Scottish trainees win hat-trick of skills awards
THREE Scottish students have won gold at the SkillBuild National Final, which was held in Birmingham.
Organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), SkillBuild...
Let’s go, girls!
A day of construction workshops designed to promote the industry to girls was recently held in Glasgow, with pupils from five secondary schools from...
Game-changer: technology used to help promote careers in sector
A downloadable game that challenges users to run their own construction company has been tipped to become a valuable tool in the battle to...
Hardies invests in fresh talent
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has confirmed the appointment of seven trainee building surveyors and quantity surveyors in the past 18 months, to add...
Story graduates begin new chapter in their development
STORY Contracting has held its first quarterly graduate development day in Glasgow.
A workshop was attended by 17 graduates and trainees from across five divisions,...
Lockerbie firm outlines construction opportunities to local youngsters
LOCKERBIE-based construction and manufacturing specialist Robinsons has welcomed a group of youngsters from Moffat Academy as part of the Developing the Young Workforce initiative.
The...
Second intake of apprentices to join bespoke CR Smith programme
CR Smith has appointed eleven aspiring joiners to its apprenticeship programme.
The new recruits will learn what is required to provide the firm's range of windows,...
Robertson sets gold standard in developing young people
ROBERTSON has been awarded Investors in Young People (IIYP) Gold status in acknowledgement of the firm's commitment to the learning and development of young...
Stewart Milne Group increases apprentice numbers to 45
STEWART Milne Group has announced the recruitment of nine apprentices into its central Scotland homes division. With six apprentices recently appointed in north Scotland,...
College reports record number of female engineering apprentices
FORTH Valley College (FVC) in Stirlingshire has recorded a record number of female engineering modern apprentices (MAs) for an academic year.
19 women have started...
Building site visit highlights vital role of apprentices
A local MSP became an apprentice for the day after visiting a Bathgate building site.
Gordon Lindhurst, a Lothian Region MSP, visited the 86-home Wester...
Partnership helps preserve traditional building skills
SOME of Scotland's most iconic buildings could benefit from a new Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) partnership, which has been launched to help meet demand...
Glasgow firm announces new apprentice intake after “notable surge” in workload
CITY Building has announced it is offering permanent jobs to 97% of the firm's graduating fourth-year apprentices.
That equates to more than 50 joiners, electricians,...
Traditional building skills demonstrated at Scottish Parliament
A number of teenagers have taken part in a two-day traditional building skills event at the Scottish Parliament.
Pupils from schools in Glasgow, Stirling, Perth...
Steel specialist celebrates awards double
STEELWORK contractor J & D Pierce is celebrating after two of the firm's apprentices were honoured at the North Ayrshire Apprentice of the Year 2018...
Glasgow M&E specialist more than doubles apprentice numbers
M&E specialist Arc-Tech (Scotland) has taken on six new trade apprentices, bringing the total number of apprentices employed by the firm to eleven.
The new...
Collaborative working delivers training boost
STEWART Milne Group and W M Donald have teamed up to support modern apprenticeships in the construction industry.
Stewart Milne has added six new apprentices...
Construction training helps rebuild lives
AN Edinburgh-based construction social enterprise has been giving local trainees paid work experience on a project to convert shipping containers into artist studios in...
Cruden welcomes latest intake of apprentices
CRUDEN Group has reaffirmed its commitment to developing Scotland’s young workforce and bridging the construction industry’s skills gap with the intake of 25 new...
BAM welcomes first graduate apprentice
BAM Construction has taken on its first surveying apprentice since the launch of Skills Development Scotland’s graduate level apprenticeship in construction and the built...
