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  • Why Health and Safety in the Workplace Matters
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Why Health and Safety in the Workplace Matters

    Health and safety in the workplace matters because work still kills, injures and sickens people in Britain every year. HSE's figures show 126 workers were...

  • How to Get Promoted in Construction: Steps and Tickets
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    How to Get Promoted in Construction: Steps and Tickets

    Promotion on site comes down to two things. You show you can already do part of the next job. And you hold the tickets that job asks for. The ladder is...

  • Health and Safety Compliance: What Employers Must Do
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Health and Safety Compliance: What Employers Must Do

    Health and safety compliance means meeting the duties UK law puts on every employer. You must keep people safe so far as is reasonably practicable, assess...

  • Health and Safety Training for Directors: Law and Options
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Health and Safety Training for Directors: Law and Options

    No UK law names a course directors must take. But directors can be prosecuted personally when their company breaks health and safety law through their...

  • How to Become a Builder in the UK: Every Route
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    How to Become a Builder in the UK: Every Route

    There's no single builder qualification. Most builders learn one trade first, like bricklaying or carpentry, then pick up general building work over years...

  • Construction Staff Training: What to Prioritise First
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Construction Staff Training: What to Prioritise First

    Train in this order. First, the training the law names, like inductions, asbestos awareness and first aid. Next, the risks that could kill or injure someone...

  • Do Workers Need a CSCS Card? What Employers Should Know
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Do Workers Need a CSCS Card? What Employers Should Know

    No law says your workers must hold a CSCS card. CSCS and CITB both say it isn't a legislative requirement, and that the choice sits with the principal...

  • Care Leavers Covenant
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Care Leavers Covenant

    The Builders Academy & SpectreConnect Unite to Support Care Leavers Building Futures for Young People Who Need It Most Turning eighteen should feel...

  • Architect vs Civil Engineer: Roles, Training and Pay
    AuthorKerem Ismail
    Architect vs Civil Engineer: Roles, Training and Pay

    An architect designs buildings around the people who'll use them, from how they look to how they work. A civil engineer makes sure structures stand up...

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