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Jo is one of our 2 plastering instructors at Able Skills and he always goes the extra mile to make sure all of his students get the best possible training and go away from us with the skills they came to get, plus more. All our plastering students come away from our centre with the […]
Gas courses at Able Skills are extremely popular and they fill up very quickly, Sam Colley and his brother James were lucky enough to grab two spaces on the Gas Managed Learning Programme. Sam and James make the journey from Strood each day to train and they show great motivation and dedication to their learning. […]
2015 has been a flash and the New Year is slowly creeping up on us yet again. Just like everyone else you are dreading returning to work after the Christmas period. Why not start a new career? Construction could be the one for you and where’s a better place to start than Able Skills. We […]
Rebecca is working through her NVQ Level 2 Tiling course, so far she has produced some fantastic work and Max, her instructor, has been very impressed with what she has achieved. When Rebecca came to Able Skills, she was already a qualified Plumber and she was looking to become a qualified Tiler. After 5 weeks […]
Large construction firms across the UK are having to turn away work due to the huge skills shortage which currently exists; many companies have reported that they are struggling to find skilled workers to carry out the work they are being offered. Currently in the UK there is a massive amount of building and construction […]
Welcome back, practical chaps and lasses. Whether you’re training as a plumber, carpenter or spark, it never hurts to keep your general practical skills active. If you’re searching for a weekend or evening project to keep you busy, we’ve collected three of our favourite Instructables to make sure the devil makes no work for idle […]
Nominated on the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award shortlist, this elderly housing scheme by architect Patel Taylor is a breath of fresh air. In the face of ever lengthening waiting lists for social housing in England’s capital, and a million fewer affordable London homes predicted for 2018 compared to 1980, housing availability for older […]
French contractor Bouygues has inked a deal to deliver Battersea Power Station’s third redevelopment phase, making the contractor the linchpin in the UK’s biggest ever building contract. High bidders Bouygues beat shortlisted competition Balfour Beatty to land the £1bn+ construction contract. The French company will follow up the work of Carillion’s phase one, Sanska’s phase […]
More and more, there are reports of illegal gas work being undertaken in domestic properties across the UK. Unqualified gas engineers who haven’t undertaken any training at all simply put people’s lives at risk and the penalties for such dangerous undertakings are on the rise. The disregard for the rules imposed by Gas Safe Register […]
It’s not easy going solo and taking on the working world single-handedly, especially when you don’t have any self-employed contacts to give you advice, or any experience of running your own “gig” to fall back on. In this article we’re going to assume you’ve got the basics sorted out; you’ve registered for self assessment, you’ve […]
If you’re a self employed tradesperson you’ll know that it’s often easier to cough up than to faff with your tax. But a little bit of nous and a small investment of time could save you a lot of money when it comes to your bill from HMRC. If you don’t want to cough up […]
It is now that time again to get your house ready for the big Christmas get together. Are you looking to get your house looking like a home for Christmas and you need the right skills to get you going? Look no further than Able Skills Painting & Decorating short courses, we have the perfect […]
