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  1. Pre-Winter House Health Check Up

    Pre-Winter House Health Check Up

    About this time, every year, the advice is given out to all property owners to conduct a timely house health check up as the first signs of autumn appear. Sadly, all too often the sensible words of advice are not always heeded and inevitably, another hard winter sees the depressing list of statistics of people […]
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  2. Call out professionals with plumbing course qualifications 'straight away'

    Call out professionals with plumbing course qualifications 'straight away'

    People should make sure they stay on top of home maintenance by calling engineers who have taken plumbing courses as soon as a problem appears. Tim Doherty, managing director of the National Self Build & Renovation Centre, noted that larger projects do require more planning and preparation. However, for issues such as bleeding radiators and […]
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  3. Skills acquired on electrical courses may be needed for energy microgeneration

    Skills acquired on electrical courses may be needed for energy microgeneration

    Electrical courses attendees may be needed in order to install microgeneration appliances, which one source has suggested are focused on the creation of electricity rather than export on to a wider grid. Tobi Kellner, information officer at the Centre for Alternative Technology, noted the UK feed-in tariffs (Fits) are similar to the German equivalent, except […]
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  4. Popularity of electrical courses could be set to rise

    Popularity of electrical courses could be set to rise

    Demand for electrical courses in Scotland may increase in the future as a result of the investment provided by Iberdrola, since one source has suggested many jobs will be created. Chief executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland Duncan McLaren claimed the investment the nation is set to receive from the Spanish firm could help […]
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  5. Able Skills Plumbers Begin Work with Ontime Trades

    Able Skills Plumbers Begin Work with Ontime Trades

    Ontime Trades have recruited two Able Skills plumbing students to join their experienced and highly skilled team.Andy and Martin are set to put their heating and drainage skills to the test for Ontime Trades after completing accredited plumbing courses, gas training courses, commercial gas courses and renewable energy courses with Able Skills.Both men started training […]
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  6. Plumbing courses could be useful for overseas property owners

    Plumbing courses could be useful for overseas property owners

    New research has shown that people who own property overseas are paying a significant sum of money to technicians who may have attended plumbing courses. A study by the Post Office showed central heating is the third biggest maintenance cost for houses abroad. Homeowners may benefit from taking plumbing courses, so they do not need […]
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  7. Finding The Right Electrical Qualifications Training.

    Finding The Right Electrical Qualifications Training.

    At this time of the year, many men and women will be looking to find good trade skills courses, and electrical courses, especially an Electrical NVQ, are always a much in demand qualification. With cutbacks certain for some public sectors, advance action to switch careers or update skills is increasing.Finding the right approved and accredited […]
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  8. Able Skills Graduates Start Work as Sparks

    Able Skills Graduates Start Work as Sparks

    Able Skills are delighted to announce that two of our graduates are now working as fully qualified electricians.Russ and Clive only recently completed their electrical education with Able Skills and were soon snapped up by Ontime Trades, a new company offering plumbing and electrical services in the Kent area.The two sparks are completely qualified to […]
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  9. Wolverhampton workers may need inspiration to sign on to plumbing courses

    Wolverhampton workers may need inspiration to sign on to plumbing courses

    Plumbing courses could be beneficial for residents of Wolverhampton, after it was found that the area has the highest proportion of working-age people with no qualifications. According to BBC News, Lord Digby Jones has described education as vital for the British workforce. Speaking to the same resource, vice president at City of Wolverhampton College Bhanu […]
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  10. Positive news for plumbing courses attendees in Worcester

    Positive news for plumbing courses attendees in Worcester

    People attending plumbing courses in Worcester received some good news this week, as a company that went into administration has been taken over by a rival. It has been more than two months since bathrooms and plumbing organisation Orillo went out of business, but Cambabest has now bought the firm and its general manager Toby […]
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  11. Plumbing courses 'should teach practical and theoretical knowledge'

    Plumbing courses 'should teach practical and theoretical knowledge'

    Attendees on plumbing courses should be taught both the practical and theoretical aspects of the trade. This is the view of Jane Artess, director or research for HECSU, who suggested that she would want a technician to understand the science behind his or trade, as well as knowing how to carry out procedures. She suggested […]
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  12. Plumbing course attendees could be busy in the coming months

    Plumbing course attendees could be busy in the coming months

    Consumers have been urged to carry out a series of home improvements before the winter cold sets in, which could mean more work for technicians who have completed a plumbing course. Head of Churchill home insurance Martin Scott urged people not to wait until the weather has turned before sorting out plumbing problems. Among the […]
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