Partners

The Surrey Training Group works in collaboration with the CITB and can help to upskill your workforce. Their main aim is to provide a meaningful forum, with open discussion to improve staff learning and development. They are fully inclusive and welcome all construction trades within Surrey and West Sussex and any size of company; large or small.

Membership is £100 per annum, and includes the following:

• 4 meetings a year with keynote guest speakers.
• Comprehensive training advice and relevant industry news.
• Competitive discount from our partner training provider CISTC.
• Fantastic opportunity to network with similar trades & businesses.

Other services that Surrey Training Group offer include, ongoing development to meet requirements in the areas of:

• Business & Training Planning
• Management
• Technical
• Health & Safety
• Apprenticeships
• Graduate Development

For further information or to join today visit the contact us page.

CISTC work in collaboration with one of the world’s largest JCB dealers, Greenshields JCB.

They provide full sales, service and parts support from 8 strategically placed locations across the South East, offering an unrivalled geographical coverage within the industry. They constantly invest in new technology, premises, training and development programmes to ensure that they can professionally and effectively respond to the ever-changing world and business practices.

Working with the South East of England’s premier dealer of JCB Construction and Industrial machinery ensures they understand our specific equipment needs but also that of our environment.

Greenshields JCB provides help at all times with:

• JCB Construction, Waste and Industrial Forklift machinery
• JCB Generators, JCB Power Packs and JCB Lighting Products
• All franchise Service and Parts Support
• Repair and Maintenance and Service Agreements
• JCB and Strickland Attachments

For further information please visit – Greenshields JCB

The Hampshire County Council, a partner of CISTC, works in collaboration with The Future Skills Centre. The centre opens up the opportunity to work within the world of construction. They provide a £3.8 million centre in Bordon which offers a range of full-time and part-time construction courses and apprenticeships. For further information please visit Bordon Future Skills Centre.

Hampshire County Council also work with Hampshire County Council’s Employment and Skills Hub (ESH), which sits within the Skills and Participation unit. The ESH is responsible for the Construction Skills Fund project, for which FSC is a delivery partner in north Hampshire. The County Council’s Construction Skills Fund project delivered more than 1100 training places in its first phase, qualifying learners with a CSCS card and support to get into employment. Almost 50 per cent of learners gained work in construction, and 30 per cent of them remained in sustained work after three months. Through its partnership with FSC, CISTC provided courses for CSF learners in plant/heavy machinery and streetworks, as well as use of its CSCS test centre.