Are you training to be a plumber or electrician with Train4TradeSkills and want to get some practical experience outside of your course? It’s helped me because when you read the books it all made sense as you’ve got the experience, I had acted out what they said in the books. Train4TradeSkills Radio has spoken to a number of students who are working in the industry alongside their training and gaining valuable experience. These students offer their advice and tips of how they managed to get work placements and jobs, so you can follow in their footsteps. Joe Barker-Platt. MORE >>

Daniel Miller is training to become an electrician with Train4TradeSkills and is one of our network of student bloggers. At the moment I’m looking at the videos concerning the BS7671 2008 Requirements for electrical installations, with the book next to me getting to grips with the chapters and the appendices. Here’s Daniel’s latest blog about his course: So I submitted my module 9 and got the result back which was 100%, which I was really chuffed about and feel a bit surprised to be honest, as I know I struggled on that a bit. Okay back to my BS7671 2008. MORE >>

Marketing to the professional tradesman in the Construction, Industrial and MRO markets Home About Me Contact Market Overviews Newsletter Podcasts Services Professional Tradesmen Use Social Media to Unlock Local Opportunities Professional tradesmen, whether you’re an electrician, plumber or locksmith, are finally realizing that social media can play an important part in their new business effort. With the “Yellow Page” phone books on the way out , it is increasingly important for locksmiths to be easily searched for and found on the Web. Start with your main goals. Write MORE >>

Daniel Miller is training to become an electrician with Train4TradeSkills and is one of our Bright Sparks bloggers. He mentioned a website called the Learning Lounge for electricians, which he said was worth a visit, and has offered me a free trial, so i will be checking that out as well. So it’s back to the books for me, and going over previous modules and the activities I will be expected to do. In his last blog post, Daniel was talking about balancing his T4TS course with his job at a newsagents and how his training was going. MORE >>

David Noble, Chief Executive Officer at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, said: “Sustained growth of commercial activity and reports of an unblocking of order books is much needed good news.”. construction jobs construction news electrician jobs plumbing jobs train4tradeskills Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply construction Construction and Maintenance construction industry 2011 Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI Index Office for National Statistics RICS South East England t4tsThe Index found that activity rose to 54.0 in April. MORE >>