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Education about apprenticeships is key16/03/2016 The chair of the government’s transport and infrastructure skills strategy Terry Morgan says more must be done to promote the balance between apprenticeships and the benefits of going to university. |
New apprenticeship/skills zone at this year's Highways SIB27/07/2016 The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) will form part of a new apprenticeship/skills zone at this year’s Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) event. |
SWH Group apprentices gain practical experience09/08/2016 Exeter-based SWH Group has teamed up with the local arm of Aggregate Industries to provide practical training exercises to construction and civil engineering apprentices. |
Highways England offering graduate opportunities23/08/2016 Highways England has announced a range of graduate opportunities. |
Highway Skills 2016: Highways England confirm their support31/08/2016 Highways England are supporting this year’s Highway Skills event with the confirmation of divisional director Russell Wallis as a speaker. |
Final programme confirmed for Highway Skills event06/09/2016 The speaker lineup for this year’s Highway Skills event is now complete and includes support from the likes of Highways England, HS2, Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). |
Comment: A skilled workforce means an improved network for all20/09/2016 Russell Wallis, Divisional Director, Major Projects, Highways England – discusses the importance of a skilled workforce. |
Matchtech to recruit for A14 improvement scheme07/11/2016 Matchtech has been named as one of four preferred agencies to source contractors for the A14 improvement scheme. |
Apprentices helping to build Newton Bypass16/11/2016 Welsh Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates has met with eight of the apprentices that are helping to ensure the Newtown bypass is completed on time. |
DfT's head of local roads gives keynote at HAUC convention28/02/2017 The Department for Transport’s (DfT) head of local roads, Steve Berry OBE, will be delivering the keynote address for the Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC (UK)) national convention. |
Round table: The human touch14/06/2018 The latest Highways round table, in partnership with Tarmac, sought the views of a group of new entrants and some of those seeking to be part of the solution, on the enduring question of how to make the sector a more attractive and better-understood proposition. |
Street works – getting it right20/06/2019 Richard Hayes, chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers, discusses its new training in street works inspections. |
McCann: 'We all have a responsibility to safeguard the skills'22/08/2019 Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm, McCann, has an employment strategy based on continuous up-skilling and investment in the next generation, which it argues is the key to industry future proofing. |
Plant operators' 'grandfather rights' to end from 202520/11/2019 Construction plant operators holding a skills card under so-called ‘grandfather rights’ will have to pay to undergo a competence interview to keep the certification beyond 2025. |
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