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The ABC Assessment Centre is thrilled to introduce the unprecedented Level 2 Brickwork Technician NVQ, fundamentally created to recognise the refined skills required to install the latest building product technologies, all closely aligned with building safety regulations...

By way of further incentivising upskilling through recognised industry-wide qualifications, CITB have introduced grant increases for construction NVQs, effective 1st April 2023, which greatly reduce their cost to employers....

After last week's hiatus through celebrating The ABC Awards 2023, it's back to our featured practical competences for the modern bricklayer and this week we're focussing on installing brick soffit systems...

Last Friday 24th February marked the second annual prize-giving ceremony specifically for brickwork contractors: The ABC Awards 2023. Now cemented (pardon the pun) in the diary as a must-attend for...

Following the theme of adding modern skills to a bricklayer's overall training, this week's featured competency and the latest subject of our YouTube video series is installing brick slip systems. This area of competence is both highly innovative...

Knowing the correct application of DPC and the art of installing cavity trays so they work effectively are critical parts of a bricklayer's training, which is why they are this week's featured modern masonry competency and the latest subject of our YouTube video series...

Carrying on the theme of showcasing our bricklayer training YouTube content, this week's featured modern masonry competency is installing cavity insulation. After last week's foray into the world of masonry support angle installation, it's back to 'traditional' site work with a bang...

"Wait a second, we're bricklayers, not steel fixers! Somebody else does this on site, not me! What has this got to do with laying bricks?" All very common reactions to the focus of this week's featured modern masonry competency: installing masonry support systems...

The first instalment of The ABC Assessment Centre’s YouTube channel series is a brickie’s bread and butter: Forming Cavities & Correct Installation of Wall Ties. “Not exactly a modern method of construction”, you may be scoffing, but...

Yes, you heard it right, we’re almost ready to go live with our latest offering: The ABC Assessment Centre YouTube Channel. Over the course of this year, we’ll be showcasing a whole range of...

As we approach the winter break in FE colleges up and down the land, it’s a fitting time to reflect on The ABC Assessment Centre’s [...]

The ABC Assessment Centre Christmas Party 2022 took place in Sheffield last Saturday evening 3rd December and was an absolute blast! Centre staff, ABC subcontractor representatives and suppliers enjoyed...

The ABC Assessment Centre has delivered and awarded its first Passive Fire Protection qualification today to Brett Lewis, a site manager for Swift Brickwork...

After one term of The ABC Assessment Centre's Bricklayer Training Program in colleges, Centre Manager Simon Livett took a trip over to The Bedford College [...]

A series of interviews featuring leading voices within the building training industry offering insights on the current construction skills shortage is now able to [...]

The ABC Assessment Centre is to deliver its short duration courses in modern masonry techniques at the ‘Knowledge Quad’, an onsite training hub in Aylesbury, [...]

The Association of Brickwork Contractors’ Assessment Centre partnered with Hartlepool College on a pilot traineeship designed to introduce a new generation of employable bricklayers to [...]

A Skills and Employability presentation by The ABC Assessment Centre was a highlight of this year’s Guild of Bricklayers’ Annual Conference. The online event was [...]

As providers of onsite NVQ assessment and training for bricklayers, we at the ABC Assessment Centre recognise how a little knowledge can go a long [...]

The trade association for the brick industry has launched an innovative training programme aimed at upskilling candidates in a range of modern masonry techniques.