Search Results: 'Proskills'

On The Brink of Skills Disaster
24 October, 2016
The education, training and skills arena never sits still, but latest policy changes are aserious worry. In fact British Woodworking Federation head of membership and trainingDave Campbell says the timber industry sits on the precipice of skills disaster

Timber now has the training tools
20 August, 2015
Proskills has been working with UK timber for nearly a decade, the result, a new raft of dedicated industry qualifications and training framework. Here apprenticeship and qualifications development manager Lisa Williamson highlights what’s been achieved, but also urges the sector to make the most of its new training tools.

The voice of the timber Industry
20 January, 2015

Knowledge key to unlock sales
05 April, 2014
Three new initiatives will help timber’s profile but the industry must use them, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Timber industry must use, or lose, new NVQs
31 March, 2012
If take-up of the new NVQs is too slow, funding will be lost. Martin James of Didac explains

Prime venue for new NVQ launch
17 March, 2012
The timber industry's new NVQs will be launched at Ecobuild

Vorsprung durch training
21 January, 2012
The timber industry could learn from Germany's enthusiasm for training

Strength in numbers
08 January, 2011
The wood and wood products industry must collaborate