Skills Construction Centre

⚠️⚠️⚠️Site update⚠️⚠️⚠️

Wythenshawe Group - Site closed due to no running water.

Trafford Group - Closed due to health and safety concerns re the weather conditions

Bolton Group - Business as usual

Manchester Office - Business as usual

Kirkham Office - Closed to students, but open to staff .

We'll update you further at 3-00 pm today

Are you a Construction Company in the Bolton or Bury area ? Small/Large it doesn't matter, Do you need an extra pair of hands for 4 weeks ? Our students below would benefit from some work experience within your industry, we are open to any and all suggestions and you can interview all the students that meet your requirements. if you'd like to help contact Donna J Johnson on 07436 410597 we look forward to hearing from you.

Happy Birthday 18th Kade,
Kade is currently on Work Experience with Vinci Construction in Radcliffe, Kade is celebrating with Abid who is also on site with Vinci.

A beautiful day to kick off our site-based brickwork and groundwork course in Radcliffe! 😎 The lads will be coming up with their own design and transforming the training area over the next 6 weeks. Excited to see the finished product 👷‍♂️🧱

Huge thanks to Vinci and Mayo Civils for donating brick and block to our Kirkham centre!👍 A few of our staff are definitely feeling it today after unloading 😆

NVQ Special Offer Alert! 👀

Until the end of the week, we’re running some reduced offers in the following courses. Registered employers can even claim back in excess of the course cost through the CITB grants 👌 A great chance to gain an NVQ and enhance your teams skills and qualifications!

Check out the course specs below: 👇

Level 3 Occupational Work Supervisor - https://lnkd.in/eAWGW9MU

Level 6 Site Managment - https://lnkd.in/eDR2hBiT

Level 6 Contracting Operations - https://lnkd.in/eR2HNuCS

Level 7 Construction Senior Management - https://lnkd.in/ebabEerD

Some shots of our lads out on work experience this week 📸 had some really good feedback from both the students and employers 💪👏

Thank you to Stewart and Nick from Restec Roofing Systems ⭐️ They spent the day with our roofing apprentices, teaching them about their product Flexi Tec and the ins and outs of liquid waterproofing and basic membrane detailing. Huge thanks for the awesome goodie bags too and also to Josh from JR roofing Lancs Limited for making it happen. 👊

🔥 Shoutout to Clare from JM Passive Fire Protection Ltd for an amazing day of training with our learners! 🙌 Today was a perfect blend of theory and hands-on practice, and our learners walked away with a Level 1 certification in passive fire protection. Even better, they're now in line for work experience opportunities and potential job openings with JM. A huge thank you from Skills for supporting our learners growth and development! 🧯👏

round of applause for our hardworking Blackpool students! 👏 Over the past 6 weeks, they've been learning the art of plastering and drylining in a dedicated training area on the VINCI new civic hub site. Some great work and attitudes so far, keep up the effort 💪 The Platform Blackpool Council

Wishing our amazing team the best of luck at the finals in tonight’s award ceremony!! 🥂🤞

✨ GREAT NEWS ✨ We're excited to announce that our youth skills hub, The Platform, has been nominated for an iNetwork Innovation Award in the category 'Partner Excellence' for their work alongside VINCI Construction and Skills Construction Centre 👏

HUGE congratulations to our amazing team at The Platform, who have made great strides since the service launched in March 2022.

We wish you the best of luck!