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Achieving a qualification with Able Skills can be just the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career in construction.

Able Skills is happy to announce the opening of our new Gas Training and Assessment Centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Able Skills are delighted to announce the opening of our brand new carpentry and bricklaying training centres.

On completion of a 24 year career in the Armed Forces, I decided to embark on a new career within the gas industry. After weeks of research into training centres I came across Able Skills in the Quest magazine. As a service leaver I was drawn towards Able Skills as they are an Enhanced Learning […]

The start of this year was quite a difficult time for most electrical courses training providers with the launch of the QCF and all of the new qualifications which were being introduced to fit in with the framework of the QCF.

Well lads, it looks like the ladies have finally sat up and taken notice of the wealth of job opportunities the electrical trade. Electrical courses have seen a big jump in the number of women getting involved, and several training schemes have been set up to help females get into the industry.

The government is getting ready to launch new special priority projects to help get industry in the UK moving, bringing new and exciting construction projects for all trades up to the horizon. Meaning now is the perfect time to train or retrain in the trades and put yourself in a position to find work on […]

Able Skills recently welcomed a governmental delegation of representatives from Japan’s construction industry.

Skilled tradesmen could soon be in even more demand as the second half of 2011 is seeing more movement in the construction industry. Especially now CBI has called on the government to kick-start the economy by spending more on construction.Learn a trade or re-train now with Able Skills and make sure you’re ready for any […]

It’s been a slow-moving year for construction, but things look as though they’re about to get better for and skilled tradesmen as industry experts have been putting their heads together and lobbying the government for support – and are seeing some great results.

The ECO showcase is setting up shop in London this September for everyone in the construction industry, and skilled tradesmen from all over the country are coming to London to learn about the latest in renewables and sustainable building.Read on for more on the exhibition or to find out how to train in renewables or […]

Solar panels could be the next must-have item for homeowners looking to live the celebrity lifestyle, as Guy Ritchie – director of Sherlock Holmes and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – has become the latest star to come out in support of renewables, outlining his own plans to add 200 solar PV panels to […]