A site visit for the plumbing department

This week the construction department was given the opportunity to visit a Keepmoat housing development in Barnsley. 14 students from Barnsley College who are currently studying towards a level 1 Plumbing Diploma got to experience what it is like to be on a real construction site.

Katie Stafford the Social Value Manager and the Site Manager, Jamie Ellis, introduced Keepmoat and what the development was for. An H&S briefing was carried out and information on apprenticeships and development opportunities was also passed on to the students.

The Site Manager took the students around the site and into some of the houses allowing them to see the different fixing stages when building a house.

The students were given information that related to their actual course such as plumbing installations, the job roles of people working on the site, the site programme and scheduling, H&S, Quality standards that everyone works to, Inspections that take place, the importance of housekeeping and the potential earnings in the industry.

The site visit was invaluable as many of the students have not yet had the opportunity to see a live site and this visit gave them a better understanding by putting the training they have received in college and seeing it in a real environment.

All the students and staff really enjoyed the visit and can’t thank Keepmoat enough for the visit and the opportunity they have given two further students from Barnsley College to undertake a placement on the site in Athersley.

Students Visit Civil Engineering Site Junction 36 Birdwell, Barnsley

Barnsley college/university campus barnsley students recently enjoyed a visit to the ESH Group UK site on the A61 Birdwell junction on J36 in November 2016 which consists of a new highway construction and remodelling of the existing junction.
 

The site manager discussed health and safety awareness and risk assessments before heading out on to the site to look around for themselves.

 

 

This type of experience is invaluable for our students especially when you consider that very few of them have any experience in the civil engineering sector. They all thoroughly enjoyed it.

Employers needed for Work Experience Placements

The construction department at Barnsley College are always looking for employers that can offer a valuable placement opportunity to our full time students.

 

Work experience has become part of the study programme for all young people attending college full time. It gives them a real insight into what the job they are training to do is like and also prepares them for work in general – timekeeping, presentation, communication, responsibility and hard work.  

We are always looking for new ideas on how to give our students work related experience and find the following to be most beneficial to employers:

-          Two week block - students participate for 2 weeks on dates pre-arranged with the college

-          One day a week – This can help companies who already have apprentices and have to attend college one day a week to complete their technical certificates. You could cover this day with a student on work experience.

-          Apprenticeship trials – if you are thinking of recruiting an apprentice then work experience is a great way to trial students before actually making that commitment to employ them.

If you would like to be involved in supporting young people in construction please contact myself Nicola Barratt on 07824 607 088 or n.barratt@barnsley.ac.uk 

Students on work experience with VHE Construction

Continuing our long standing commitment to providing work experience and vocational opportunities to students, VHE were pleased to recently welcome two Work Placement Students from Barnsley College, Lloyd Gough and Ben Turner. Both spent time with VHE site teams in January where they gained some first-hand experience of working on a construction site.

Lloyd spent his two week placement at our remediation project at North Gawber Colliery in Barnsley, a site proposed for over 300 residential properties by developer Harworth Estates. Similarly, Ben spent two weeks onsite at our remediation and infrastructure scheme in Ackworth which is now VHE’s third phase of works at the site on behalf of client Strata Homes.

Both placements have been a huge success with Nicola Barratt, Work Placement Officer at Barnsley College commenting:

“The work experience programme has given the students a real experience of a construction site and helps prepare them for future employment. The placements are invaluable to young people as they help shape their perception of work and raise their career aspirations.

The students Ben & Lloyd both thoroughly enjoyed their placements with VHE. They were involved in a variety of tasks on site and given the chance to work with people in different roles in order to see how a site works and what is involved in projects like these.

Barnsley College fully appreciates the support from VHE Construction and encourages all employers to consider offering opportunities like this to the future workforce.”

VHE would like to thank both students for their efforts and wish them all the best for their careers in the future.

Work Experience Placements in Construction at Barnsley College

ADAM CAWTHROW JOINS THE HBC CEAG SITE TEAM ON A 2 WEEK WORK PLACEMENT

·       Adam is 18 years old and has lived in Dodworth ( Barnsley ) all his life.

·       He is currently undertaken Construction and the Built Environment Level 3 at the Barnsley College.

·       Adam is considering employment within the Civil Engineering Division and is interested in Project Management.

·       During Adams 1^st week on site he has been involved with learning about several different applications from Project Management, Site Engineering, Quantity Surveying, and general site duties.

·       Neil Lodge the on site Clients Representative has also offered to spend some time with Adam to discuss the Clients Responsibility and duties.

·       Adam is also going to spend some time with the Project planner and has been invited to the monthly clients meeting so that he can experience the relationship between the Client and Main Contractor

“The Henry Boot Site team have been very welcoming and have spent time explaining and highlighting their different duties and how a construction site is set up and run – I have also been lucky to be introduced to the Client and RB Alfree ( Groundworks Subcontractor ) who have also spent time explaining their procedures and responsibilities.”

 

 

If you are an employer and would like to discuss work placement opportunities please contact Nicola Barratt, Work Placement Officer on 07824 607088 or n.barratt@barnsley.ac.uk

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