Help! My House Is Falling Down – C4 Tuesday 10th August @ 8pm

Diamond Training Group is due to be featured in a brand new show on Channel 4 starting Tuesday 10th August, which is being presented by Sarah Beeny.

Diamond Training Group was introduced to the shows production company by Leo @ Bluesky Stone Direct, who was responsible for supplying Brazilian Slate floor tiles for the kitchen and patio areas of the project. We was then asked if we would be available to undertake the installation of these floor tiles, which we agreed to do in January of this year.

We sent Sam Koujan, Head Tiling tutor at our West Sussex branch along with a few of the students training with us to complete the Brighton based project which they really enjoyed being a part of, especially as they managed to possibly get themselves on TV!

For those of you that would like to view the show, the series is due to start on channel 4 Tuesday 10th August @ 8pm. There is also a link to the shows website below.

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/help-my-house-is-falling-down/

http://www.blueskystone.com/

Diamond Training Group

Diamond Is Expanding Across The UK

We are extremely pleased to announce that we are in the process of opening a further 4 new training facilities across the United Kingdom, so that we are able to offer individuals the opportunity of training with Diamond Training Group without the need to travel and stay away from home in order to learn new skills.

The new locations that will be available to students looking to train with us are as follows, and have been selected to offer easy access to new skills and qualifications no matter where you are from.

Diamond Training Group ESSEX

Diamond Training Group WORCESTER

Diamond Training Group CHESTER

Diamond Training Group CARLISLE

All 4 new training facilities will offer both Wall & Floor Tiling and Plastering Courses, and will offer students fully equipped training facilities with qualified professional tutors as well as modern comfortable newly built conditions to learn a new skill in.

For further information on opening dates / available courses and course bookings, please contact one of our Course Advisers on 0800 622 6924 or email  info@diamondtraininggroup.co.uk .

Amazing Spring Offers!

We have introduced some fantastic spring savings for all potential students looking to train with Diamond Training Group.

We are the only training company in the UK to introduce such offers, to enable individuals looking to gain new skills and qualifications in the current economic climate to save a huge amount of money at the same time.

Details of the full offers can be found at the top of the main course pages but to make it even easier please use the following links.

Tiling Course Offers

Plastering Course Offers

Thank You from the team @ Diamond Training Group

ReAct Funding Accepted

If you live in Wales and have recently been made redundant or unemployed, you could be entitled to train for FREE !

ReAct is a scheme operated by the Welsh Assembly Government and is in place to re train individuals who need to look for alternative employment options due to being made redundant or unemployed from a present career.

The criteria candidates must meet in order to secure funding via ReAct is as follows,

Who is eligible?

Support under the ReAct scheme is available for individuals who:

• Have become unemployed in the last six months as a result of redundancy, are currently unemployed, and who have not been in continuous employment for 6 weeks or more since being made redundant; or 
• Are currently under notice of redundancy; and 
• Have not undertaken any publicly funded training since being made redundant, including the work-based learning suite of programmes.

What is available?

There are 3 elements to ReAct:

• Recruitment & Training Support
• Discretionary Award – Vocational Training
• Discretionary Award – Miscellaneous. 

Support is available for eligible applicants to increase their skills and remove barriers to learning, or returning to work. In order to ensure that this training provides the best possible chance of finding new employment, all applicants will need to have their training needs assessed by Careers Wales. Careers Wales will also advise on suitable training courses and training venues. Under this part of the scheme the following financial support is available:

• 100 per cent of training costs to acquire new skills (up to a maximum of £2,500) 
• Help with the cost of special equipment required for training 
• Reimbursement of travel costs to training courses 
• Overnight accommodation costs, where appropriate 
• A contribution towards the cost of materials required for training 
• Reimbursement of childcare costs (subject to limits and conditions).

Find out more

You can get more information on ReAct from the ReAct Team in Swansea, from your local Careers Wales office or from Learning and Careers Advice on 0800 100 900.

At Diamond Training Group we are more than happy to provide training to individuals who are attending training programmes funded via ReAct.

To speak with one of our training advisers please call 0800 622 6924

Diamond Group Launch New Online NVQ Portfolio

 We have now successfully launched a brand new online NVQ portfolio, that has been designed and built to allow students gaining NVQ Qualifications with us to be able to log in and check progress from anywhere in the world.

Students who decide to use Diamond Training Group to deliver training and NVQ assessments will be added to our system and will be able to create a unique username and log-in ID, so that they are able to upload and access things such as photographic evidence / video evidence / tutor reports & feedback the list goes on. They will also be able to upload evidence that has been gathered after completing the course, for tutors to be able to authenticate and add to the NVQ portfolio.

This system is also designed for our assessors to be able to set tasks to be completed by NVQ candidates, the system will then email candidates alerting them to new tasks and when they are due for completion.

This system is fantastic and will now allow the staff at Diamond Training Group, who are directly involved with the qualification process as well as students training and gaining qualifications through us to keep fully up to date with every stage of the NVQ process. It will also enable students who travel to us from all over the UK and Europe to achieve qualifications faster, as we can now act and respond at an extremely quick rate to the hundreds of students that train with us each year.

For further information on courses and NVQ Qualifications please call us FREE on 0800 622 6924 or use the contact form below.

New Plastering Award

We are very excited to announce that Diamond Training Group has successfully structured and written a Level 1 Plastering Award, which has been accredited by EDI, for exclusive delivery by Diamond Training.

The award has taken several months to structure and after a complex approval process EDI have accepted it and will now award industry recognised certificates for candidates completing our 2 week intermediate level plastering course.

