Kick start the New Year into gear with a new career

Posted on 21/01/10, filed under News | No Comments

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.

Learn a new skill with a fully funded training course

Posted on 03/11/09, filed under News | 5 Comments

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