September 2016

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  1. The Skills Shortage is affecting lots of construction work

    The Skills Shortage is affecting lots of construction work

    For the past few years it is a well-known fact that the construction industry is suffering from a skills shortage. With even more construction work being planned across the UK and less skilled workers. The skills shortage is causing a problem for the housing developments as some work isn’t being completed on time due to […]

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  2. A brand new career for Sam!

    A brand new career for Sam!

    Lots of students come to Able Skills to start fresh in a brand new career and this is exactly what Sam done. He decided that he wanted to start fresh and begin a new career and he chose to become a Plumber and Gas Engineer at Able Skills. Some students that change their career at […]

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  3. Plumbing Courses: Become a Plumber in 2017

    Plumbing Courses: Become a Plumber in 2017

    The start of the New Year always brings fresh starts and resolutions, each year people will set themselves goals and targets to start as January comes around for the year ahead. One of the most popular goals for the New Year is a starting a new career or learning a new skill. January is one […]

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  4. Able Skills are proud to open their New Electrical Centre!

    Able Skills are proud to open their New Electrical Centre!

    Today was the day that we opened our new electrical centre at Able Skills to offer brand new facilities to our electrical students. Our new training facilities will allow more electrical courses to be run at Able Skills on a regular basis. One of our current level 2 electrical groups were today the first to […]

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  5. Gas Safety Week 2016: Get the right Gas Training!

    Gas Safety Week 2016: Get the right Gas Training!

    Gas Safety Week is a national safety campaign to raise awareness of the dangers that gas appliances can bring if fitted incorrectly or dangerously. Every year there are poor fitted or maintained gas appliances in homes all across the UK and this is putting home owners at a serious risk of Carbon Monoxide poisoning, gas […]

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  6. DIY: Get basic skills to complete jobs at home!

    DIY: Get basic skills to complete jobs at home!

    Every single year you will find areas within your homes that just need fixing, whether it’s a door that needs painting, a wall that needs patching up or even a kitchen that needs tiling. Every year people will find that they need to fix these type of problems and they very rarely want to get […]

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  7. Graduates turn to the Construction Industry

    Graduates turn to the Construction Industry

    The Sunday Times wrote yesterday that graduates are finding it hard to find jobs in their chosen career path and that a lot of University graduates are finding they never actually work in their chosen career and end up changing in the future. Official figures from have shown that 29% of graduates are actually earning […]

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  8. First Gas course in the New Centre!

    First Gas course in the New Centre!

    The first course started in our new gas training centre this week as a new group of students started their gas programmes. Richard has been teaching them as they started with a week of pipe skills training.   Our current group of gas students have been completing the Pipe Skills course this week and every […]

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  9. Construction Industry showing improvement

    Construction Industry showing improvement

    In July the construction industry fell to lower levels than it has been for seven years, this is largely thought to be down to the Brexit vote and the construction industry suffered from it. However, in the month of August the construction industry showed signs of improvement which was a surprise and was unexpected. The […]

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  10. Able Skills Jobs: Plumbing Instructor Wanted!

    Able Skills Jobs: Plumbing Instructor Wanted!

    We are looking for a Plumbing Instructor at Able Skills to run a range of Plumbing courses at our centre in Dartford. At Able Skills we run various plumbing courses from short five day courses such as Pipe Skills and Introduction to Plumbing. We also run the longer courses such as the City & Guilds […]

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  11. Retail Manager trains as an Electrician

    Retail Manager trains as an Electrician

    Training as an Electrician can be a long process, however, it is a process that is extremely worth it when you are able to begin your new career in the electrical industry. Laura is now finding out all the benefits that come after this process. A few months ago, Laura was working in the retail […]

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  12. Electrical Courses: Find the right course for you!

    Electrical Courses: Find the right course for you!

    Staying in the same career path for too long can mean you could feel trapped and too scared to leave and start a brand new career. Having a fresh start in a new career allows you to try something new and not get stuck doing the same job for the rest of your life. Maybe […]

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