{"id":809548,"date":"2024-12-02T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T06:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/keepmoat-backs-knowsley-plastering-academy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T00:13:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T06:13:42","slug":"keepmoat-backs-knowsley-plastering-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/keepmoat-backs-knowsley-plastering-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keepmoat backs Knowsley plastering academy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Knowsley Council deputy leader Tony Brannan, Jeff Murphy and Chris Cox from Sterling Plastering and Keepmoat\u2019s Peter Barlow at the opening of the SPL Change Academy [Photo: Marina Vaidere Photography]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

House-builder Keepmoat and Sterling Plastering are supporting a new training<\/a> academy at Knowsley\u2019s Hugh Baird College that will support young people into plastering apprenticeship.<\/p>\n

The new facility, called the SPL Change Academy, will offer Level 1 and Level 2 NVQ<\/a> plastering courses. <\/p>\n

It was officially opened on 28th November 2024.<\/p>\n

Keepmoat regional managing director Peter Barlow said: \u201cIt\u2019s been brilliant to support the launch of the SPL Change Academy by providing a mock timber frame house. The Keepmoat team has also created a traditional working environment of closed rooms, where the students will carry out their training<\/a>, in place of small open bays. The team is also set to deliver a series of site skills-focused employability sessions, in order to help bridge the gap between college and site work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sterling Plastering managing director Jeff Murphy said: \u201cThe lack of skilled labourers in the plastering trade doesn\u2019t meet with industry demand and we\u2019re continually dealing with a significant skills shortfall. We also experienced that some of the qualified plasterers weren\u2019t site ready, so even after completing their college course we would have to undertake significant training<\/a> with our new recruits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Knowsley Council deputy leader Tony Brannan, Jeff Murphy and Chris Cox from Sterling Plastering and Keepmoat\u2019s Peter Barlow at the opening of the SPL Change Academy [Photo: Marina Vaidere Photography] House-builder Keepmoat and Sterling Plastering are supporting a new training academy at Knowsley\u2019s Hugh Baird College that will support young people into plastering apprenticeship. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":809549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4189,128864],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-809548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-backs","8":"category-keepmoat"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}