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In today’s fast-paced construction industry, providing secure, meaningful and progressive employment is more important than ever. Skills shortages, new regulations and evolving technologies mean companies must invest in people if they want to thrive.

At Sheriff Construction, Sheriff Brickworks and our other sister companies, we believe that offering high-quality jobs goes hand in hand with continuous training and personal development – because when people are supported to grow, businesses do so too. Read on to find out how we’re putting this into practice across our sites and office teams.

A new NVQ for Brickwork Technicians has just been launched by the Association of Brickwork Contractors.

With building safety compliance in mind, the qualification has been designed for the thousands of people who work within the brickwork industry on important tasks that support the bricklaying process (but who are not actually bricklayers). Find out more here.