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  1. Fantastic Work from our NVQ Bricklaying Student!

    Fantastic Work from our NVQ Bricklaying Student!

    Bricklaying is an art and is not as easy as some people may think. However, at Able Skills we have the facilities and instructors to give you all the training to put you on the path to becoming an expert Bricklayer. Whether you are completing short courses or longer NVQ courses, you can be sure […]

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  2. Do You Know Where Your Electrical Courses Can Take You?

    Do You Know Where Your Electrical Courses Can Take You?

    Today we’ll be speaking about where various Electrical Courses can take you in terms of a career! Before enrolling, naturally you guys would have some sort of idea of what you would like to do after successfully completing your City & Guilds accredited course. Many have aspirations of working for themselves or on site but […]

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  3. Gas Courses For New Entrants Anyone?

    Gas Courses For New Entrants Anyone?

    Are you looking to kick start a career in the gas industry? Thought about becoming a Gas Engineer? The above video taken live shows students who hadn’t previously held any experience working within gas to being taught how to one day work for themselves on the New Entrants Gas Training Package. Being one of our […]

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  4. Great Start for the New Starters on our Decorating Courses!

    Great Start for the New Starters on our Decorating Courses!

    Big week of training here in our decorating centre in Dartford. Lots of new students coming to complete qualification and short decorating courses with us and they’ve got off to a fantastic start as they begin preparing surfaces for painting and wallpapering. Here at Able Skills, we run a variation of painting & decorating courses […]

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  5. Great Demonstration For One Of Our Plumbing Courses Today!

    Great Demonstration For One Of Our Plumbing Courses Today!

    It’s rare to find teaching as good as this with our industry expert instructor Ben guiding students on the Introduction To Plumbing Course! We thought we would capture the moment and showcase it to the rest of the world as we want to give you guys a better insight into exactly what goes on with […]

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  6. World Plumbing Day Coming Soon!

    World Plumbing Day Coming Soon!

    Something Plumbers may not always get is recognition for their continuous contribution to society for preventing things such as hot water scalding, legionnaires’ disease, water inefficiency, lead in water supplies and pollution. They say prevention is better than cure and these issues can easily occur through improper plumbing training and maybe it’s time we take […]

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  7. Bigger Construction Contracts in January!

    Bigger Construction Contracts in January!

    We’ve seen the construction industry go up and down over the past view years with Brexit looming and output has been low across the industry in 2018. However, starting in January 2019 there has been positive news within the industry. Construction Contracts value was up on figures from December. Reported on SPECFINISH, Construction Contract values […]

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  8. How Our Weekend Electrical Courses Are Helping Stuart Move on!

    How Our Weekend Electrical Courses Are Helping Stuart Move on!

    Today we bring you a tremendous student story of how our weekend Electrical Courses helped Stuart Hayes work around his current job as a history teacher! Stuart has been teaching history for 3 years now but recently decided it isn’t what he wants to do in the long run. Having turned to our City & […]

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  9. A Catch Up On Our Plumbing Courses!

    A Catch Up On Our Plumbing Courses!

    We thought we would show you guys how our students on the City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course are getting on! The above live video shows everyone what the students are up to as we see various work going on! Being the Level 2, students can expect to learn a whole new repertoire of skills in comparison […]

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  10. Hey Able Skills, What Electrical Courses Are Running This Week?

    Hey Able Skills, What Electrical Courses Are Running This Week?

    Good question! This week at Able Skills has seen several Electrical Courses all being taught at once! Each course is given its own centre and class room where practical and theoretical training take place by a designated industry expert instructor. With this week being like every other, it’s not just the one course we have […]

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  11. Here’s What Our Home Study Electrical Course Students Are Doing At The Centre This Week!

    Here’s What Our Home Study Electrical Course Students Are Doing At The Centre This Week!

    Students who enrolled onto the Level 2 Home Study Electrical Course are in this week as they undergo their practical training under industry expert instructor Brian. The above video was taken live and what you’ll see is side by side help as and when the students need it. The students are working on several things […]

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  12. Another Successful Week of 18th Edition Courses!

    Another Successful Week of 18th Edition Courses!

    Since July last year our centre in Dartford has been rammed with 18th Edition Courses. Every week we’ve been running one, if not, two courses a week with demand for this course extremely high. We are only two months into 2019, but we’ve already had over 100 students in our centre to get their 18th […]

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