Impactful training courses designed specifically for the house-building industry
We offer a wide range of technical, sales and health and safety courses. They’re available on an open basis where anyone can book a place, or in-company where we offer you an exclusive group if you have more than six staff to be trained. We can deliver our courses face-to-face or online, whichever method suits you best.
We can also design courses to suit your specific needs, for example by tailoring existing courses to focus on areas that are of particular concern in your business. Knowledge Explorer is our training analysis tool that we can use to help you identify the immediate and longer-term learning gaps within your organisation, suggesting the most suitable courses for your learners.
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Our courses are designed specifically for the house-building industry. We use the information we glean from site inspections and our claims data to design courses to help the industry with construction quality.
Our trainers are all experts in their field, most with a background in house building as well as being excellent presenters. They share their real experience and practical knowledge with delegates.
Our courses are available to individual delegates or to groups from the same company. They’re available for delivery face-to-face or online, whichever suits your needs the best. Talk to us about how we can help.
Whether you’re new to the industry or an experienced professional, we have courses that will help you build your knowledge and expertise. All our courses offer practical, useful learning regardless of your role.
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This course has been developed for sales, customer service and other non-technical staff to provide an overview of the typical construction methods, terminology and technologies used within the UK house-building industry.
This course takes you through the requirements of the NHBC Standards and explores construction best practice to help you mitigate the most common defects in the house-building industry.
Driven by NHBC insights, this one day course covers the most common on-site issues found by NHBC. Through the exploration and debate of real life examples, you will leave this course better equipped to mitigate the most common defects found in house-building.
The completion and handover of a new property can be a complex process that requires a combination of technical, managerial and personal skills. This course will guide you through the common issues found by our inspectors at completion and homeowners when they move in. You’ll also visit a site close to completion, to get a real example of what to look for.
This training course will provide delegates with a broad understanding of fire stopping and cavity barriers, plus good practice for low rise flats and housing.
Gain a thorough working knowledge of the Building Regulation requirements from a construction perspective, and specifically, the detail contained within the Approved Documents (A through to R).
Gain a thorough working knowledge of the Building Regulation requirements from a design perspective, and specifically, the detail contained within the Approved Documents (A through to R).
Learn how to effectively manage and inspect timber frame construction by attending this one-day training course. Understand best practice and how to avoid common defects.
Developed for non-technical staff, who would not use drawings on a day to day basis, this course provides a basic understanding of how to read and interpret construction drawings.
Giving Customer Care and Customer Service team members the knowledge and skills to implement effective after sales service. Covering NHBC Warranty and insurance, our Customer Satisfaction Survey and a general introduction to NHBC.
An outline of how water can build up in the soil and is likely to exert pressure (hydrostatic) on structures below ground and looking at the consequences of failure with detailed case studies.
This ‘hands-on’ course is specifically aimed at designers wanting to take on the principal designer role. Upon completion of the course and successful passing of the required APS membership criteria, candidates may apply for membership of the Association.
This course course covers key health and safety aspects and legal requirements for having strict and robust onsite scaffolding inspection procedures in place and of company processes and procedures to enable them to fulfil their role in the company operations.
Learn about the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015 in this one-day course. You’ll learn about your duties under CDM, how to apply them to your own company and remain compliant with legislation.
The purpose of the training is to give an overview of the health and safety issues to consider in the management of lifting operations, in particular compliance with Regulation 8 (Organisation of Lifting Operations) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER). This course is ideally designed for principle contractors or contractors who predominantly undertake the ‘contract lift’ option when carrying out lifting operations.
The purpose of the training is to give an in depth view of the health and safety issues to consider when completing lifting operations, in particular compliance with Regulation 8 (Organisation of Lifting Operations) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) and of company processes and procedures to enable them to fulfil their role in the company operations. This course is ideally designed for principle contractors or contractors who predominantly undertake the ‘crane hire’ option when carrying out lifting operations.
“I thought the event was very well run. The presentations were on topic and useful, but kept to a good length.”
“Very informative and helpful in confirming the changes in the building industry going forward.”
“Very informative and helpful in confirming the changes in the building industry going forward.”
“The days presentation and content was excellent. The speakers were of a good standard & it was pleasing to see that a sufficient level of time and detail had been given to properly reviewing the introduction of the new 2022 reg's. The speakers gave a good overall picture of the future challenges."