New Training Academy
“ NHBC has seen fit not only to go on a recruitment drive , employing new engineers , technical staff and inspection staff , but also to take on new trainee building inspectors ” and new government legislation supporting the housing market , NHBC has seen fit not only to go on a recruitment drive , employing new engineers , technical staff and inspection staff , but also to take on new trainee building inspectors at the academy for the first time since 2007 .
With 24 percent growth in the last quarter , and more predicted , NHBC took the pre-emptive move to increase the talent-pool in order to be ready to meet the increased demand . Construction Global caught up with Training Services Manager Rob Lockey half way through the first 12-month course , with the trainees having completed their initial induction period and hard at work with written assessments .
Lockey has worked with NHBC for 30 years , having himself joined as a building inspector . From here he began working on the staff training team and moved over to set up external training provision , offering health and safety , technical and management skills training and NVQs to the
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