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At the beginning of the year we gave our gas training courses a huge revamp to give our students more skills. This was a plan to help our students leave our centre ready for work as they begin on their portfolio. Overall, we have noticed that our gas students are leaving much more industry knowledge. […]
Able Skills had a visit from BPEC this week, Paul Johnson, Chief Executive. Paul was visiting the South for meetings and decided to take the opportunity to pop in to meet us all, take a look at our facilities and to discuss the support that we receive from BPEC. We had a lovely chat over […]
The UK Construction Industry saw a rise in August and it was a higher rise than anticipated. An article on insider.co.uk stated: Construction activity in the UK smashed expectations in August as infrastructure and housebuilding surged, but overall the sector remains on a downward trend. According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), […]
Electrical Home Study is a fantastic flexible training option when it comes to changing your career. We understand that taking seven weeks out of work is a big ask and not everyone is able to do it. Therefore, we started with the home study option because it offers the flexibility for you to continue working […]
It is well known that lot of people are deciding to come out of the everyday office job to learn a trade and this is exactly what Jack done. He has been working as an Accountant since he was 18 when he completed an apprenticeship. 12 years down the line he is fed up working […]
When looking for a new career path it can be tricky decided which path to take. However, in recent years there has been a huge increase in people looking at the construction industry. When training towards a new career you need to make sure the construction courses offer the right qualifications. Here at Able Skills […]
A big reason for all students training here at Able Skills are the qualifications on offer. Having a City & Guilds accreditation means they can come to our centre and achieve great training and industry recognised qualifications. In our tiling centre our most popular courses are the City & Guilds Tiling qualifications. From the standard […]
Able Skills are proudly a BPEC Approved Centre Our gas training courses here at Able Skills are up there with our most popular course on offer. We have students come from all areas to train as a Gas Safe Engineer. All the gas qualifications on offer here at Able Skills are BPEC qualifications and we […]
We have over 200 students here at Able Skills every week and we are always growing. This week has been as busy as ever with lots of new courses starting this week here in our centre at Dartford. The most popular course here at Able Skills is the City & Guilds Level 2 Electrical Course […]
We have a fantastic team of instructors here at Able Skills in all the trades. With the majority being here for a long period of time. Ian has been here at Able Skills for over 10 years now in our Gas and Plumbing department. He has successfully been teaching plumbing courses and gas courses. Ian […]
Over the last few years we have seen lots of London Black Cab drivers turning to the construction industry as they look for a new career. It started with a few deciding to train and it has excelled since as the word has gotten around. We are now regularly seeing black cab drivers training here […]
The skills shortage in the building industry has been well documented over the last few years and it is still ongoing. With trades short of skilled workers, lots of new builds are slowing down due to lack of workers. It has been said that a lack of qualified Electricians is one area that needs to […]
