Not every day we have student that strives for qualifications as much as Andrew Fleming. Starting his journey with us earlier in 2018, Andrew has worked extremely hard to achieve his current qualifications and is still working for more with our electrical courses. This is his story on how he got started. A few months […]
Yet again we have a very busy week here at Able Skills and especially up in our Carpentry, where we have lots of students working through and starting qualifications. Students from all backgrounds are here on our carpentry courses to get the skills and qualifications they need to kickstart their new careers. We offer such […]
The construction skills shortage has been affecting construction work up and down the UK over the past few years. More work than ever before is being planned and completed, with a huge percentage being housing to ease the current housing crisis. However, workers are in high demand and sites are short on numbers as the […]
Everyone will get to a point in their life where they want to try something different and have a completely new career. Whether that involves training or just simply starting something new, everyone will have this time of thought during their career. However, many will never act and start a new career due to a […]
Another year is very quickly passing us by and what a year it has been so far. So many new students here at Able Skills making a huge change in their lives with our Electrician Courses. Whether it be full-time, weekend or home study courses, our students are loving the possibilities of their new careers. […]
Full-time training will always bring certain obstacles for adult learners especially. With work and everyday life, training during the week isn’t always possible and sometimes it can put people off training. This is why at Able Skills we offer the majority of our courses at weekends along with our full-time programmes. Our most popular weekend […]
Since the introduction of the new 18th Edition last month we have seen such a high demand for Electricians and Domestic Installers coming to our centre to get their 18th Edition qualification. We have been running the 18th Edition Courses since it’s introduction in July. It has been extremely busy with every available course booked until […]
Able Skills going Worldwide, with more and more students coming across the pond to train with us. Recent years has seen students come from Canada, France, Gibraltar, Australia and even Chile. We are attracting students from all over the world as they look to gain industry recognised qualifications to take home with them and start […]
We are already seeing another busy week here in our Decorating centre at Able Skills. Lots of new students have started with us as the look to get some skills or even starting a new career through our decorating courses. Our range of decorating courses offer all the skills and qualifications needed to get you […]
We have previously spoke about the skills shortage and the incredible demand for those working in the construction industry. Today we bring such news that will be music to employees ears’ as it’s now being reported that the industry is expecting to see more than a 5% salary increase by 2020! The pay rise was […]
Standards of different construction trades are regular changed to meet rquirments and new trends. This is no different with the Tiling industry and recently there has been a change to the British Tiling Standards. The new standards are targeting wall tiling and the new revision of the standards should be made away to all Tilers […]
The Housing Crisis is an ongoing problem in the UK with more homes needed across the UK every year. On a regular basis the government are writing up new plans to increase housebuilding, however, due to the construction industry having a skills shortage it is causing problems along the way. Earlier this year, the construction […]
