apprentice Archives - Professional Builder

CITB report finds that apprenticeship starts need to triple to meet industry demand
|Date: 17 February, 2025

CITB report finds that apprenticeship starts need to triple to meet industry demand
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has published its latest ‘Construction Apprenticeships: O ...
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has published its latest ‘Construction Apprenticeships: Opportunities. Challenges. Support.’ report. The publication draws on a range of research to hig ...
17 February, 2025
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Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
|Date: 11 February, 2025

Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the ...
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the Year competition. Now in its eighth year, the competition offers a chance for roofing apprenti ...
11 February, 2025
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MMC and more builders are needed to help government achieve planning aims
|Date: 7 February, 2025

MMC and more builders are needed to help government achieve planning aims
Increasing the percentage of offsite-constructed homes and encouraging more young people to embrace a car ...
Increasing the percentage of offsite-constructed homes and encouraging more young people to embrace a career in construction will be key components in enabling the government to implement its planning ...
7 February, 2025
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Markel Direct brings back the search for The Nation’s A* Trades Apprentice, with a prize worth over £5,000
|Date: 31 January, 2025

Markel Direct brings back the search for The Nation’s A* Trades Apprentice, with a prize worth over £5,000
Markel Direct, the specialist tradespeople insurer, has announced the return of The Nation’s A* Trades Ap ...
Markel Direct, the specialist tradespeople insurer, has announced the return of The Nation’s A* Trades Apprentice award in line with National Apprenticeship Week 2025. The award aims to celebrate the ...
31 January, 2025
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IfATE approves the development of new Level 2 and 3 apprenticeship standards for plumbing
|Date: 23 January, 2025

IfATE approves the development of new Level 2 and 3 apprenticeship standards for plumbing
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has given the Chartered Institute of Pl ...
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has given the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) formal approval to develop new Level 2 and Level 3 plumb ...
23 January, 2025
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Trades’ champion calls on government to promote skilled trades to avert dire shortage
|Date: 22 January, 2025

Trades’ champion calls on government to promote skilled trades to avert dire shortage
Research shows that skilled trades are being overlooked by schools and colleges as a lucrative career pat ...
Research shows that skilled trades are being overlooked by schools and colleges as a lucrative career path for young people. As statistics show that the trades skill shortage continues to pose an immi ...
22 January, 2025
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Shortage of Tradespeople – How Does This Affect The UK Economy?
|Date: 27 September, 2024

Shortage of Tradespeople – How Does This Affect The UK Economy?
The UK is currently struggling with a significant shortage of skilled tradespeople, a crisis that is cast ...
The UK is currently struggling with a significant shortage of skilled tradespeople, a crisis that is casting a long shadow over the nation's economy.  This shortfall in skilled labour is impacting var ...
27 September, 2024
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SR Timber supports roof slating & tiling apprentices
|Date: 3 September, 2024

SR Timber supports roof slating & tiling apprentices
Roof Slating and Tiling Apprentices in colleges across the UK have received over 4000 linear metres of ti ...
Roof Slating and Tiling Apprentices in colleges across the UK have received over 4000 linear metres of timber roofing batten donated so far this year from SR Timber as the business commits to assistin ...
3 September, 2024
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Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
|Date: 26 April, 2024

Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open ...
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) new Apprenticeship Training Hub in Cambridge. Del ...
26 April, 2024
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Selco backs next generation of tradespeople
|Date: 20 December, 2023

Selco backs next generation of tradespeople
The tradespeople of the future are being backed by one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants in an exci ...
The tradespeople of the future are being backed by one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants in an exciting colleges partnership. Selco Builders Warehouse has donated thousands of pounds worth of ma ...
20 December, 2023
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BMI Apprentice of the Year competition celebrates excellence in roofing
|Date: 3 August, 2023

BMI Apprentice of the Year competition celebrates excellence in roofing
Featured image: Euan Forsyth, apprentice at Mithril Roofing and training at Fife College: BMI Redland App ...
Featured image: Euan Forsyth, apprentice at Mithril Roofing and training at Fife College: BMI Redland Apprentice of the Year 2023 in the Pitched Roofing category Following two days of competition to f ...
3 August, 2023
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London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
|Date: 2 March, 2023

London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual Londo ...
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual London Apprenticeship Challenge. The contest saw 12 London-based apprentice bricklayers compete in t ...
2 March, 2023
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Empowering the future of UK roofing
|Date: 23 September, 2022

Empowering the future of UK roofing
Empowering the future of UK roofing from the ground up – Professional Builder hears from Mat Woodyatt, Te ...
Empowering the future of UK roofing from the ground up – Professional Builder hears from Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager at BMI UK & Ireland The roofing industry is experiencing rapid cha ...
23 September, 2022
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Baxi invests in apprentices with team building programme
|Date: 13 April, 2022

Baxi invests in apprentices with team building programme
Baxi apprentice service engineers took part in a week-long team building course designed to develop the ...
Baxi apprentice service engineers took part in a week-long team building course designed to develop the next generation of installers with activities focusing on personal development and problem solv ...
13 April, 2022
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Dulux Academy celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with the launch of the new Apprentice Season Ticket
|Date: 9 February, 2022

Dulux Academy celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with the launch of the new Apprentice Season Ticket
Dulux Academy is celebrating this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7th - 13th February) by launching ...
Dulux Academy is celebrating this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7th - 13th February) by launching a new Apprentice Season Ticket, the first of several new initiatives that are being created to ...
9 February, 2022
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Apprentices skill up across the city this National Apprenticeship Week
|Date: 8 February, 2022

Apprentices skill up across the city this National Apprenticeship Week
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and since Unitas Stoke-on-Trent began in February 2018, they have taken ...
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and since Unitas Stoke-on-Trent began in February 2018, they have taken on 22 apprentices. Some of apprentices are working towards further qualifications in more spec ...
8 February, 2022
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