Donseed Make New Change To CSCS Smartcards In an attempt to crackdown on all the fake cards being found on site, CSCS’s IT partner Donseed have have been analysing how CSCS SmartCards are being verified and have come up with new ‘white paper’ according to Electrical Times. They found that visual checks with paper-based recording […]
Construction work is going on across the UK and in higher levels that ever before, with the housing crisis playing a big part. New hous building projects are being planned and started up and down the UK and largely in the South East corner of the country. However, this building work is being affected by […]
This week is Gas Safety Week 2018 and Gas Safe are dedicating each day to a different theme to raise awareness of the importance of Gas Safety. Today’s theme is the importance of having a Gas Safe Registered Engineer completing your gas work rather than the ‘illegals’. These are those that complete gas safe work […]
2018 has been up and down for the Construction Industry in the UK, mainly due to the bad weather earlier in the year. This has meant construction output has staggered throughout the year, however, over the past few months the industry has seen a higher output and a slight rise in the industry. Uncertainty around […]
Our short plumbing courses have proven to be extremely popular among many people over the last year. With many of our students coming to complete this basic plumbing course to help them become Property Developers or even a career in maintenance. A lot of people are choosing this option as a starter for a career […]
Students come from all walks of life to train at Able Skills and make a change in their careers. Whether it is older students coming from different careers or uni students decided to do something else, we have them all at Able Skills. Thomas comes under the uni student category and came to Able Skills […]
Rewind back to 2012 and you will see Matthew Clark walking into Able Skills for the first time as he begins his journey towards a new career. Starting with us on his New Entrants Gas Course and then eventually passing his ACS assessment. Matthew was previously a printer for the Daily Mail, however, after being […]
It’s unbelievable that in just under 15 weeks’ time we will be drinking Mulled Wine, tucking into Minced Pies and singing Fairy Tale of New York. 2018 has flown by and Christmas is creeping up on us and already feeling unprepared is the norm. Christmas is the time of year that everyone enjoys with big […]
There are many reasons to train here at Able Skills in Dartford and the most popular is the ability for students training here are the qualifications on offer. City & Guilds accreditation means they can come to our centre and achieve great training and industry recognised qualifications. In our tiling centre our most popular course […]
Another strong start to the week in our carpentry centre with lots of students continuing their qualifications and some starting the pathway to a new career. We offer such a wide range of Carpentry and Joinery courses here in our Dartford centre. We can assure you that we will find a course suitable for your […]
As August came to an end it meant time for our monthly prize draw to pick our ‘Student of the Month’. This month’s lucky winner was current electrical student, Andrew Fleming and he will now have the option to use his voucher for a course or a set of tools. Each month we are now […]
Ofgem energy price cap set to save UK households £1bn per year We bring you some slightly different news today as we came across an article published by The Independent stating how energy watchdog ‘Ofgem’ will be introducing a price cap that can save UK Households £1bn per year. This is based on 11 […]
