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News Release from: Association of Brickwork Contractors
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 October 2003
ABC Sets First Benchmark In Apprentice
Recruitment
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (ABC) has exceeded it's expectations by collectively recruiting 77 new apprentice bricklayers.
The Association sees training as fundamental to the industry and this success bodes well for the future Formed just a year ago by twelve of the UK's leading brickwork contractors to promote the role of the bricklayer and the brickwork contractor, the Association quickly set itself a target of recruiting 45 apprentices across its members
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 19 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Even though the Association has recently grown to 19 members, this achievement bodes well for the future.
"Much is reported about a looming shortage of qualified craftsmen in construction," notes Geoff Irvine, Managing Director of Irvine Whitlock Brickwork Contractors and Chairman of the Association.
"Rather than talk ourselves into a self-fulfilling prophecy, we have overcome this inertia to set a new benchmark for apprentice recruitment in our industry." The Association of Brickwork Contractors focuses on four key areas: quality of work, employment, health and safety, and training and education.
Membership is open to all brickwork contractors and subcontractors who use brick and who subscribe to these objectives.
The Brick Development Association, the Better Brickwork Alliance, and the Construction Industry Training Board support the objectives of the Association.
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