Jamie has just completed our 3 Week Gas course at Able Skills and he has benefited hugely from his time here. When he left school, Jamie went into central heating work but, it never progressed into a full career. However, he decided to take a gas course at Able Skills to get a qualification […]
We are very pleased to be awarded with the Gold Trusted Merchant accreditation 2016 from Feefo, who are The Global Feedback Engine. Feefo is a trusted ratings and reviews platform that holds genuine feedback from paying customers. Students at Able Skills will be offered the chance to give feedback to Feefo based on their […]
Yet another case of unsafe gas work has been reported at a home in Exeter and this has just highlighted the fact that illegal gas work is still being carried out in the UK. The Gas Safe website has reported that 67,000 gas emergencies have been reported within the last year. People’s lives are […]
Carpet Fitter, Steven, came to Able Skills looking for a change of career. He decided that carpentry was the best option for him to go forward in the future. After years of working as a Carpet Fitter, Steven decided he wanted to gain some carpentry skills and start buying and renovating apartments as a […]
Chris and Hoyol are nearing the end of their 8 Week Bricklaying course and they have now taken on the difficult task of constructing a Decorative Wall. This is a very complexed structure and involves a lot of measurements that have to be correct for the construction of the wall to work properly. Chris […]
Painting & Decorating is a trade that is involved in all construction work, usually towards the end of the work. On housing projects they will be the ones to come in and apply the finishing touches to the houses or buildings to make them more appealing to potential buyers. Fair to say, Decorators have a […]
If you are looking for work on-site in the construction industry you need the right qualifications and a CSCS card, without them you will find it extremely hard to work on-site in a trade that you know inside and out. All construction sites are cracking down on employees that want to work without the official […]
Change can always be a daunting experience and a change of career can be even worse for some people. This case has recently been proved… Able Skills have recently carried out a survey on 2,000 workers and 7 in 10 Brits said they feel trapped in their current jobs and have a fear of changing. […]
On-Site Assessments are a vital part for anyone that wants to achieve an NVQ. This is the final stage for any hopeful tradesman/woman to become qualified in their chosen trade! At Able Skills, once the students have completed a set amount of weeks of training they will then move onto assessments that are carried out […]
Once a very male dominated industry is quickly becoming multi gendered. Women are now seeing the benefits and opportunities for them to enter the construction industry, also they are being offered equal opportunities to progress and work in the construction industry. Women are now working self-employed within the industry and also on major building sites. […]
A large majority of our students will come to us for a change of career. Some career changes we see are huge. Some people just prove that it is never too late to make that change in your career and start off fresh with a new found skill. With some hard work and motivation, hundreds […]
Have you ever stopped to consider the skills you could have learnt at school compared to the skills you actually learnt? A recent study commissioned by Able Skills has shown the type of skills we wish we had learnt at school instead of learning Maths, Geography, Drama and French etc. With some very basic life […]
