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This year has seen a lot of HGV Drivers take a new turn in life and join the Construction Industry. For many reason and mainly for a fresh start in life. As the skills shortage continues they have seen the opportunity to gain work in all trades. Andrew saw this as an opportunity to finally […]
As the temperature drops it is likely that you heating is being put on for the first time in a while. You should be getting your Boiler serviced to make sure it is working safely and correctly. However, when getting your boiler serviced you need to make sure you are getting the right person for […]
Already we are sold out for our City & Guilds Level 2 Electrical courses in 2018, meaning some more dates have been added. With such a high demand for the level 2 course means that we are always looking to add new course dates to allow more people to train. With an ongoing skills shortage […]
We have seen a massive increase in people looking to train as Tilers at Able Skills. 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 course is the City & Guilds Tiling Course. From the standard […]
Although we are based in Dartford, we have students from all over the world train with us at Able Skills. Most recently we have had students from Canada, Chile and France. Training across many of our courses we have students from all areas of life. Sembe is currently training with us in our plastering centre […]
The perfect starting point for any hopeful Plumber is the City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course. This is a six-week course incorporating theory and practical training and online exams and practical assessments and it is in extremely high demand. Over the past few years this course has been extremely popular and high demand has […]
As a Qualified Plumber you will no doubt be extremely busy with work all year round, however, are you constantly getting asked about gas work? It is becoming extremely well known to us that many qualified Plumbers are carrying out jobs and are being asked about gas work by the same customers. However, without being […]
Bricklaying is one of the most popular trades and is extremely skilled. With it being one of our busiest courses we run at Able Skills, our students get the best possible training. Our bricklaying training puts them on the perfect path to begin a successful career as a Bricklayer. It also looks great on a […]
Here at Able Skills we work very hard all year round at weekends and during the week to offer a variety of different courses and without doubt our electrical training courses are one of the most popular. From the Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications, we also offer shorter qualifications courses such as Inspection & […]
We have been hard at work in the last few months improving our carpentry programmes and our carpentry centre. This is to make it a much better learning experience for students on our carpentry courses. One of the biggest additions to our carpentry courses is some new course material that we have written for ourselves. […]
If you are an Experienced Worker without an NVQ in your chosen trade, you need to make sure you achieve one to work on-site! CSCS Cards are the only way you can get onto a construction site for work. With lots of under skilled workers on-site it meant that action was needed and now everyone […]
Able Skills offer a variety of bricklaying courses, from short courses to longer qualification courses. The longer courses are well suited for people looking to begin a new career. Another year is quickly ending and 2018 is edging closer. As the New Year comes along lots of people make resolutions for the upcoming year. Out […]
