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Stay up to date with the latest education features from the global timber industryRichard Gable, Forestry Commission Wales’s area manager for the Wye Valley, has gained the National Vocational...
Training triumphs Training should be a career-long process, according to TTJ Career Development Award winner Sarah Broadley
Forestry Commission apprentice wins Trees and Timber Learner of the Year
Kate Sheppard from Ford, Lochgilphead, has been awarded the Trees and Timber Learner of the Year at Lantra’s seventh annual Land-based...
Woodworker wins Lantra women's award
Tracey Guiller, a woodworker who undertook a chainsaw course, has won the first Outstanding Women and Work Learner of the Year Award.
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All aboard appeal for training revolution
Cross-industry collaboration promises to deliver the biggest shake-up in timber training in decades
Training pays dividends
Proskills is developing a training programme and qualifications for the timber industry
Industry training needs your input
A new industry training initiative is under way
Original work
AHEC grading consultant Bob Sabistina explains some of the US hardwood grading issues that originate at the sawmill
Kevin Devlin, production manager of West Port Timber Windows & Doors, won the award for Leader in the recent Excellence in Cumbria Awards organised by
Training is good for business
Well-trained staff means happy customers, argues Tony Miles
Carl Wheeler, a second-year apprentice employed by the Dover-based company Howard Joinery, has won the South Kent College Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice of the Year Award. He was presented...
Training for free
The government’s apprenticeships.org.uk website encourages business to hire apprentices and take up funding for training them
Institute of Carpenters exam success
Last year 274 students took the Institute of Carpenters (IoC) examinations. The pass rate for the Foundation exam...
New professor at University of Cumbria
The University of Cumbria has awarded a professorial title to Dr David Robson, head of the National School of Forestry. Professor Robson joined the staff of the Newton Rigg Campus,...
Schools highlight training need
this week the UK’s biggest school building to date using cross-laminated structural wood panels was opened. And hopefully auguring even better for the use of the material in this country, in...
Apprentice receives two awards
Stephen Young, who has qualified as a joiner after serving his apprenticeship with CV Stairs Ltd, has received two prestigious awards from Forth Valley College.
Rowlinson staff pass grading exam
Seven softwood traders at Rowlinson Timber Ltd have all passed the Softwood Visual Strength Grading to BS 4978 CATG exam with...
National woodworking competition receives record entries
A record number of entries was received for this year's National Student Woodworking Competition, with more than 250 entries from secondary schools and colleges across the UK assessed by the...
Leeds youths learn about timber
BSW Timber has given a helping hand to disadvantaged youths from Leeds hoping for a career in the construction industry. The group...
Cutting training stores problems
No-one I know in the joinery industry is too concerned as to when the economists formally declare this a recession; they’re too busy working on getting through 2009. The impact of the credit...
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