Training

South Devon College is recognised by employers and students alike as one of the top Further Education and Tertiary Colleges in England. Our mission is to ‘Inspire our community through learning for all’ – We work with over 1000 employers and have over 1600 active apprentices on programme. Our extensive and ever-growing construction programmes offer our students the best possible start in their construction careers ranging from beginner levels all the way up to our degree level apprenticeships. Our Business Solutions team are here to support business communities grow and develop their workforce for the future.

Contact: Scott Hayworth

At Shared Apprenticeships, we employ entry-level construction apprentices from the local community on flexible work placements with contractors in the area and see them through to completion with a local college or training provider. Our apprentices are in L2 Trades and L3/L4 Technical and Management roles, and most are aged 16-21 so we provide HR management, a Mentor for guidance and Early Careers Manager for academic supervision.  We are a not-for-profit social enterprise and can help if you want to ‘grow your own’, but don’t have capacity to recruit, employ, find college provision, mentor, and support a young apprentice through to completion. Please get in touch for an informal chat.

Eat That Frog (ETF)

Eat That Frog (ETF) is a local community interest company and our mission is to enable people to unlock or recognise their potential to contribute to the local community whilst overcoming or managing barriers in their life. ETF have been delivering construction sector based work academy placements in partnership with local Jobcentres over the last 6 years. We have worked with local construction employers to look at the gaps in their recruitment and skills needed to work in the sector and identified that one of the barriers to working in the sector was access to the CSCS card needed to work on site. The two week sector based work academy programme offers people the opportunity to gain relevant industry qualifications including the CITB health and safety Test and card (CSCS card needed to work on site). 

The programme explores career options and current opportunities in the construction sector and everyone will have the opportunity to interview with an industry employer boosting employability skills.  The programme also includes the opportunity to develop onsite practical skills in bricklaying and people are provided with PPE for use on site.  Colin who delivers the construction programme has previously worked in construction for 25 years and has also been involved with his own housing development projects. For further information please contact get in touch.

Exeter College

Exeter College is an award-winning, world class college. They are Devon’s only Ofsted Outstanding further education college. Their vision is to shape the future by delivering excellence to realise the ambitions of their learners, city and region.

Exeter College was also named best in the South West for employer satisfaction in Apprenticeships. As an organisation, nationally they are in the Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Employer list.

Contact: Laura Hutton

University of Exeter

Emma Heady works on the Civil Engineering degree apprenticeship at the University of Exeter. Her key roles are attracting new businesses to partner with the University, recruiting apprentices to the programme, and relationship management with businesses once they have apprentices on-programme.

Contact: Emma Heady

The Focus Training Group

The Focus Training Group comprises four brands who consistently deliver exceptional quality apprenticeship and short course training across five dedicated centres in Bristol, Exeter, Newton Abbot, Plymouth and Redruth. The ethos of the company is: To realise every learners’ full potential by offering quality training to all who want to improve skills, qualifications and career prospects.

Contact: Josh Ridley

Greenlight Safety & Training

Roy has worked within the construction industry for over 25 years, primarily helping employers find the right talent to join their workforce. Roy has been the Head of Funding and Partnerships at Greenlight since April 2021. The role involves signposting employers, new entrants and people re-entering the workforce towards people and opportunities that can help them. If you have any questions regarding Greenlight or its employer-led approach, please email and arrange for a chat.

Contact: Roy Imeson

Vistry Partnerships

The Vistry Partnerships Skills Academy is an innovative programme designed to combat the nationwide skills shortage affecting the construction industry. Each Skills Academy comprises a 8 week training course designed to give learners basic theoretical and practical training on a ‘live’ construction site, as well as work experience placements, site visits and careers advice. Learners are based in an on-site classroom studying construction theory and completing practical demonstrations before spending time with Partnerships’ subcontractors to further develop their practical skills through work experience placements.

Contact: Josh Harris

Train4All

Train4All is a specialist provider of training for the Engineering and Construction industry. Offering a range of qualifications and bespoke training programmes to learners and employers across Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall. Programmes include Apprenticeships, Traineeships, NVQs, CSCS, SSSTS and SMSTS Training, Short Skill DIY Courses, Supervisory & Management, Health & Safety, and, Armed Forces Resettlement Programmes. We cater for a wide and diverse range of training needs, whether you’re an employer looking to up skill your workforce or an individual looking to start on the ladder or gain further qualifications to take the next steps forward.

Contact: Lee Hanks

Bicton College

Bicton College offers Land Based Engineering courses.

Contact: Scott Lawson

Contact: Stephen Boden

Petroc

As one of the South West’s leading providers of Further Education and Higher Education, Petroc want to build long-standing relationships with local construction businesses; to develop and nurture local talent, support operational innovation, and create the fully qualified, well-trained, and highly skilled workforce of the future. Petroc want to give talent a home.

With an extensive range of qualifications, industry courses, and apprenticeships on offer – from Level 1 all the way to Level 6 – and an array of course durations and delivery methods to choose from; we’re here to work in partnership with your business to support your staff development and aid your financial growth.

Contact: Ben Norrish

Trans Plant Master Train

Hello, my name is Bradley Goldsworthy, and here at trans plant master train we have a vast wealth of experience, as well as a variety of courses and programmes to meet your Construction demands. We work with various Awarding Bodies and have been offering training locally and nationally for over 35 years within the South West. We are proud to be able to teach and instruct well over 50 different pieces of machinery/equipment, from 1 tonne dumper trucks to Cranes that can lift over 500 tonnes. We offer bespoke training and put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Contact: Brad Goldsworthy

PGL Careers4U

Alberto Pitocco has worked within the education/construction sector for 6 years. Having started off his journey as an apprentice he is keen to support and engage with both applicants and employers to share his experience. Alberto is the Traineeship Manager at PGL Training and his specialist area is working with leyv/Non employers.

Contact: Alberto Pitocco

Retrofit Academy CIC

The Retrofit Academy CIC is at the heart of delivering leading-edge training and professional development to a new generation of retrofit professionals in the UK. Our vision is a world where every home is warm, healthy, and low carbon. To deliver 27 million retrofits over the next 30 years in the United Kingdom, we need an army of retrofitters in both white and blue collar roles. Our mission is to enable this. The Retrofit Academy is central to driving PAS 2035 compliance by shaping retrofit best practice, sharing our technical expertise with industry peers, and advancing the sector through our memberships.

Contact: Neil Radford

The Green Register

The Green Register trains construction professionals from all disciplines of the industry to build better, more sustainable buildings. Whether you are interested in a new home for you or a client, workplaces, cinemas, stadiums or any other types of building, by sharing their passions and knowledge of energy, health and wellbeing, land use, materials, pollution, transport, waste and water The Green Register can support you to reduce your building’s impact on the environment.

We cover all aspects of sustainable building practices from healthy buildings, passivhaus and retrofitting older buildings through to highly technical training sessions on the holistic management of heat, moisture and air tightness. This last point is essential to get right if we are to reduce the performance gap so commonly found in buildings and is represented in the graphic below.

Contact: Charlotte Surrey