Future-proofing the industry through inclusivity and diversity
By Kim Worts, RICS UK External Affairs Director
I had a conversation recently with a female RICS Fellow who applied to a well-established college to...
Courses bring building standards professionals up to speed
HUNDREDS of local authority staff from building standards departments throughout Scotland have been sharpening their skills through tailored courses run by SELECT, the campaigning...
BAM apprentices go back to school
With National Apprenticeship Week beginning on February 29, school leaver, Annie Davies, is celebrating her apprenticeship with BAM construction. She has recently started work...
Electricians of the future embark on pioneering new taster course
AUGUST 12 will be Celebration Day for a select band of Scottish students who will just have completed a pioneering course designed to help young...
Training for today and tomorrow
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...
Strength in numbers: BM TRADA announce timber strength grading courses
BM TRADA has released a comprehensive list of dates for its 2015 timber strength grading courses.
Aimed at timber industry employees and merchants, these practical...
Marshall Scaffold expand manager training
TWO Managers from The Scaffold Division of Marshall Construction are working to obtain membership to the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation.
Committed to promoting high standards...
Top awards for ‘Happy Gilmore’
Jordan Gilmour has won the Scottish Craft Apprentice of the Year Award from the Building & Engineering Services Association.
He beat competition from hundreds of...
Brick by brick: Apprentice bricklayer builds foundation for future career
JAMIE Cumming, a 3rd year apprentice bricklayer with Alloa based Marshall Construction, has won the 2014 Incorporation of Hammermen Award in Bricklaying.
With the motto “By...
Students ‘Get into Engineering’ with new partnership project
PUPILS from Trinity High School and Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen are celebrating the completion of a 10 week Get into Engineering project.
The development scheme...
Mature student named best apprentice at plumbing awards
Edinburgh College graduate Ian Flockhart picked up the top award at the 13th annual Apprentice Prize Giving Ceremony. Organised by the Scottish & Northern...
Barratt’s search for an apprentice continues
Leading housebuilder Barratt Homes are continuing their award winning Barratt Academy apprenticeship programme with the recruitment of eight young apprentices this autumn.
The eight young...
CISRS training centres thrive despite economic downturn
CISRS training continues to thrive despite continuing tough economic times – with four new training centres gaining accreditation in the first four months...
‘Sisters are doing it for themselves’ – Diversity in CISRS training
CISRS has been busy training two scaffolding sisters at a Scottish training centre – proving the depth of diversity in UK scaffolding training schemes.
The...
In training
KAWNEER is including main contractors on its “intensive” installation training programme.
The company said the move is a response to the growing influence of principal...
