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We are sadly approaching the 30 year mark since the tragic explosion of Piper Alpha. For those that may not be familiar with it, Piper Alpha was an oil and gas production platform in the North Sea, just 120 miles from Aberdeen, Scotland. An explosion causing oil and gas fires destroyed the platform on 6 […]
Our Tiling Courses are growing in popularity each week and more and more people are choosing tiling as a potential carry option for themselves. This is exactly what recent tiling student, Jack has done. Jack had been jumping around different jobs since finishing University, such as labouring, temping, and bar work. However, he got to […]
We have had a very busy week so far at Able Skills and especially up in our Painting & Decorating centre. Students are here across all our decorating courses training for many different reasons. From short DIY courses to much longer City & Guilds Qualifications and NVQs. Today, we’ve been up filming in our decorating […]
Its not often you guys get an up close and 360° view of where you could be studying towards our Plumbing Courses. Shown above is just ONE of our Plumbing Centres based in Dartford on the London/Kent border. (Don’t forget to toggle around the picture for the full view!) If you would like an even […]
Carpentry Courses here at Able Skills are accompanied by a well equipped and re-vamped centre! Shown above we see how our students are getting on with their Carpentry Courses thus far.. Take a look and see what you think!
Sometimes our current roles can stretcher further than our initial job description as the company employing us may choose to send us on additional training. Learning towards qualifications only means an increased skill set and can put yourself in a position to demand the bigger bucks. Plumbing student Hobie Clements works as a Mechanical Engineer […]
Over the past year and a half, we have had two students come to Able Skills to complete their electrical training, however, they aren’t your regular students. They have come all the way from Gibraltar several times to complete their training. Jordan and Zhane were both enrolled onto the Home Study Electrical Courses by their […]
May came to an end last week and it meant time for our monthly prize draw to pick our ‘Student of the Month’. This month’s lucky winner was decorating student, Otis Hull and he will now have the option to use his voucher for a course or a set of tools. Each month we are […]
Ask yourself what do you consider to hold the greatest value in your house? TV? Electric recliner? Console? The thought of not having these things in our home would sound so strange as such appliances have become normal to have at home. One could argue that we over look whats kept these possessions of ours […]
Shown above is a video of our students on one of our electrician courses – Level 3 Electrical Course. Showing just one of our electrical centres, the electrician courses we offer come with a fully equipped work area with more than enough space to achieve your qualification. Offering great flexibility, such electrician courses can be […]
Another week begins and we are just as busy again this Monday! We have been out meeting our new students and seeing what is going on around our centre today with lots of new courses beginning. Today we looked in our tiling centre with lots of students carrying out a variation of tiling tasks in […]
Able Skills are proud to help raise awareness of Child Safety Week taking place from today the 4th – 10th of June. Such campaign is run by Child Accident Prevention Trust to help raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. Falling in such category are the risks associated with Gas […]
