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  1. Gas Courses: Soldering Copper Pipe on Day 1

    Gas Courses: Soldering Copper Pipe on Day 1

    New Week means another new Gas Course starting here at Able Skills. Friday saw the end of another 7 week course and a great group of students begin their journey to complete their portfolios. Our Gas Courses are growing in popularity all the time and this new group of students will hope this is the […]

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  2. Why do a Painting & Decorating Course?

    Why do a Painting & Decorating Course?

    Now is the time to take a Painting and Decorating course! Firstly, according to a number of recent surveys, it has been claimed that there is a shortage of over 33,000 tradesmen approximately – including skilled painters and decorators – in the capital and the rest of the southeast region. Elsewhere, it has been reported […]

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  3. Busy! Busy! Busy! Bricklaying Courses!

    Busy! Busy! Busy! Bricklaying Courses!

    We have been extremely busy with our bricklaying courses over the last few months and there is no stopping us there. Over the summer and going into autumn, we are expecting to be even busier across all our programmes. With the amount of work currently going on across the South East and for that matter, […]

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  4. From Police Officer To Plumbing and Gas Courses With Richie Barker!

    From Police Officer To Plumbing and Gas Courses With Richie Barker!

    Ableskills recently had the pleasure of training a particular student who is looking to cross over into the Plumbing and Heating industry after a successful career in the police force. We had the privilege of speaking to Richie just as he finished the combined Plumbing and Gas Course. We even found out a little more […]

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  5. Live Gas Training Courses In Action!

    Live Gas Training Courses In Action!

    We’re back live with the latest training on our Gas Training Courses. Students shown in the above video are working on various gas appliances with the intention to successfully complete their 7 week Gas Safety Training. Able Skills Gas Training Courses have truly set the standard as far as Construction Course Training is concerned. Our […]

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  6. How To Become A Qualified Plumber!

    How To Become A Qualified Plumber!

    Thinking about switching over to Plumbing? Whether you work in another trade at the moment or thinking of changing from an office based role, today we’ll lay out the blueprint to becoming a fully qualified Plumber. We’ll start by giving you an option as to how you can begin your career before moving onto more […]

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  7. Electrician's Mate To Electrician Training With Ria Wilks

    Electrician's Mate To Electrician Training With Ria Wilks

    This is one for all those out there who have little or zero experience in the electrical industry and are interested in Electrician Training to fast track their career and salary. Ria Wilks is one of the latest students undergoing Electrician Training with Able Skills for exactly both of these reasons and we thought it […]

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  8. Baby Falls Victim To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Letting Agent Fails To Replace Gas Fire

    Baby Falls Victim To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Letting Agent Fails To Replace Gas Fire

    Today brings us terribly sad news as a one year old baby suffers carbon monoxide poisoning at the hands of a lettings agent not doing what they were supposed to! The story goes as far back as January when the property initially fell victim to a gas leak caused by an old gas fire. After […]

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  9. Take a Closer look at our Decorating Courses!

    Take a Closer look at our Decorating Courses!

    Are you still deciding where to take your new career? Take a closer look into our decorating courses at Able Skills, with lots more available on our YouTube Channel: Our decorating courses gives you the perfect platform to get starting in a new career. Whether it is working for yourself or even going to work on-site, our […]

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  10. Make Sure Any DIY You Do Doesn't Cost Lives!

    Make Sure Any DIY You Do Doesn't Cost Lives!

    Every Bank Holiday offers the opportunity to get some work done around the house and we’re sure this past weekend hasn’t been any different. The one major factor we need to take into consideration when doing any DIY is the quality and standard of the work we’re looking to achieve as many fall short and […]

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  11. Bank Holiday Fun with our Carpentry Courses!

    Bank Holiday Fun with our Carpentry Courses!

    No rest for the wicked with our Carpentry Courses at Able Skills today. Open as usual and training as usual on a range of carpentry courses with new students joining our existing students on the qualification courses. This week we have a group of students in on the Introduction to Carpentry course, where they will […]

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  12. Isle of Skye to Dartford for Chris & our Bricklaying Courses!

    Isle of Skye to Dartford for Chris & our Bricklaying Courses!

    Today we sit down with Chris West, who has just finished an 8-week City & Guilds NVQ Bricklaying course to find out why at this stage in his career he’s decided to retrain and how he found his time on our Bricklaying Courses. “Ever since I was a child, I had always wanted to be […]

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