Construction and the Built Environment

If you are hands-on and enjoy practical challenges, a job in the bricklaying industry could be for you.

Our industry standard facilities will give you the skills you need to achieve as a Brciklayer. The purpose-built 200+ M2 workshop gives you plenty of room to practice building your walls, and a 1200 litre pan mixer will help you perfect your mortar mixing skills.

Carpentry is a woodworking craft that takes skill and precision to master. You’ll be cutting, shaping and installing building materials.

You will be working in our industry-standard workshop with top-of-the-range tools such as circular saws and power planers.

We offer Electrical training courses for all levels, training you to become a reliable and skilled Electrician.

Each of our classrooms contain individual bays for you to work in, giving you the space to work on your own electrical circuits, find faults, and increase your electrical installation skills.

Train to be a Gas Engineer or Plumber today, or build on your profession with additional training.

Our Plumbing workshops are set up to give you the opportunity to learn while working with real plumbing systems. You’ll find boilers, bathroom fittings and a variety of industry standard tools to help you develop your skills.

The T Level in Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction is a course in partnership with Morgan Sindall that allows you to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of architectural, planning, and quantity surveying aspects of the Built Environment.

You’ll get hands-on training, attend site visits, and complete work placements with industry experts.

Learn in our fantastic purpose-built workshops which imitate real world working environments.

You’ll work with industry-standard tools and equipment, building the skills you need for a successful career in the trades.

Students take part in social action projects to give back to the community.

This is a chance for you to build your skills and confidence while supporting the wider public.

We work with key employers in the construction industry, including Morgan Sindall, Cardo, Jenner. WW Martin and Persimmon Homes.

Our Industry Liaison Officer will help connect you to meaningful work placements that will give you the confidence and skills needed to succeed in the industry.

All our lecturers have extensive experience in the Construction and Built Environment industry.

Whichever trade you choose to study, you will learn from an expert who can pass on industry knowledge and give you practical advice for your future career.

Our students are given opportunities to use their skills to compete with their peers in local trade competitions.

Each year, we enter our students into the KFE4Skills competition, an annual skills competition delivered in partnership between East Kent Colleges Group, MidKent College and North Kent College.