Building a positive future in construction..

Year by year the shortfall of experienced trades-people becomes greater and greater and therefore demand increases, opening up more and more opportunities for those who are willing to commit to learning and mastering a construction skill.

‘More than 60% of South West companies report a shortage of skilled workers!’ 

And for those willing to gain new skills come the rewards; dependant on skillset day rates on construction sites vary from £120-180 (30-45k per annum), though price work (when you’re given a fixed price for a project) or self-employed work can pay more.

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So, how best to enter the industry? Employers can have a difficult time when recruiting a ‘green’ employee, one that has very little site experience. Our programmes are designed to overcome this by arming our trainees with a solid construction foundation of basic skills and qualifications.

Trainees have the option to use our online Construction College, volunteer with us on projects that benefit your local community and carry out work experience with our Construction Partners.

At Omni-Build we offer three levels of support to help you achieve your construction career goals.

Online – Construction Pathway 

For those who have a strong idea of which trade they would like learn but require some direction, the Construction Pathway course is a road map to take you from where you are now to where you want to be with regard to your career.

The 7 part programme covers:

1:  Online health and safety training
2:  C.V. design
3:  Volunteering / work experience to improve your C.V.
4:  Designing your new and enhanced C.V.
5:  How to find and approach potential employers
6:  Interviews tips
7:  Hit the ground running – a guide to starting out in your new career

This course is available online or in PDF printable format, is free of charge and there are no restrictions with regard to who can apply.

1-2-1 – Construction Foundation  

For those completely new to construction or those wishing to rebuild confidence, the Construction Foundation course is designed to offer a slower intro or reintroduction to the industry while forming a foundation to then move onto the Construction Pathway course.

The 3 part programme covers:

1:  Online health and safety training with 1-2-1 assistance
2:  10 days volunteering / basic on-site training with our mentors over a 1-3 month period
3:  1 day of life and career planning

As a supervised, mostly 1-2-1 course, at this time it is only available to those aged 18-30 who live within the TR postcode.