Equans provide further training opportunities for unemployed residents

In January Equans staff delivered training to unemployed residents as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting the development and growth of talent within the construction industry by providing training and employment opportunities for local residents.

Working in partnership with our client, London School of Economics, we have set out our commitments to provide training and employment opportunities for local residents, including training and sustained employment for 44 residents and a minimum of 11 construction-related apprenticeships.

As part of our S106 commitments, we have been working with the Southwark Skills Centre (SSC) to provide training and employment opportunities to local youth and residents.

In January Site Manager, Joshua Peach and Site Administrator, Ramona Catrut visited the SSC to give a presentation on the Steps Into Construction to 22 unemployed residents.

The presentation showed drone footage of a large concrete pour undertaken at the Glengall Road scheme shortly before the site closed before Christmas.

After showing this video which displayed the site's current progress, Joshua then showed another video which displayed the CGI images of the scheme's planned final look - he went on to explain to the candidates the importance of the modular elements on the project which help save both money and time and particularly how important this was due to the fact that the project is for student accommodation.

Joshua then went through the site's latest Considerate Constructors Scheme presentation explaining how the site team achieved top marks of 45/45 from the scheme's auditor, reviewing each of the three categories that the scheme was assessed on including workforce, environment and community.

Following shortly after, the candidates were invited to take part in a short Q&A session where they were free to ask Josh and Ramona anything regarding their routes into the industry and also the Equans business.

The next part of the day was one-to-one interviews with each individual candidate explaining potential opportunities on the scheme, exchanging contact details and candidates providing and talking through their CV.

Before leaving it was agreed between Joshua and staff from the SSC that in the near future, candidates would be invited to the Glengall Road site for a site inspection which would run through the on-site works in more detail as well as the induction process, construction methods etc.

If you are interested in any training and/or employment opportunities with Equans please get in touch by emailing Josh at joshua.peach@equans.com.