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Able Skills has entered 2012 with an Electrical Courses Training Centre dilemma!

Training centresacross the UK have received notification from City & Guilds regarding an extension to current end registrations dates of certain electrical courses qualifications. The C&G 2357 – Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Installing Electrotechnical Systems and Equipment was introduced in 2011 and was supposed to replace the existing C&G 2330 at levels 2 and […]

If you want to become a fully qualified electrician, you need to train to achieve JIB gold card status. Achieving this status requires you to complete a progressive sequence of electrical courses qualifications which, when completed, will provide you with separate but complimentary skills in a specific electrical area. This progressive sequence includes the electrical […]

Able Skills starts back in 2012 on Monday 02nd January – Bank Holiday!

Learning how to install a bathroom is invaluable practical knowledge for those wanting to enter the industry for the first time.  Able Skills provide is a very challenging week of plumbing courses which offers the opportunity to put your skills to the test in a simulated environment where you can see just how good a […]

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

If you want to train to become more than just a plumber, you might want to investigate bathroom installation plumbing courses. Bathroom installation courses are ideal for tradesmen that want to add more strings to their professional bow and therefore increase their employability during a tough economic climate where jobs are scarce. To become a […]

Students wanting to take the City & Guilds 2357 electrical courses at weekends should anticipate learning for around two years as they will need to allow for around 50 inconsecutive weekends in total to complete the course. Undertaking training on a two weekend on and two weekend off basis allows students the opportunity for intensive […]

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 […]

If you are looking to retrain to become a electrician, finding an electrical courses learning structure that suits your life can be difficult. Chances are that you will already be in full-time employment and will only be available to attend electrical courses in order to achieve an accredited qualification during the evening or at weekends. […]

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.