Training & Industrial Placements

Askam Construction is totally committed to creating an environment where our employees can flourish. The company has a continuous programme of training across all divisions, and believes this policy results in retention of staff and ensures continuity and experienced personnel throughout every department of the company.

All employees attend an induction course and all site staff attend First Aid and Safety Awareness courses, ensuring that safety is at the foundation of every activity. In addition, the company's Training Department ensures staff are kept up to date with their certifications and are trained in new skills, not only site-based but 'soft' skills too. Apart from an Annual Appraisal, all staff have a Personnel Development Review and employees also have the opportunity of fully funded Further Education to HNC, MBA etc. levels.

Askam host regular training days, which we share with a number of other construction companies from across the North West. These training days focus on specific subjects and are usually delivered by a national training company.

The Askam Group aims to deliver more training days to their employees year on year. We have adopted the 'Rethinking Construction' and 'Construction Best Practice' initiatives and are expanding their Apprenticeship Scheme.

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers students the opportunity of training with us during their Industrial Placement year. We recruit Civil Engineering and Building & Construction Management students from as far away as Sheffield Hallam University. The students, if they prove their capabilities during their year working with us, may be offered a formal invitation to join the company following their final year.

During your year with us you could end up working on a reservoir way up in the hills, a canal lock or aqueduct, an industrial building, a water treatment works, a wind farm, housing, school or a refurbishment project. Where you go during your year will depend entirely on the range of projects under way at the time.

Accommodation is not a problem as several years ago we entered into a mini-PFI project and the outcome was three blocks of student accommodation which Askam own and run to this day.