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 …