ConstructionSkills

Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE31 6RH
England

Website

www.cskills.org

E-mail

call.centre@cskills.org

Telephone

01485 577577

Fax

01485 577793

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

As a leading Sector Skills Council, ConstructionSkills understands the needs of employers and works to ensure a safe, professional and fully qualified workforce. We provide advice, courses and funds for training to help improve construction businesses.

ConstructionSkills develops and accredits qualifications to ensure that employers can recruit people with the right skills and access training to develop their workforce.

Venue Type:

Association or society

Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE31 6RH
England

Website

www.cskills.org

E-mail

call.centre@cskills.org

Telephone

01485 577577

Fax

01485 577793

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

bConstructive

http://www.bconstructive.co.uk

A website aimed at students with information and advice on careers in the construction industry. Offers suggestions on qualifications, training schemes and employers, along with job profiles and “Construction Diaries” - interviews with people doing a range of jobs in the industry.
Of more general interest are the descriptions of inspiring construction projects around the country, and the Project Lifecycle explaining the skills needed at every stage of creating a building.

Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE31 6RH
England

Website

www.cskills.org

E-mail

call.centre@cskills.org

Telephone

01485 577577

Fax

01485 577793

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

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Look at maps of your local area and identify construction work that is currently being carried out on public buildings and housing. Make a list of the skills needed to carry out this work.

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Choose a construction profession, research the job that this person does and then write a 'day in the life of' diary, with examples of buildings and places they might work in.

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Design a careers and skills campaign leaflet, writing on paper or screen to encourage young people to enter the construction industry. Use examples of local buildings and places to illustrate your campaign.