Training
The latest news from the Stone Industry
This year’s graduates are: Kieran John Batchelor, Neil Bishop and Simon Greenstreet (Canterbury); Oliver Chamberlain and Neil Marchant (Gloucester); Adam Coulson (Lincoln); Rita April Dawe and Matthew Rowe (York); Matthew Hoskins (Exeter); Luke Richard Herbert Kingston (Salisbury); Saul Sheldon (Worcester).
Get more information about the Specialist Applied-Skills Programme (SAP) in Stone Fixing L2 NVQ from [email protected]
Those involved in the previous heritage day run by the NSITG and Historic England in the rooftop garden of the offices of Historic England next to the River Thames in London.
Mark Priestman is a Partner at Priestman Associates LLP, a leading façade preservation project consultancy. From stonemasonry and heritage skills through to site supervision and conservation management, the partnership is trusted by the leading brands of the sector as an NVQ provider for experienced, upskiller and apprentice workers. 07876 687212. [email protected]
Emma Dexter, who heads the stonemasonry courses at Moulton College.
Study options at West Dean College range from 800 short courses to Foundation and Masters degrees.
Ethan Conlon, who is representing UK stonemasonry at WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia, 22-27 August.
From next month (July) all CSCS cards will have to be applied for online or by telephone.
Mark Priestman discusses developments in training in the stone industry.
The courses at City & Guilds of London Art School have not changed but now they earn you a BA or Masters.
Apprenticeship Ambassador Gillian Keegan MP has a go at stonecarving under the watchful eye of apprentice Emma during her visit to Chichester Stoneworks as part of National Apprenticeship Week - appropriate, too, that 8 March, when Gillian Keegan visited, was International Women's Day.
CITB is increasing apprenticeship grants and making them easier to understand.
Stonemasonry students at work at Weymouth College.
Generation Z has skills your business is going to need, as we discover in National Apprenticeship Week (4-9 March).
Mark Priestman is a Partner at Priestman Associates LLP, a leading façade preservation project consultancy. From stonemasonry and heritage skills through to Site Supervision and Conservation Management, the partnership is trusted by the leading brands of the sector as an NVQ provider for experienced, upskiller and apprentice workers.