At the Building Skills Academy our aim is to offer short and affordable building skills training courses designed to help you fulfil your building, renovating, and potential career change training needs. 

You can choose to take one of our specialist trade Courses in either Kitchen Fitting, Plastering, Tiling, Carpentry, Plumbing, or Bricklaying; however, if you're looking for more of a challenge or need to gain a range of skills to carry out your renovation or home DIY work then you may want to consider attending our Handyman Course.       

Most of our courses can be taken over a five day period during the week; or for those of you with less time, several of our building skills courses can also be taken at the weekend - Please see our individual course pages for further details.

   Our Benefits Promise to You:

• Small building skills course classes: so you'll never be ignored or lost in the crowd!
• Short courses: let’s face it – we all know how difficult it can be to take time off work!
• Competitive pricing: we ensure our prices are kept as low as possible allowing us to offer you the best possible price.
• Professional and friendly staff, who are always happy to help.
• Excellent location: easy access from the north, south, east, and west - lying conveniently between the M3 and M4 corridor.

   What We Can Offer You:

You can be assured that we will offer you the highest level of training in which ever trade skills course you choose: our instructors are predominantly “time served” building industry personnel and all have teaching experience in their building skills course areas that they instruct.

As an ethical building skills training centre we will not offer or promise you overnight craftsmanship, we know from our own experience, that the skills required to become a ‘professional’ within the building industry take many years and much hard work to acquire.

What we will offer and promise you though is the chance to gain the underpinning and basic knowledge of the trade that you’ve chosen to train in:

• For our DIY and home renovation students this means that we can offer you the chance to gain the confidence and training required to successful carry out your project
  
  
• For our potential career changers this means we can offer you the chance to experience your potential profession without you having to commit a lot of money or time on a career that you may be unsure of or ultimately decide you don’t want.

But don't just take our word for it! Have a look at what some of our former student had to say about our Building Skills Courses on our Testimonial page.

If you’d like further information why not give us a call on 01635 522007 or come and have a look round our building Skills training centre and meet the staff? Or even download our brochure HERE

Please Note:

• All prices include VAT, refreshments, comprehensive notes and a laminated course certificate
• Courses are held Monday to Friday except where stated
• Course times are 08.30am to 4.30pm - Monday Book in at 08.30am start at 9.00am.
• Accommodation can be recommended and booked for those travelling longer distances.Safety footwear MUST be worn for all courses

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