{"id":30725,"date":"2021-07-30T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30725"},"modified":"2021-07-30T17:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:02:03","slug":"free-construction-training-in-england-as-search-for-new-recruits-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30725","title":{"rendered":"Free construction training in England as search for new recruits intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/construction_gov_open_licence_v3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25414\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/construction_gov_open_licence_v3-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The Skills Centre is offering guaranteed training and job interview opportunities around five sites in the Greater London area, north Kent and West Midlands.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 industry-led construction training programme will be offered to all\u2026.with a guaranteed job interview\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Construction Enquirer<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The training specialist has partnerships with major employers like Mace, Wates, Lang O\u2019Rourke, Engie, Galldris, Berkeley Group, Keltbray, TfL, Fortel, London Square, OHOB, Morrisroe and Multiplex.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of training places will be offered at five different training centres in Earl\u2019s Court, Gravesend, Southwark, Stratford and West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>The Skills Centre is looking to attract new recruits into construction and is targeting people who are either unemployed or are earning under \u00a316,000 a year with training which\u00a0 is completely free.<\/p>\n<p>The three-week, industry-led construction training programme will be offered to all that apply, together with a guaranteed job interview for work on a number of major building projects.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Howlin, CEO of The Skills Centre said: \u201cAcross the UK there is a massive construction skills shortage right now, with the pandemic as well as Brexit leaving many major contractors without the people to fulfil the needs they have on site&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.All those who complete and pass the three-week course will get a Green Labourers CSCS card, Level 1 Award in Health &amp; Safety in a Construction Environment, and Construction health and safety certificates (including manual handling).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2021\/07\/19\/free-construction-training-as-search-for-new-recruits-intensifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Skills Centre is offering guaranteed training and job interview opportunities around five sites in the Greater London area, north Kent and West Midlands. image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30726,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725\/revisions\/30726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}