Construction College Midlands News

Construction College Midlands is one of 10 local businesses, colleges and councils who will share £2.5 million to support young people across the region and drive clean growth on the route to net zero. Projects ranging from new youth hubs supporting young unemployed people to […]

Construction College Midlands is hosting the SkillBuild Regional Qualifying Heat for the Midlands on Monday 30 May, showcasing some of the region’s highly skilled learners and apprentices who are competing within a variety of construction trades. The largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the […]

Birmingham-based Controlled Scaffolding has successfully accessed job candidates and welcomed four recruits through a training programme delivered by Construction College Midlands (CCM). The Construction Gateway Programme in conjunction with the West Midlands Combined Authority saw local jobseekers complete four weeks of trade-specific training before being […]

Studied: Construction Gateway Scheme Progression: Trainee scaffolder at Controlled Scaffolding When David Collins was offered the chance to start training for a scaffolding career, he jumped at it. For 12 months he had been struggling to get full-time work. With a family to support, he […]

An increase in the demand and delivery of scaffolding and roofing apprenticeships, a training programme to help jobseekers gain employment and the launch of site safety courses all contributed to a successful first year at Construction College Midlands. The site in Kings Norton, Birmingham was […]

‘You’ve got the experience, now get qualified’ is the message from Construction College Midlands to all operatives, supervisors and managers.  The Birmingham-based college has launched a new suite of NVQ qualifications that workers can study remotely. Each of these programmes utilises existing skills, knowledge and […]

Garry Sambrook, MP for Northfield visited Construction College Midlands (CCM) to experience first-hand how businesses have been topping up workforce skills throughout the pandemic. He also heard about a new initiative that sees employers coming together with local jobseekers in a bid to successfully fill […]

Walsall College has completed the acquisition of CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) facility based in Birmingham. From today (1 December), the facility will be known as Construction College Midlands, part of Walsall College. The sale includes the land, buildings and business as a going concern, […]