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Kier Construction Employer Skills Academy
The Kier Construction Employer Skills Academy was launched in September 2020. This academy is based at our City Campus and supports our Level 3 Construction students. The Kier Construction Employer Skills Academy allows a hand-selected group of construction students to work closely with representatives from Kier, in order to develop their professional industry knowledge and to build on the practical experience they have gained in the classroom.
All of our Kier Construction Employer Skills Academy students can access a range of workshops, masterclasses, projects, site visits and placement opportunities to enhance their College studies. This academy inspires students hoping to pursue a career in Construction to think about the various careers available in this industry.
The students will undertake their learning in a Kier Construction branded classroom, complete with a hall of fame and interactive information boards. The students will cover an array of subjects such as:
We highly encourage female applicants into this academy as well as all other individuals wishing to pursue a career in the Construction industry.
29/10/2020
The Sheffield College
Donna Howard, corporate responsibility manager at Kier Regional Building North & Scotland
Kier is a UK construction, services and property group active in building and civil engineering, support services, public and private housebuilding, land development and the Private Finance Initiative. They have been operating since 1992, and over the last three decades, the company has expanded their remit from local schemes to some of the UK’s major construction projects and initiatives, including the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) to bring the UK’s first high-speed railway line into London St Pancras station.
Their purpose is to deliver economic and social infrastructure which is vital to the growth of the UK. They operate in a number of different markets and across many sectors. The services they offer to their clients fit into two core market propositions; Construction and Infrastructure services.
Their vision is to be a world-class customer focused company that invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we live work and play. They have supported and developed many projects to support their CSR initiative including working in partnership with career wales, having a work experience programme which is offered to schools and colleges across the UK and they are currently at around £157 million of social impact.
As a young woman on a course in an industry that has previously been male-dominated, I feel really confident and motivated to do my best and to prove that construction is for males and females. I think it is important to break the mould, to show that construction is for anyone.
Rhianna Noble
Kier Construction Academy student