The National Training Awards are open for entry during January 2010. Run by UK Skills on behalf of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, the awards are designed to support the drive to increase UK compeititiveness through Skills Development and Training.
Students assembling ICE Suspension BridgeThis page and the pages that follow are focussed on the activities that WMCCE is involved in and known skills opportunities that might benefit the industry as a whole or individuals, whether at professional or trades levels.
This page displays opportunities that may exist for graduates in the Construction Industry in the West Midlands.
Graduate Advantage provides opportunities for the placement of Graduates for a period of 4 weeks to 12 months with employers.
Two key sites for supporting architecture graduates are:
ConstructionSkills has set up the Apprenticeship Matching Service (AMS) to help apprentices who have been ‘displaced’ to complete their training and in industry.
WMCCE can offer skills develoment through our business improvement activities. Additionally the following organisations can provide advice and guidance on training:
Business Link provides impartial information, support and advice to help businesses develop and make them more successful.
Unique to the West Midlands, Local Skills Academies are based on the ethos of the National Skills Academies for Construction, whereby training and learning can take place on site whilst a construction project is running.
The workforce of the supply chain involved in the project receives appropriate training and learns new skills alongside offering work placement opportunities to local schools, colleges and the wider community.
