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City & Guilds Multi Skilled Courses from Able Skills

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Able Skills can offer you the opportunity to obtain a City & Guilds qualification in 3 construction subjects, therefore enabling you to become a City & Guilds qualified Multi Skilled tradesman. You will be able to choose 3 subjects from

  • Plumbing
  • Bricklaying
  • Plastering
  • Electrical
  • Carpentry
  • Painting & Decorating

This multi skills course is an intensive 6 or 7 weeks of hands on training, during which time you will build a portfolio of your work. This course can be covered over a period to suit you as long as you complete the entire course within 18 months. You can train for 6 or 7 consecutive weeks or divide your weeks up. At Able Skills we aim to make our qualifications as accessible as possible and additionally we offer a payment plan which, following a deposit is on a pay as you train basis.

The course will provide you with in depth training during which time you will be assessed by our qualified Assessors and Internal Verifiers. The entire City & Guilds process is completed here on site at Able Skills which ensures this course is delivered using the correct procedures and without delay.

Course Structure:

For the award of a certificate, candidates must successfully complete five units from each of three of the following occupations, fifteen units in total.

Carpentry and Joinery: (2 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Fixing skirting to a timber background
  • Fixing door lining in stud partition or block work opening
  • Hanging an internal door
  • Constructing a nail box
  • Constructing furniture – garden gate
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Plumbing: (2 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Working with non-manipulative compression fittings
  • Copper pipe bending and jointing
  • Working with steel pipe work and fittings
  • Connecting plastic fittings to a utility sink
  • Connecting plastic fittings to a cold water cistern and central heating header tank
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Electrical installation (2 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Connection of flex to common apparatus
  • Installing a one way lighting circuit
  • 13 amp switched socket wired in ring main
  • Cut, bend and thread conduit
  • Trunking
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Bricklaying: (2 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Constructing half-brick wall in stretcher bond
  • Constructing one-brick wall in English Bond
  • Constructing a detached hollow pier
  • Constructing block walling
  • Constructing cavity wall
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Plastering: (3 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Applying rendering
  • Applying a floating coat
  • Applying and finishing a setting coat
  • Straightening and floating ceiling
  • Applying and finishing the setting coat to a floated ceiling
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Painting & Decorating: (2 week block period of training required)

All FIVE must be completed

Unit Title

  • Burning off and applying acrylic paint
  • Introduction to accessing for painting and decorating
  • Stripping, repairing and crosslining for wallpaper
  • Preparing and bringing forward to an oil gloss finish
  • Preparing an area to receive vinyl silk emulsion
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With the current facilities we have available to us, we can comfortably cater for all of the above construction trades and more.

Whether your interest is in Bricklaying, Carpentry, Plastering, Plumbing or Electrical Installation, our facilities will exceed your expectations.

At present, the UK does not have enough Multi Skilled workers in the construction industry and we feel that this qualification will be your foot in the door to a career within Construction.

As these courses are entirely hands on, you can gain a great insight into what each core subject entails and at a later stage you could consider specialising in a particular area.

Able Skills offers both City & Guilds and CAA Intermediate Construction Awards, please click on any of the following links for full course and award details:

At Able Skills, each individual Instructor has a vast array of knowledge from having previously spent years working within their particular industry. Additionally, they have all achieved the required qualifications in order to teach, assess and verify all related coursework.

Whichever 3 subjects you choose, you can be guaranteed that the emphasis is placed on practical experience and so these courses are entirely hands on;

It is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.

If you require any additional information about this multi skills package, please feel free to contact us on 01322 280202 where staff are on hand 7 days each week to answer any additional questions you may have.

Once you have completed training with Able Skills we can offer you after course support and advice on any construction projects you are undertaking. You can contact us by telephone or Email: info@ableskills.co.uk.

Additionally, we can provide you with a Business start up pack containing useful information and guidance on printing (business cards), opening a business bank account, public liability insurance and website design.

At Able Skills we try to make our courses as affordable as possible. When booking we require a deposit of £500, the remaining balance can be spread over the 6 or 7 week training period.

Due to the facilities and staff available at Able Skills, we are able to offer flexibility with this award. We do not require you to attend for a consecutive period of 6 or 7 weeks but we do require that each subject is covered in blocks of 2 or 3 weeks (as listed above). This is to ensure consistency and will enhance the learning process.

For more details on Able Skills pay as you train offer please contact us on 0808 100 3245

We feel confident that with the standard of staff and training we provide, you can complete this qualification in the stated 6 or 7 weeks. If however, there is some reason which leads to you requiring additional training, additional fees will be payable.

Course Duration: 6 Weeks

To Book please phone our booking line on 0808 100 3245

For more information on Multi Skilled Courses please Email us.

Courses are held Monday to Friday & Saturday - Sunday.
ALL Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.

For people travelling longer distances able building skills can provide their own reasonable priced accommodation on request or at the time of booking.

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