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Construction students, tradespeople, and professionals are invited to ‘Know Your Power’ by visiting a new demonstration module at CWIC’s SA1 facility. Its purpose – is to provide people involved in construction with the skills and knowledge to decarbonise our country’s housing stock. The …

It’s great that decarbonisation and green recovery are at the core of the Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations Act (2015). But what does this mean in practice? The construction industry is one of the biggest employers in Wales providing …

Virtual reality is providing a useful tool to train young construction learners. Pembrokeshire College hosted a visit from pupils at Ysgol Dyffryn Taf who had the unusual opportunity to experience construction from a virtual perspective.  Thanks to an innovative, and …

Energy tech company Sero has collaborated with Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) to create a new mobile classroom in a drive to upskill students, apprentices, and tradespeople in low carbon technology. Know Your Power will tour Wales hosting specialist workshops, …

UWTSD’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) and Coleg Sir Gar are collaborating with industry partners to deliver emerging skills and training initiatives to support the UK and Welsh governments’ commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A portfolio of …

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) have launched a virtual reality experience aimed at aiding construction education for students. The project stems from ‘Skills on Site’ (SonS), a CWIC initiative designed to provide interesting and engaging …

UWTSD’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) is playing its part by delivering emerging skills and training initiatives to ensure the UK and Welsh government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is on track. The construction industry …

Are you up for the Skills Competition Wales Building Information Modelling (BIM) competition? The Task – You work for a Construction and Engineering Company based in Wales. Your team has been tasked with the construction of temporary sleeping pods to …

The collaborative work being carried out by UWTSD’s Constructive Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) to ensure the Welsh construction sector has ready access to innovative training solutions, is featured in a new report, The College of the Future. Sir Ian Diamond …

UWTSD’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre’s (CWIC) newly opened £1.5m Scaffolding Academy in Swansea has been approved by the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC)’s Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) as an Accredited Training Centre. The purpose-built 9-bay facility based in Swansea …

UWTSD’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) is collaborating with South Wales-based Alpha Safety to deliver training at its new £1.5m Scaffolding Academy in Swansea and Cardiff. Led by CWIC in partnership with Alpha Safety and the Construction Industry Training Board …

Welsh Government (WG) have set our industry with a significant target.  To build 20,000 homes by 2021.  This is needed to meet the housing demand.  Offsite Manufacturing and Modern Methods of Construction are seen as the means by which the …

The Construction Wales Innovation Centre’s new Scaffolding Academy on Swansea’s Fabian Way has become the temporary home of staff facilities to support a field hospital as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Work to transform two key sites …

UWTSD’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) will tomorrow (April 23) form part of a digital launch of The Offsite Ready Project, a major training programme to help grow best practice and skills in off-site construction.  The launch is part of …

Getting Ready for the Offsite Revolution, UWTSD has welcomed the Wernick Group to the University’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) to deliver a guest lecture through the CITB Off site ready project, to staff and students, as part of a major training …

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is delighted to announce that South Wales-based construction company TRJ has been appointed to help deliver a new £1.5m scaffolding training facility. Work will commence on the project on December 6.  Led by the …

UWTSD has welcomed its first cohort of Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Degree Apprentices to the University’s IQ building in SA1. The Degree Apprenticeship is a new type of award which combines the workplace learning of a traditional apprenticeship with a higher education …

Introduction With specialist skills gaps in the construction sector the need for this type of training has become ever more important. Since 2016, the CITB funded Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) has been providing such training for the industry. During …

A New £2 million pan GB project to improve efficiency and employee safety in the construction industry is being led by the Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC). The project called CONVERT, which is part-funded by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), …

Work has commenced on South Wales’ only comprehensive scaffolding training facility.  Led by the Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) in partnership with Construction Industry Training Board Wales (CITB), the new centre will be located at a purpose developed facility on …