Training

MODULAR construction specialist Connect Modular recently visited The Alex Linkston Skills Centre for Sustainable Living at West Lothian College, in the first of many...

STEWART Milne Group has lent a helping hand to an ambitious university student studying construction. The independent housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer is supporting a...

A new CITB-funded programme has been tipped to help digitally transform the Scottish construction sector. Scottish training firm, Setting Out for Construction, will receive £292,000...

CULLEN schoolboy Jay Currie (13) has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck (ADT) drivers in the UK, after gaining his CPCS...

With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards. Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base. THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing. A lack of...

CITY Building has announced that 16 construction workers have enrolled as graduate apprentices as part of plans to secure the firm’s next generation of...

CONTRACTORS are being given the opportunity to access a free retrofit training course. The online course, Retrofit 101, has been curated and designed by The...

A Lothian MSP has visited a Compass Roofing project to learn more about roofing apprenticeships and the challenges faced by both employees and apprentices. Sue...

FORTH Valley College (FVC) is to become the first in the Scotland to deliver a drone training course. The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)...

AN Orkney modern apprentice who helped build affordable homes for the islands and inspire other young workers has been shortlisted for a Scottish Apprenticeship. Conor...

THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has urged plant owners to consider taking on an apprentice to help secure the future of the industry. The...

PEOPLE who have lost their jobs or are at risk of redundancy as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic can access support to retrain...

THE JR Group has confirmed the launch of a scaffold inspection service as part of its new training services division. The service will provide a...

THOMAS & Adamson (T&A) is encouraging businesses to follow in its footsteps and 'embrace' apprenticeship programmes across Scotland. It comes as schools, colleges, employers, career...

THE CCG Group has announced it has retained Gold standard Investors in Young People accreditation. The contractor said youth employment and creating opportunities is a...

NEW research has highlighted the urgency of the funding support needed for apprentices in the Scottish plumbing and heating sector. A Scotland-wide SNIPEF (Scotland and Northern...

HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has confirmed the appointment of seven trainee building surveyors and quantity surveyors in the past 18 months, to add...

A nationwide survey has been launched to establish what the future training and development needs are of the construction and engineering sectors. The project is...

SKILLED and experienced resettled refugees living in Scotland - who could help tackle the nation’s construction skills shortage issue - are working as fast-food...

ADDRESSING anticipated skills shortages in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation has been described as 'essential' to the future of the shipbuilding sector, according...