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 .

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.

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.

Armed forces packages

We have many Armed Forces Resettlement and Redundancy Packages currently available, to find out more please call 01903 739407.

As a soldier you will receive resettlement advice and information to assist you to prepare for, and find, suitable civilian employment following your Service career.

This is where Diamond Training Group can help. We have arranged resettlement packages on behalf of service leavers for a number of years now and our staff are very experienced with the different processes and formalities involved.

We are able to handle your resettlement from initial enquiry through to training / certification and completion.

Our packages include Training / Assessments / Qualifications / Accommodation / Food & Drink throughout your stay with Diamond Training Group.

After your initial enquiry and decision to use Diamond Training Group to provide your resettlement package, we are happy to deal direct with your Resettlement Advisor, if necessary to ensure that all of your needs and requirements are met at all stages of the process, so you only have to concentrate on gaining the skills to work within civilian life once again.

Should you require any additional information or have any questions with regards to resettlement, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team  who are more than happy to assist on 01903 739 407.

Learn a new skill with a fully funded training course

Diamond Training Group in West Sussex has just been awarded additional European Social Funding meaning they can offer 60 fully-funded training courses for anyone over the age of 18 that is unemployed, has been made redundant or is under notice of redundancy.

The contract Diamond Training Group holds with Chichester College will allow us to work alongside them with their Response To Redundancy project. This is a government project funded via ESF (European Social Funding), which has been set aside to tackle unemployment and to re skill people who have been made redundant and for the unemployed.

The funding is available for 1 & 2 week courses at Diamond Training Group for the following:

• 1 & 2 Week Tiling Courses
• 1 & 2 Week Plastering Courses

In order to apply for this funding you must meet at least one of the following:

• You must be 18 years old +
• Unemployed
• Under Notice of Redundancy
• Or have already been made redundant

For details on funding criteria please call us at the centre on 01903 739 407