Jon, how did you first come in to the industry? I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in Wood Machining. I was head hunted by a college in Bristol I attended as an apprentice at the age of 21, to become one of the youngest lecturers. I left the college in 1996, and …
A number of updates have been released by the CITB recently, which we have collated for you below. As a reminder, daily CITB updates in response to the pandemic can be found here. You local CITB advisor can advise you further as necessary. If you want to know more about the roles and responsibilities of …
Four important CITB updates (England, Scotland and Wales) Read More »
As the Marketing & PR Manager at the NAS, I am regularly communicating how much money businesses can save on various things (such as training, insurance and SSIP assessments) through our membership benefits package. We recently launched our Savings Calculator, because having the numbers on your screen in black and white about your potential return …
Debbie, how did you first come into the industry? Quite by accident – a colleague from a former company headhunted me back in 2000 into a new and exciting industry of powered access. HSS Training have CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status and are the UK’s market leader in Ladder Association, IPAF, …
Five Minutes With Debbie Forbes, Regional Manager at HSS Training Read More »
Amid the current skills shortage, it is essential that the construction industry safeguards apprentices with formal apprenticeships. In the Retaining Talent in Construction Survey carried out by Build UK on behalf of the Construction Leadership Council, results in June showed that 43% of apprentices were currently furloughed, with 6.7% likely to lose their jobs by …
Safeguarding apprentices – apprenticeship funding, guidance and webinars Read More »
Following feedback from some NAS Members about confusing emails they have received from other organisations about the job retention bonus, we have compiled the following information to provide some clarity. Job retention bonus The Government’s recently announced Job Retention Bonus, a one-off payment of £1,000 for furloughed employees, is also available for apprentices. It will …
All in all it has been a busy eight months since I shared my last blog. Despite the obvious challenges the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the world of Training and Development, the CITB, training providers and accrediting bodies have all reacted swiftly during lockdown, turning classroom based courses and their related accreditations into a …
How the Training Industry has adapted to Covid-19 Read More »
It has been a busy, but enjoyable, five months for me here in my role as Training Manager at the NAS. It has been my mission to undertake as many face to face Member visits as possible, together with reaching out to my existing industry contacts, to build upon the Training offering for our Members. …
We are pleased to announce that Lorraine Shepherd has joined the National Association of Shopfitters (NAS) as our new Training Manager. Lorraine has a wealth of experience, working most recently as Group Training Manager at DE Group which provides a suite of specialist services to the construction, rail and property development sectors. Prior to that …
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