Sam Koujan, Director of Training at Diamond Training Group commented,

“We are delighted to gain this accreditation; it is a real sense of achievement when an awarding body like EDI acknowledge your hard work and efforts and are willing to put their name against the training and assessment processes that you have developed. We employ a team of highly experienced Tutors and Internal Verifiers at the centre, who have all put a tremendous amount of effort into ensuring that students training with the company are recognised for the training they have undertaken and to help them progress on to Level 2 Qualifications”.

The Level 1 Plastering Award will be available from April 2010, to all students enrolling on to the 2 week intermediate plastering course.

To enrol for this award or to check course dates and availability, please call a member of the Diamond Training team FREE on 0800 622 6924.

Wet Room Training Just Got Better

We are pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Advanced Wetrooms, to enable our students to gain a firm grasp of professional standard wet room installation.

Advanced Wetrooms, who are based in Derbyshire, specialize in the supply and installation of contemporary Scandinavian wet rooms. The materials they supply are of an exceptionally high quality and also come backed with a 5 year guarantee.

Our training staff @ Diamond Training Group have performed rigorous tests on these products to ensure that they are up to the job.

Advanced Wetrooms also arranged for their own installation team to deliver specific product and process training to all staff members directly involved with delivering this training to our students, so you can be assured you are being taught by the professionals.

We will be adding the basics of this course to our existing 4 & 6 week programmes and also as a 5 day standalone course for new entrants and existing trade’s people to acquire the skills and knowledge to carry out wet room installation at a professional level.

The course will cover the following aspects,

• Theory sessions on the reason for converting traditional wet areas in to wet rooms

• Theory sessions on the reasons for failed installations and how to install correctly

• In depth product knowledge

• Installing unidrain – Linear drain

• Application of fibre reinforced screeds to create slopes and falls in floors

• Application of surface preparation materials

• Application of tanking materials, Inc. reinforced corner/jointing tape and waterproof membrane

• Project will finish with applying tiles to your completed project, ranging from mosaics to natural stones.

This is a 5 day practical hands on course designed specifically for individuals who want to carry out installations at a professional level.

For more information on this course call us on 0800 622 6924

Check out Advanced Wetrooms website www.advancedwetrooms.com

Diamond Training Group shortlisted for the Observer Business of the Year Awards

Diamond Training Group is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Observer Business of the Year Awards. Under the categories of Business of the Year and Education in Business, we know full well the competition is tough this year but to be shortlisted is a huge achievement and we only hope we go on to win one or ideally both of our categories.

The team at Diamond Training Group has worked hard over the last 12 months to implement new systems to streamline and grow the business. Both a substantial amount of time and money has been invested within our training facility, ensuring we provide our students with a skills and training experience that is second to none in the UK.

Good luck to all the shortlisted businesses… see you on the 26th March at the Awards Ceremony!

Planning on moving to Australia? Diamond Training can help!

We are extremely pleased to announce that Diamond Training Group has now secured an exclusive contract with Australian based company Silver Trowel Trade Training, to deliver RPL Assessments (Recognition Of Prior Learning) to UK based trades people, enabling them to gain recognised Australian AQF Level 3 qualifications to assist with their skilled visa and TRA (Trades Recognition Australia) applications.

Danny Evans Managing Director of Diamond Training Group commented, ” This is a real achievement and a very proud moment for our company. To be recognised for the quality and standard of work that we produce by a major international company that delivers training and qualifications to students from across the world is fantastic. When starting the company, we always planned on diversifying into different areas of education that we understood and felt that we could add something to, by delivering that little bit extra and gaining the trust of our students that were placing their future careers in our hands and now we have achieved this not only within the UK but also on an International scale and we are over the moon”.

The contract that has been awarded allows us to conduct skills assessments for UK based trades people, who have worked within the industry for 4 or more years that are looking to migrate to Australia but require their skills to be formally recognised. The trades that we are contracted to assess are as follows:

• Wall & Floor Tiling
• Roof Tiling
• Solid Plastering
• Wall & Ceiling (plaster boarding / Taping & Jointing / Interior Systems etc)

We are currently in the process of having a dedicated website developed for this side of our organisation which we hope to launch in the first week of February 2010. Details of this new side of our website will be posted on our Home Page as soon as it is complete and live.

Please check back for updates and company developments.

Kick start the New Year into gear with a new career

With the construction industry starting to show signs of improving and breaking out of the recession, now is the time to gain the skills and qualifications required to work within this fantastic industry.

With a huge demand for skilled trade’s people, especially within the traditional “wet trade” areas such as wall & floor tiling and plastering, construction officials are reporting that there is a massive UK skills shortage that will only increase over the next 5 years. In a survey of its members, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) found that an overwhelming 79% have experienced problems finding skilled staff over the last year, particularly in the crafts and trades sector.

Overall, 65% of those surveyed claimed the current workforce is not skilled, and 91% said they expect the shortage of up to standard workers to extend beyond this year. Michael Brown, deputy chief executive of the CIOB commented “Urgent attention is needed to attract more people into our industry. The attraction of projects like the Olympics should provide an opportunity to showcase the industry and attract many more young people.”
The Construction Industry Training Board says the sector must recruit 88,000 skilled workers every year for the next five years to meet its needs.

As you can clearly see there has never been a better time to start acquiring new skills and Diamond Training Group are here to help. We are able to provide you with the skills / knowledge and qualifications to start your new business in a very short space of time. After completing one of our courses you could be on target to start earning in excess of £35,000 per year, so why wait pick up the phone to day and request a full information pack 01903 739 407.