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Gas Safe Register have researched into how people find a ‘Gas Safe Engineer’ and how many people don’t think to check if they are properly registered. Many people will judge on looks and body language etc. and not if they are actually working legally as a gas engineer. Research carried out by Gas Safe has […]
Electric Shock GIF from Electric GIFs We previously reported that in 2016, we saw 154 fatalities due to poor knowledge when handling electrical equipment. This startling figure came about after an increase in such figure from the previous year. As we attempt to increase the awareness of electrical safety, which is clearly demonstrated in our […]
Our Carpentry Centre is always full of students from all walks of life training with us to get some skills and even a new career. We aren’t limited to just carpentry courses as we also run several joinery courses and some combined courses. From short introduction courses to longer City & Guilds qualifications and NVQs […]
Can you make the Bricklaying Wall of fame with our City & Guilds accredited Bricklaying Course? The essential skills of today are more often than not greatly different to the essential skills of the past. With the construction industry booming and struggling to keep up with demand, the criteria as well as knowledge may change and […]
As usual this week has been another busy one in our Painting & Decorating centre with lots of decorating students on a variation of our decorating courses. We caught up with some of our decorating students to see how they are getting on and why they are choosing to take a decorating course at Able […]
Able Skills have developed the best electrician courses available through not only providing great course material, but we make sure we take time to listen to the feedback given to us from our students themselves. After all, if what we offer doesn’t meet the standards of ambitious students, then we haven’t meet the essential requirements. […]
As one gas came to an end on Friday, we have welcomed a brand-new group of students to our centre this week on a new gas course. We have a group full of New Entrants to industry ready to train towards their new careers. This year has proved to be extremely popular for students training […]
Due to high demand a new City & Guilds Level 2 Electrical Weekend Course date has been added! Such electrician training will be available for all students starting on the 21st July. With work and family commitments during the week, Able Skills has made it easier for those wanting to become an electrician starting from […]
Tiling is an immensely popular trade and here at Able Skills we are constantly fully booked with students looking to get started in the trade. Whether it’s to learning some basic skills or go the whole way and get the Tiling NVQ, we have the courses available. We have been running tiling courses successfully for […]
The sun is out, and everyone is in a good mood, especially those on the Domestic Electrical Installer course. With Clive as their tutor, they are receiving some fantastic training from a fantastic tutor. They are now coming to the end of their first week of training with us at Able Skills. Many of them […]
Gas Courses. Today we speak about the importance of delving in such industry and outline just a few perks of studying towards your gas qualifications. Firstly, lets talk about its demand. There’s no two ways about it. The demand for skills within the construction industry is at an all time high. With the UK aiming […]
Skilled workers are being called out across the country to work on building sites. However, being a time-served Bricklayer may not give you the access to work that you are easily capable of carrying out. Without the correct qualifications, such as the Bricklaying NVQ, you will not be able to get a CSCS Card that […]
