North east pupils battle it out in construction challenge
ABERDEEN Football Club has hosted the final of the Build Your Future school’s construction challenge.
Almost 100 S2 pupils from across the north east travelled...
Contractor’s new charity partnership is Streets ahead
GRAHAM has teamed up with 'sport for employment' charity Street League to establish construction skills academies, with the aim of giving young people support including...
Simulation opens up a new world of training
FIRST hand training might well be the accepted process of readying apprentices for a career in the construction industry. Despite this, a Scottish organisation...
Contractor retains Gold standard for investment in young people
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...
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre launches future skills strategy
CONSTRUCTION Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has unveiled its Future Skills Strategy with the aim of helping to inspire future generations of construction workers.
Building on...
CITB Scotland targets experienced sector stalwarts for Nation Council
THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is on the lookout for senior members of the sector to apply to join its Scotland Nation Council.
Two vacancies...
Edinburgh Napier to establish new technology lab
EDINBURGH Napier University has been granted equipment and software by California-based Trimble to establish a new technology lab for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC).
The...
Moray pupils gain construction careers insight
PUPILS from secondary schools across Moray have been attending construction sector workshops hosted by Moray College UHI.
Developed by Moray Skills Pathway in partnership with...
Coatbridge pupils receive insight into construction careers
PUPILS from St Andrew’s High in Coatbridge got a taste of what life is like in construction after touring CALA Homes' Jordanhill Park development recently.
The...
Age is no barrier as M&E specialist recruits adult apprentices
BUILDING services contractor Arc-Tech is providing opportunities for adult apprenticeships.
The business recently welcomed two trade apprentices, taking the total number of employees in either...
Shawfair visit lets QS students see how a new town is created
DOZENS of quantity surveying students from Northumbria University have travelled to Scotland to learn how a new town is developed.
The 42 second year students paid...
Scottish construction sector set for digital transformation
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...
Built environment specialists attend Scottish summit
ENGINEERING and architecture students from around Europe have attended a summit at New College Lanarkshire's Motherwell campus.
The BILT Academy 2019 welcomed more than 100 students and...
Subcontractor specialist announces record apprentice intake
THE Veitchi Group has confirmed its largest ever intake of apprentices, with 12 new recruits making up the Class of 2019.
The move follows the...
Bellway Homes launches new trainee manager scheme
A school leaver has become the first person to begin Bellway Homes’ new trainee manager scheme.
Morgan Lindsay began the programme whilst still attending Dalziel...
Study finds construction workers put their lives at risk by ignoring alarms
HIGH rise construction workers are ‘risking their lives’ by not treating evacuation alarms seriously enough, according to new research.
Researchers from the University of Greenwich,...
Laying the foundations to attract apprentices
By Dr Graham Paterson, executive director, City Building
AFTER receiving more than 500 applications this year, City Building recently welcomed 60 new apprentices to learn...
Female joinery apprentices make history at New College Lanarkshire
THREE young women have become the first female joinery apprentices to start Modern Apprenticeship training at New College Lanarkshire.
Hollie McArthur, Sarah Healy and Helena Montague...
Paisley contractor achieves Approved Training Organisation status
CLARK Contracts has announced it has achieved Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status and will now be delivering a 'suite of training modules' to staff.
Fresh funding announced to tackle construction skills gap in rural areas
SCOTLAND'S rural areas are to receive a welcome boost after the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) announced that the Scottish construction sector is to...
