […]
10 years of keeping the UK Gas Safe! Did you know the Gas Safe Register will be celebrating 10 years of keeping the public safe this April! The UK’s official gas registration body came into power on the 1st of April 2009 and have made a pretty huge impact on the industry since taking over. […]
The above video combines 2 Electrician Courses in one clip! Both taken today, we show the world what’s going on in just 2 of our Electrical Centres! What you have to remember is that the first video shows our Home Study Level 2 Electrical Course students in on their practical week, with the second showing […]
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 […]
Have you been on our Youtube Channel? We ask because as well as our Facebook page, we like to upload videos of our various courses taken live! No editing or anything, just pure training as it’s taken. We do this to show you guys exactly what we have going on to showcase the quality of […]
Training Courses are there for self development and learning new skills that will enable us to kick start a new career. There’s nothing worse than enrolling yourself onto a course that doesn’t meet the expectations you were told about. If you’re a current student reading this then you know we’re open 8.30 – 4.30 Monday […]
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 […]
Today we’ll be speaking about where various Electrical Courses can take you in terms of a career! Before enrolling, naturally you guys would have some sort of idea of what you would like to do after successfully completing your City & Guilds accredited course. Many have aspirations of working for themselves or on site but […]
Are you looking to kick start a career in the gas industry? Thought about becoming a Gas Engineer? The above video taken live shows students who hadn’t previously held any experience working within gas to being taught how to one day work for themselves on the New Entrants Gas Training Package. Being one of our […]
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 […]
It’s rare to find teaching as good as this with our industry expert instructor Ben guiding students on the Introduction To Plumbing Course! We thought we would capture the moment and showcase it to the rest of the world as we want to give you guys a better insight into exactly what goes on with […]
Something Plumbers may not always get is recognition for their continuous contribution to society for preventing things such as hot water scalding, legionnaires’ disease, water inefficiency, lead in water supplies and pollution. They say prevention is better than cure and these issues can easily occur through improper plumbing training and maybe it’s time we take […]
