A new skills academy has been launched in South Gloucestershire to "cater for the growing need for trained construction workers."

Established by plumbing and trades tutor, Shane McCallum and wife Nikki, the South West Construction Academy will focus on quality training, small class sizes and one-to-one tuition.

Based in a 1,600sqft converted barn in the prestigious setting of Eastwood Park in Falfield, the South West Construction Academy will begin by offering a range of plumbing courses, providing a mixture of distance learning and on-site learning and intensive training.

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Mr McCallum said: "I’m trying to actually do something about the situations that I don’t agree with in the training set-up for this industry.

"My concern is that class sizes are too big, adults learners are suffering by being included with school leavers and that the focus is on quantity rather than quality. Trainees deserve as much one-to-one tuition as possible."

Mr McCallum says that with major construction projects such as the new power station at Hinckley Point planned for the future, the industry will shortly be in need of major numbers of newly trained workers.

Go to swconstructionacademy.co.uk for further information.