The course will also include a tour of FIRA’s Flammability Laboratory, where flammability tests on furniture take place The course has been developed for furniture manufacturers, specifiers, suppliers, importers and retailers. Its principle purpose is to help them understand the UK’s complex flammability legislation. FIRA believes it is important for those working with furniture to[…]

CoRE’s retrofit courses have been designed for retrofit practitioners across the UK. Many organisations can benefit from a 50 subsidy to the course fees As part of the partnership, Saint-Gobain has become a CoRE Founder Sponsor. It will support the CoRE Fellowship’s work, which aims to bring retrofit practitioners from design, academia and construction together.[…]

The UK construction industry is facing a skills gap crisis, after the loss of thousands of skilled workers during the recession. Business is steadily returning to pre-downturn levels, however a report by the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LLCI) found that 20% more workers would be required to meet demands in 2014–17, and training[…]

BM TRADA’s timber VSG courses aim to improve the grading skills and knowledge of employees from the timber industry BM TRADA’s VSG training courses are to be run by members of European Standards committees to ensure that the knowledge and information provided is p-to-date. BM TRADA’s hardwood VSG training course will be delivered twice this[…]

The Centre of Excellence was launched at an event hosted by Aico’s Managing Director, Michael Guinee The Centre of Excellence has been developed to exhibit the company’s products and offer training resources to its customers. It was launched on 14th January at an event that was attended by many of Aico’s customers. The Centre aims[…]

sara LBS aims to equip their customers with the knowledge to fix and identify problems with their products by providing on-site training sara LBS’ staff are requested to hold certain qualifications in order to ensure that they are kept up to date with safety standards. For instance, their engineering staff are required to carry CSCS[…]

Another reason for the Academy’s refurbishment is to ensure that its resources continue to accurately reflect the workplace The Academy, which opened in Warwick in 2009, offers free training modules to installers, giving them the opportunity to interact with products and systems from Geberit. The piping systems training module introduces installers to the Geberit Mapress[…]

The workshop was attended by 30 tilers who worked in teams to install wetrooms and underfloor heating systems with Schluter-System’s products Schlanduuml;ter-Systems recently hosted an interactive training workshop for 30 tiling professionals at Wembely Stadium. Organised to enhance the knowledge of tilers, the workshop saw professionals from across London and the South of England attempt[…]