With the Green Deal staggering through another round of media spotlighting, opinions are still divided on whether its promises can live up to reality. The claim that the Deal will produce hundreds of thousands of new construction jobs has faced industry criticism from SMEs and their representatives, who fear that the new skills required to… Read More »
There are two basic types of apprenticeships open to people looking to learn the construction skills they need in order to work in the industry. Broadly referred to as traditional and specialist apprenticeships, there’s actually very little difference between them in terms of what you will be asked to do. The only difference is one… Read More »
With many power stations nearing the end of their lives, coal increasingly being thought of as unclean fuel and gas and oil reserves in decline, the UK is facing a real danger of power loss. Although a lot of focus has been put on wind power in recent years this is a notoriously unreliable form… Read More »
Employing construction workers in London doesn’t have to be difficult. Construction Site Skills has widened its service provision to include an easy to use construction recruitment portal, which you can find on our website under “Services”. We’re uniquely placed to offer you ideal candidates – our position as a Health Safety Test booking agent for… Read More »
The UK Carbon Plan represents the Government’s commitment to creating a greener Britain – with specific reference to the construction industry. But what does it actually mean? Will the UK construction industry find itself hampered by stringent legislation; or will it find that the UK Carbon Plan gives it assistance in making the changes it… Read More »
There’s been a lot of talk in the press over the last couple of years about the knock on effects of the economic downturn for the construction industry. While that may be true of the country at large, the London construction industry faces at least some good news – in the form of the Olympic… Read More »
Recruiting good construction workers can be a costly business. Traditionally, agencies who supply workers to the construction trades take a big cut of the salary once a placement is made – and can charge fees that can make using them a financially impossible mission. Using an online construction recruitment agency like Construction Site Skills offers… Read More »
How does a construction site worker progress through the qualifications and accreditations necessary to get a Skilled CSCS Card. As a leading provider of both bookings for the Health Safety Test, and recruitment services for construction jobs London, we thought it would be useful to publish a case study. We’ll follow a single site worker… Read More »
The construction industry is uniquely structured. It comprises hundreds of different trades and job titles, which fall over a pretty wide variation in terms of overall job “types” – electrical engineering and all electrotechnical work, for example; or demolition; or heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Finding work in construction is made easier because the whole… Read More »
To a reasonable degree, the issues that used to exist in construction recruitment have been taken away by the widespread uptake of the CSCS and its colour coded cards. Historically construction recruitment was difficult from quality control and health and safety viewpoints. With no way of measuring the experience of a new employee, construction employers… Read More »