A Wolverhampton trade day has given students and local residents hands-on experience of construction trades as the industry continues to face challenges around skills and recruitment. United Infrastructure hosted the event in Wolverhampton with support from City of Wolverhampton College, West Midlands training and employment provider Jobchange and local supply chain partners. Attendees were able [...]
Morgan Sindall Construction and Willmott Dixon have joined forces with supply chain partners to deliver a collaborative bricklaying skills programme for students at Leeds College of Building, providing practical training and live site experience to help address construction skills shortages. Delivered through the SCAPE Construction framework's Community Legacy Programme, the initiative brought together Morgan Sindall [...]
United Infrastructure has supported a careers initiative at Altrincham College, helping sixth form students develop interview skills and gain insight into career opportunities across the construction and property sectors. The team took part in the college's Year 12 Mock Interview Day, conducting practice interviews with students aged 16 to 18 and providing feedback on interview technique, [...]
A network of 17 construction colleges across Yorkshire and the Humber has become the first regional education partnership to join the Supply Chain Sustainability School, in a move designed to strengthen sustainability and skills training for the future construction workforce. The initiative will see colleges within the region's Construction Technical Excellence Colleges (CTEC) network gain [...]
A new welding upskilling programme has been introduced to help address projected labour shortages across the UK engineering construction industry (ECI), where demand for skilled welders is expected to rise significantly by 2030. Data from the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Labour Forecasting Tool suggests the number of welders required in the sector could [...]
Cramlington-based contractor Compass Developments has appointed Adam Charlton as assistant quantity surveyor, following the completion of his degree after four years with the business as a technical apprentice. Charlton, 23, from Seaton Delaval, joined the contractor while studying quantity surveying at Northumbria University, combining academic study with hands-on experience across live construction projects. The appointment [...]
MJ Gleeson has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to developing future talent, confirming that its apprenticeship scheme will continue into 2026 as it marks National Apprenticeship Week. Now in its eighth year, Gleeson’s apprenticeship and early careers programmes have supported hundreds of young people at the start of their careers. Many former apprentices have gone on [...]
Amey, in partnership with National Highways, has delivered its second STRIVE programme, a week-long initiative aimed at giving care leavers insight, skills, and confidence to explore careers in transport infrastructure. Following last year’s North West cohort, the second programme took place in Nottinghamshire (Area 7), supporting five care leavers aged 18–21 referred by the Nottinghamshire [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has opened applications for a fully funded training programme aimed at increasing STEM outreach in schools while supporting workforce diversity across the engineering construction industry (ECI). The initiative is open to in-scope employers seeking to strengthen engagement with local schools and address long-term skills shortages. It will fund [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has named eight new members for the second generation of its Innov8 Group, a network designed to bring early and mid-career insight into skills, training and workforce challenges across the engineering construction industry. The Innov8 Group brings together professionals from different sectors of engineering construction to contribute strategic [...]
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