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Mark Priestman

Mark Priestman provides training in the stone industry and writes a regular column on the subject in Natural Stone Specialist magazine.

18 November 2018 | Training
A qualified workforce: by Mark Priestman
Mark Priestman has more than 20 years’ experience in the natural stone sector. He plays an active role in the development and delivery of training in this specialist environment. Along with his...
Callum gets Gold

Callum Munro receives his Gold Medal for stonemasonry at the SkillBuild final from Gina Webster, CITB’s Product Category Manager.

18 November 2018 | Training
Edinburgh College student wins SkillBuild stonemasonry Gold
Callum Munro, a stonemasonry student at Edinburgh College, was one of three Scottish trainees to win a Gold Medal at the SkillBuild National Final held in conjunction with WorldSkills UK Live (...
NSITG AGM 2018

Nigel Gilkinson (left), who runs the stonemasonry courses at the Building Crafts College in Stratford, London, shows some of those who attended the NSITG annual meeting around the College workshops.

6 November 2018 | Training
NSITG AGM: the importance of training in a tight labour market
Training opportunities might become an increasingly important tool in the recruitment armoury of companies if the jobs market continues to tighten. For the Stone Industry, the Natural Stone Industry...
 
12 September 2018 | Training
Level 3 NVQ course will put you on track for a Gold CSCS card
The Natural Stone Industry Training Group (NSITG), in conjunction with Stone Federation GB, has a Stone Industry Professional Practice Programme starting on Tuesday 23 October that is substantially...
Talasey trainees

Talasey has launched at training acadamy for hard landscaping. Pictured here are some of the trainees with their City & Guild certificates being awarded by Talasay.

3 September 2018 | Training
Talasey landscaping group launches City & Guilds training academy

One of the UK’s major independent suppliers of hard landscaping products, Talasey Group (which grew out of the Natural Paving stone company) has launched a specialised training academy as part...
Mark Priestman

Read this before you decide to get the Red CSCS card...

1 September 2018 | Training
Training – Mark Priestman
Mark Priestman has more than 20 years’ experience in the natural stone sector. He plays an active role in the development and delivery of training in this specialist environment. Along with his...
Mark Priestman

Mark Priestman writes a column about training in Natural Stone Specialist magazine.

2 August 2018 | Training
Training : Mark Priestman
Today, one of the key pillars of good management and supervision is the need to be able to monitor activity by measurable means. Some things are relatively easy to measure, such as the dimensions of...
Training

There are opportunities in stonemasonry.

22 June 2018 | Training
Training : In a world of information there will always be a place for those who know how
It is one thing to know what stonemasonry is, another to have the skills required to produce it. And although some predict robots and artificial intelligence will take jobs, skills of all kinds are...
Mark Priestman

Mark Priestman.

17 June 2018 | Training
Training – Mark Priestman
I was asked this week how a contractor could handle access to site for a new entrant to their business who is also a new starter in the construction industry.Naturally, a business will be reluctant...
SkillBuild Bath winners

Bath College SkillBuild winners Josh Underwood and Hartaj Hunjan.

15 June 2018 | Training
Bath College winners at SkillBuild Stonemasonry competition
Everyone involved in last motnh's (May) SkillBuild competition in Bath, run by Stone Federation Great Britain in conjunction with CITB, had been sworn to secrecy about the result until the...
City & Guilds of London Art School open house

The stonecarving competition in full swing at the City & Guilds of London Art School during London Craft Week.

25 May 2018 | Training
City & Guilds of London Art School joins in London Craft Week
The City & Guilds of London Art School in Kennington Park Road, London, is the country's best known centre of excellence for teaching stone and wood carving. This year, for the third time...
SPAB Fellows

The 2018 SPAB Fellows (left to right): Naz Dmiuterko, Gary Holliday, Ross Buckley.

13 May 2018 | Training
Two stonemasons among 2018 SPAB Fellows
Two of the three people on the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) William Morris Craft Fellowship this year are stonemasons.They are Naz Dmiuterko and Gary Holliday. They are...
Mark Priestman

Mark Priestman has more than 20 years’ experience in the natural stone sector. He plays an active role in the development and delivery of training in this specialist environment. Along with his father, David Priestman, he runs a training consultancy whose mantra is: Qualify the Workforce!

12 May 2018 | Training
Training : Mark Priestman
‘Rejoice!’ said I.After all the tendering and evidencing of credentials we (Priestman Associates) have achieved the winning CITB tender to deliver the Specialist Applied-Skills Programmes...
Mark Priestman

Mark Priestman.

27 February 2018 | Training
Training – Mark Priestman
Mark Priestman has more than 20 years’ experience in the natural stone sector. He plays an active role in the development and delivery of training in this specialist environment. Along with his...

Mark Priestman.

29 November 2017 | Training
Training : Mark Priestman
Mark Priestman has more than 20 years’ experience in the natural stone sector. He plays an active role in the development and delivery of training in this specialist environment. Along with his...

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