NHBC Launches New Training Academy
some behavioural skills , because for building inspectors , often the easy bit is the technical bit , the finding things wrong on site . The hardest thing is then to work with the site manager to make sure they get put right .
“ The trainees are also placed out with an inspection manager ’ s team so they do a lot of job shadowing during that section as well . And then when they come towards the end of that period they go through some written technical and procedural assessments .
“ We will observe them inspecting on site , and only when the trainer is happy will he pass them over to the
“ We will observe them inspecting on site , and only when the trainer is happy will he pass them over to the inspection manager and he will make an assessment as well before they are given a workload and let loose on their own ”
inspection manager and he will make an assessment as well before they are given a workload and let loose on their own .”
For the next six-month period , the trainees will be well supported by mentors as they further hone their skills , observing inspections and learning the various key stage inspections of which builders notify the council , which visits the sites at critical stages during construction .
At the end of this process , the learners will have valuable experience and a chance at a career in a growing housing sector that is being well supported by government policy for the foreseeable future . With these
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