Our purpose-built facilities immerse apprentices in a realistic working environment and get them ready for life on site
Our training hubs are a crucial part of our bricklaying and groundworker apprenticeship programmes. Close to live working sites, they provide a realistic environment for our apprentices to learn their craft. Locations have been chosen for their proximity to a large number of active home building sites.
During the initial weeks at one of hubs, the programmes are front-loaded where our bricklaying and groundworker apprentices learn core practical skills as well as health and safety practices. This means they are ready to return to sites able to contribute and already used to an outdoor working environment.
Each hub has a large outdoor concrete slab where apprentices can build substantial structures.
Visit our training hubs to take a tour of the facilities, meet the expert trainers and find out more about the apprenticeship courses.
Find out more about the courses we offer at our training hubs.
After an initial 5-week period of intensive hands-on training at one of our unique training hubs, apprentices will join a site health and safety savvy and with sufficient basic skills to be able to positively contribute from day one.
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Groundworkers are the first trades on any construction site and their work is fundamental to preparing the site for new homes to be built. This Level 2 accelerated apprenticeship will typically take 18 months to complete. Apprentices will split their time between blocks of training at our unique training hubs (initially at Tamworth) alongside onsite delivery with their employer.
Learn moreI thought I had lost my mind sending a 16-year-old to a training centre in the Midlands for his bricklaying training but I’ve eaten my words. He has come back from the training hub more mature, conscientious, responsible and with improved communication skills.
