skills

With young people receiving their GCSE results this week, TradesTalk – the weekly social media chat for tradespeople – asked its community what they would say to any of them considering learning a trade as their next step, and the responses were enlightening. Choosing a trade as a career is being discussed more than ever, […]

Roger Morton, Director of Business Change at the National House Building Council (NHBC), talks to Installer about its new nationwide network of skills hubs, created to help train up to 3,000 site-ready tradespeople every year. What are the skills hubs? They’re onsite training facilities, with realistic site conditions – as we’re outside, they look and […]

Apprenticeships help build loyalty and engagement from day one, says Chris Bailey, Group Skills Development Manager at Barratt Redrow. How would you describe Barratt Redrow’s approach to apprenticeships? Our approach to apprenticeships is strategic rather than transactional. They are a vital part of how we build capability – not just in our business, but across […]

Skills shortages risk making workplaces less safe and less productive, with an impact on the national economy, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Based on expert insights from leading OSH professionals, the report from RoSPA’s OSH Skills Commission, produced in partnership with Speedy Hire, identifies key challenges in recruitment, training and retention […]

Leading apprenticeship provider JTL has officially opened its ‘Thames Valley’ training centre, following a major £1 million investment to expand high-quality electrical training across the region. The flagship centre was formally opened by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills, who visited the site to meet with apprentices, local employers and industry partners, and to see […]