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Meeting Employers needs, getting people into employment

Construction Web have developed a partnership with training agency MPower Training Solutions to deliver industry led training courses that are enabling local people to gain new skills and go straight into jobs. The central heating and gas meter fitting courses fill a skills gap identified by contractors who are then taking the successful trainees onto the payroll.

 It is this quick response approach that is vital to meet the needs of the sector where longer further education (FE) led courses cannot.

The relevance of these types of courses have been recognised by organisations such as Jobcentre Plus, the London Development Agency and the London Borough of Barnet who have all sponsored training places that will lead to local residents gaining jobs in March 2007.

In a further development Construction Web are negotiating a new course to deliver business and administrative courses tailored specifically for the construction industry. It is envisaged that these will be popular for the large number of women who effectively manage many small construction companies and for women who want to enter the industry

In addition to the above industry led courses Construction Web have also developed a construction specific First Aid Course run by the London Ambulance Service – this enables those already working to gain the necessary skills to prevent accidents and to preserve lives; and for the unemployed to increase the skills they can showcase whilst searching for work.

For more information contact Construction Web on 020 8352 5905 or email info@constructionweb.org.uk

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